Underworld "1992-2012 The Anthology " and "A Collection": Release Dec. 4, 2011

[ThingInABook]

it seems both records have arrived safely at my parent's house, in viña del mar. at first i was a bit miffed about the shipping price (10quid) to chile... but after a week, they're here! i'm really amazed! specially when chilean postal services have been acting like asses lately. fred deakin (from lemon jelly) was in chile and he sent two records to me via chilean post and the parcel took 2 weeks to arrive. yes, it's that bad. not fred, he's amazing

[spacejunk]

Originally Posted by ThingInABook

it seems both records have arrived safely at my parent's house, in viña del mar. at first i was a bit miffed about the shipping price (10quid) to chile... but after a week, they're here! i'm really amazed! specially when chilean postal services have been acting like asses lately. fred deakin (from lemon jelly) was in chile and he sent two records to me via chilean post and the parcel took 2 weeks to arrive. yes, it's that bad. not fred, he's amazing

What the heck is Fred doing nowadays anyway? He just a ramblin' man now?

[ThingInABook]

Originally Posted by spacejunk

What the heck is Fred doing nowadays anyway? He just a ramblin' man now?

maybe he is. he was here for his usual patagonia visit. also, he chats with everyone via twitter. he's terribly nice and chatty. from what he has posted in twitter (besides his usual "fred's free records" - this is how i got a mantronix 12" plus a remix CD made by him) he has closed airside to focus in other projects... hopefully one of those projects is a LJ regroup.

[holden]

I still eagerly await the arrival of a CD and playing it loud on a good stereo as opposed to mp3s through crappy computer speakers or earbuds.

Yes, i've been known to "Cheat" and listen to the download, but i still prefer the physical release. Collector, old fashioned out of touch, whatever. It still makes the music feel more permanent.

Love the artwork and photo-retrospective on the new Anthology.

I immediately put on CD2 to listen to the extended "Jumbo".

[negative1]

Originally Posted by holden

I still eagerly await the arrival of a CD and playing it loud on a good stereo as opposed to mp3s through crappy computer speakers or earbuds.

Yes, i've been known to "Cheat" and listen to the download, but i still prefer the physical release. Collector, old fashioned out of touch, whatever. It still makes the music feel more permanent.

for me it's been the opposite for quite some time.. in the sense
that.. if you get 320k mp3's it's just as good... i can't tell the difference...

once i get the physical version, if i even bother ripping it to wav/flac,
i convert them to mp3 either way... and never actually listen to
the physical cd's..

later
-1

[froopy seal]

Yeah, the booklets are part of why I bother to get a hold of physical releases at all. Coming without printed artwork, I haven't really gotten into buying MP3 yet. Call me old-fashioned, but to me digital-only releases don't feel as 'valuable'. As regards listening, on the other hand, having one's music collection all in one place, and quickly searchable too, is sooo much more convenient than manually browsing CDs and loading them one by one...

[tonyb]

Originally Posted by froopy seal

Yeah, the booklets are part of why I bother to get a hold of physical releases at all. Coming without printed artwork, I haven't really gotten into buying MP3 yet. Call me old-fashioned, but to me digital-only releases don't feel as 'valuable'. As regards listening, on the other hand, having one's music collection all in one place, and quickly searchable too, is sooo much more convenient than manually browsing CDs and loading them one by one...

Totally agree on the digital releases ... personally I dont feel I get anything substantial for my buck and certainly no pleasure in buying a digital release. I've actually swung all the way back to vinyl now as my premium choice of format. I went through the same "rip the CD and toss it on the pile, then play from the hard drive" and felt something was missing. So I am back as a vinyl junkie and enjoying the experience again. Most of the vinyl albums you get these days come with a download code to feed the iPod, and though the mp3s sit on my hard drive, there is still something tactile and connecting about taking an album out of its sleeve and popping it on the turntable. Good times!
Of course I had to buy the Underworld CDs (for Underworld I will buy all the physical formats) but just buying a digital copy leaves me cold.

[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by tonyb

So I am back as a vinyl junkie and enjoying the experience again.

I never was a vinyl junkie in the first place. The only records I own are by Underworld and I've never played them. Maybe they'll be my starter drug? I hope not.

[gcoleman99]

This is probably a stupid question, but I've been through the whole thread and didn't see anything mentioned... With the re-release of dubnobasswithmyheadman being completely remastered (well, other than CD5), I was wondering if this release was, as well.

[TheBang]

I don't think there was any remastering done for anything on this release.