1998 Rehearsal Romford release!

[crank]

https://www.mixcloud.com/UnderworldLive/romford-1998-live-rehearsal/

sounding good.


https://underworldlive.com/music/romford-1998-live-rehearsal/
Recently unearthed, this recording made in late 98 is part of a number of rehearsals before the release and touring of the album Beaucoup Fish.

Including some tracks from the album, older material and a number of improv’s that went onto become a huge part of the Underworld live experience in 1999.

– Rick

1. improv
2. confusion the waitress
3. improv
4. cups (pens git section)
5. push
6. improv
7. something like a mama
8. improv
9. KOS fades out

[negative1]

yup,
digging the classic sound.

later
-1

[iamneorev]

Man, I wish they would offer downloads of this stuff. I f'n hate streaming. Yeah rip it and be stuck with some 96-128kbps crap rip. Hell, I'd pay for this stuff.

[TheBang]

Yeah, it's a shame it's on Mixcloud. The streaming quality is so low.

Although we were pretty sure on the Pens name for the techno section, it's nice to have confirmation on it from Rick.

Also nice to see that we're still getting Thursday releases, even if Drift is on hiatus.

[Harbour]

Great stuff! This is what should have been on the Beaucoup boxset instead of all those terrible remixes.

[crank]

Um. Which remixes were terrible? Maybe like 2 of the KoS mixes but other than that they were classix

[joethelion]

Um. Which remixes were terrible? Maybe like 2 of the KoS mixes but other than that they were classix


Totally agree. I also really liked hearing those unreleased mixes of 'Bruce Lee'

sure, they didn't collect all of the remixes, but I think it might've gotten a bit too repetitive

[Harbour]

Um. Which remixes were terrible? Maybe like 2 of the KoS mixes but other than that they were classix

Each to one's own i guess, i could happily never hear most of them never again, would much rather have a disc of them in the mix like this over those any day

[khouri]

Each to one's own i guess, i could happily never hear most of them never again, would much rather have a disc of them in the mix like this over those any day

I'm in total agreement. Nearly every single outside remix of the Beaucoup Fish tracks is trash. This rehearsal audio would have made a wonderful replacement for that stuff.

Coincidentally yesterday I was listening to the 1998 Beaucoup Fish "test drive" show at the Mayan in Los Angeles (my first UW show). This rehearsal is meant to be from late 1998 and that show was in November. Really nice to have this companion to the live bootleg. I'd kill for a soundboard recording of that show.

[holden]

I haven't listened to Beaucoup Fish-era live gigs for awhile. It's still my favorite studio album. Glad to hear a new rehearsal gig with tracks and improv snippets that bring back great memories.

Because I'm a fan of this period ( got into Underworld in late 90's), I'm certainly biased for the remixes of that album. But I feel like remixes used to stretch tracks into new realms by building on their elements, rather than being a simple sample on top if a producer's crap track ( imho, the recent state). I wonder, had I discovered the band in 2016, would I love the recent remixes and dislike the older style? Still, I find most of the BF remixes to be well-crafted. Having so many versions on the box set might be a little much...a live improv gig like this would have been cool.

Still, thanks, UW, for the gift of this recording! I'll rip it like it's 1998 again

[WhiteNoise]

Coincidentally yesterday I was listening to the 1998 Beaucoup Fish "test drive" show at the Mayan in Los Angeles (my first UW show). This rehearsal is meant to be from late 1998 and that show was in November. Really nice to have this companion to the live bootleg. I'd kill for a soundboard recording of that show.

You could have called that the greatest live show they've ever performed and I wouldn't argue against you.

[bazwint]

Bliss. Never mind the width feel the quality.

[crank]

If i could figure out how to drag and drop a message in my message i'd do it. On the remaster remix disc, the first 8 tracks are solid. The Micronauts remix of Bruce Lee alone is worth the price of admission Which are throw-aways?

[dubman]

Micronauts remix is fine, but none of them are more than fine, and most of them are terrible.
To make half of it the final word on the album was a huge waste and I was more or less shell shocked by it.

[purlieu]

I like a couple of the remixes, but the problem for me really is that they're not Underworld productions. Two whole discs of reworkings by other people makes the set considerably less UW, which isn't what I really want from an UW release. UW's style is so individual and unique, and quite a few of the remixes, although well produced, are considerably more generic in sound. With half of them already released as it is, it just makes those discs relatively uninteresting to return to, in a way that a show like this wouldn't be.