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P.S. I would kill for a Riverrun boxset/reissue. They could include all the remixes as well. Also, I wonder if we could get unmixed versions of tracks. There is that nearly 20 minute version of Ancient Phat Farm Coat. Personally, I would love unmixed versions. If they did both mixed and unmixed, that'd be even sweeter. But I would love to have these tracks in full. |
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misterons mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtTDNcB2Heo also, whilst searching for that found this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rexk4Ad4yM |
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If anyone in the UK (or elsewhere, as I believe they ship internationally) didn't buy records directly from Underworld, they are available for pre-ordering for the 16th of May on Rarewaves, with a 10% off coupon for Easter ('RWEASTER10'). Not sure about international postage, but (second class) shipping in the UK is free.
Alternatively The Sound of Vinyl have them listed with a release date of 11th April, so I presume these are copies from the same batch from the Underworldlive store, given that The Sound of Vinyl is a Universal Music Group entity, which presumably also means they are available for immediate shipping. |
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I only ordered AHDO since this was the one album i didn't have on vinyl and it was depressingly expensive to get on secondary markets. The spine being "themed" or branded to the reissue is a bit of a turn off but I surmised that if all i need is one record it will not appear out of place against the rest, it will just be how AHDO looks. :shrug:
Anyway, I had no idea it was also remastered until I listened and I could clearly hear a difference in the levels of certain elements in songs. And while in some the remaster is very welcome (reducing the annoying offbeat drum track on Little Speaker) other elements are so reduced that it is distracting how different it is. Overall it feels the mix is much more bass heavy and there is far less dynamic range. The spoken word on Little Speaker is almost drowned out to a muffle, and some of the melodic synths are deadened into the back of the mix to the point that my ears really have to strain to give them the dominance that I am used to. It could just be that I am overly familiar with the original mix (the good and bad of it) but I was very struck by just how bass heavy it had become and almost wanted to jack up the treble on my system to make amends. Anyone else feel the same? |
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Did wonder if I had missed out on the vinyl being different edits all these years, as it's not a record talked about a lot, but the wrong files being sent to press this time makes a lot more sense (it's an easy thing to get wrong later on). There are several interesting differences in some of the beginnings and endings (mainly on first two tracks), but most are just a lot more gap time between each track. Guess I'm glad to have it in addition to the original CD. The vinyls all sound great and quiet pressing-wise - the remaster ones do bury some tracks more in the mix and highlight others that can feel off from what I know so well, but some of that is the nature of vinyl (which I haven't had for them before). Overall hearing more things and sounding more crisp than I have heard them in a long time. The main thing that's odd to me (and at least it's less pressing) is the sleeve graphics quality. Whoever updated these designs either didn't have access to the original images (most likely) or didn't pay attention in outputting them correctly for print - a lot of compression artifacts and the resolution is low, making everything a bit soft (and almost bootleg feeling). All the written text is crisp thankfully, but someone didn't double-check the background graphics quality. Really glad to own these and have them re-released, just par for the course anymore, we seem to collectively pay attention now to the wrong details... |
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The full length versions of Crocodile and Beautiful Burnout were on the singles in one format or another, and yeah, they don't actually offer too much of excitement sadly. Not sure if I'd be able to get used to such a change after nearly 20 years.
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ok, barking, drift, and strawberry hotel all came in..
[along with the japanese SHM strawberry hote]. so i'm caught up for now, kind of. still need to get the cds, the UK second toughest, and UK barking... ANYWAYS... ============= 1 i have the German second toughest in the infants, it just turned out that way 2 the barking is the US release 3 barbara barbara is from the boxset i also threw in the barbara barbara cd boxset, which is exactly the same as the album i have not opened any of the new albums for comparisons of the gatefold, maybe someday.. LEFT SIDE : Reissues RIGHT SIDE : Originals ====== https://i.ibb.co/nMW4Gvc7/00uw-Album-Comp-Mirror.jpg https://i.ibb.co/KzQ76Tr9/01uw-Album-Comp-All1.jpg https://i.ibb.co/DPV8bjnK/02uw-Album-Comp2.jpg https://i.ibb.co/fYhYN0jn/03uw-Album-Comp3.jpg https://i.ibb.co/93qGxWZ7/04uw-Album-Comp-Back.jpg https://i.ibb.co/rfkfwfMY/05uw-Album-Comp-Back1.jpg https://i.ibb.co/qYYhpNCg/06uw-Album-Comp-Back2.jpg https://i.ibb.co/tPcZdNYz/07uw-Album-Comp-Gatef1.jpg https://i.ibb.co/qFWDcvvP/08uw-Album-Comp-Gatef2.jpg had the drift colored vinyl 2xlp awhile ago, its exactly the same cover as the regular version ==== https://i.ibb.co/mFNMg8dX/09uw-Album...traw-Front.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Xx5yWJt7/10uw-Album...raw-Front2.jpg https://i.ibb.co/kgXwPK6F/11uw-Album...Straw-Back.jpg https://i.ibb.co/chHtC7fP/12uw-Album...traw-Gatef.jpg conclusions: ========== Code:
1 EVERY SINGLE COVER IS DIFFERENTso you are getting completely different, and new artwork. later | || | | | ne gative 1 |
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Catalogue Collection vinyl for $29.99 each. Free shipping over $50. Use code CCM10 for an additional 10% off:
https://www.ccmusic.com/search?mod=A...erworld|850877 |
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Vinyl is starting to come in from the various places I ordered from. I put Barking on first and right away there's a nasty pop on Bird 1. I'll break out the ultrasonic cleaner later, but I always hate it when new, seemingly clean vinyl does that.
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Looking closely at the grooves it does look like pretty deep dust bits, possibly frayed/disintegrated cardstock. The cardstock inner sleeves look great but almost all of my 2025 remasters (ordered all 7) have some visible damage from them. First thing I did was take them out carefully, trying to avoid sliding against the flats of the inner sleeves, then put them in some fresh archival inner sleeves. But what's done is done. Most of the albums sound decent enough, with a few pops here and there on Barking and Oblivion, but no show-stopping issues. I guess that's what I get for ordering direct to the US in the first round of pre-orders. Guessing they got jostled quite a bit during their journey. They were packed well, at or above standard, but still got some substantial dents in the edges. Thankfully I don't really care about 'mint' condition - as long as they sound good. Which they do! Mostly. :) I should get time to do the ultrasonic thing this week, will report back if it helps or not. |
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brief video fo the reissues.. :
front, back, and insides of original gatefolds comparisons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdSJ3S6NXak later | || | || || ne gative 1 |
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