BSS's Underworld Item of The Day:

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Originally Posted by Dirty0900

Where do you get this stuff from? I know you said once or twice before you have a friend who can get you white labels of stuff, but where do you get Mexican banners of AHDo artwork?

a lot of searching

ebay...

web searches...

dj friends...

and a few people off load their collections my way that include bits of interest (knowing i'm a uw nut)...

plus i buy literally everything related to uw...whereas a lot of people pass up things that look ordinary but are a bit quirky...like Japanese items (i have about 10-15 uw cd's still in their Japanese shrink wraps with unique obi strips - just duplicates of albums but with Japanese inserts)

My wants list is almost as long as my list of items that i already have...well its about a third of the size, but it's still quite long...and i find stuff that i didn't know existed all the time...

but its what i do and collect...anything related to Underworld & Emerson & Junior Boys Own ....

another gem for you collectors will be highlighted tomorrow (stay tuned) :

[joethelion]

hey!

I actually had that AHDO promo... I didn't even notice that it had a different order to the tracks than the album.

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Collectable # 3: Razormaid! Level 6 Subscription Only CD - No Cat Number

compilation album: track 6 is Underworld - Dark And Long (Razormaid! mix) 7:35

this is an 11 track subscription only CD from the United States. Razor maid! is a remix service similar to DMC & Swemix, who issue monthly 12" or CD albums which include exclusive members only mixes of popular tracks. These remixes are NOT officially available. (DMC membership in the early 1990's used to cost £20-£30 a month for two 12" singles...which contained anywhere between 8 and 16 tracks of exclusive remixes...)

Some of these albums contained mega mixes, which did include Underworld tracks such as normal versions of Born Slippy thrown into the mix, but as far as i know, only two Underworld tracks got the full 'exclusive' remix treatment by any remix company, and these were by the Palm Springs based Razormaid! productions.

The other, which i sadly don't have, is mmm Skyscraper (Razormaid Remix), but the one here is the stripped down remix of Dark and Long (Dark Train) - its basically and edited version of the 12" mix, with some subtle differences...its not that different for about the first 4 minutes, basically its Dark Train entirely, then it breaks down and starts nicking bits from spoon deep...and then towards the end goes back into Dark Train again...its almost like a 'jam' version of the track that you'd find on UW live...so pretty unique - there is no details of the remixer or anything about the mix - the CD only says 'Underworld' on it and the Sleeve just Underworld - Dark & Long (not dark train or spoon deep)

the subscription disc comes in a Razormaid! custom sleeve in a jewel case - i don't think this item was released on Vinyl. You cannot order back copies of these, and the only ones in exsistnece, i think, belong to the dj's who paid for them....mostly Americans in the case of this service

Year of Release: 1994/5?

Current Price: £35+

Desirability: 8/10 - you want a different unavailable remix of Dark and Long...ok i'll take one - well this is it...

Availability: 1/10 - i have only ever seen one of these for sale...and i have it...it cost me £30+ when i bought it...i don't have the other CD, with mmm skyscraper, as i can't find it and have never seen anyone with it for sale, and i've not even seen another one of these for sale...i don't even think that many people know that these exist...but keep you eye out - because its a rare one!!!


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[joethelion]

I had that on mp3 a while ago - the mix was just ok really

..and I think that Skyscraper mix too

but again - as they were mp3's = worthless

btw - does anyone happen to have spare copies of any of the following promo's?
• Rowla 12" -> the one w/ the long version of the track
• Juanita cd single -> with the cool artwork and the short edit of the track
• KoS -> not sure of the full details even if it's cd/lp (or both) but it's got Rick's Bungalow mix... my favorite mix of KoS

[lloyd]

The Juanita promo popsup now and then at the german ebay. The KoS promo 12" with Ricks mix I saw a couple of times in the last few months, can't remember in what country for now.

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Collectable # 4: A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack Sampler 12" - Pr 12 7691-1 (1997)

Selections from "a Life Less Ordinary"

4 track 12" promo only sampler - side one, track one: Underworld - Oh

'Oh' only appears on the soundtrack, to the moderatly received movie, a Life Less Ordinary, starring Ewan McGregor & Cameron Diaz. This soundtrack is available on London Records CD - but was never released on vinyl. This specific collectable is a promo only 12" and contains Oh, plus an REM track, a Sneaker Pimps track and a Folk Implosion track.

Considering that this Underworld track does not appear on any other format or album, and does not appear on Underworld's label, its a pretty unique collectable. 'Oh' is one of those tracks, some people don't really know it, others who do, hate it, and some, like me, quite like it.

If you wanna catch it watch the movie and its the music playing while Ewan's character quits his job, or just buy the CD soundtrack which is pretty good...but if you want this Underworld track on Vinyl you have to buy this US only issued sampler 12" in an FFRR / London Records sleeve.

Year of Release: 1997

Current Price: £12-£15

Desirability: 7/10 - you can get this track on CD, but its not on any other album and is only available on vinyl on this 12"

Availability: 5/10 - i've not seen one come up for a while but they are not that rare, and i suppose REM fans want this collectable also, so if you want a rare Underworld track on vinyl hunt it down.


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[undarrenworld]

12-15?
I go for it right now

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right here, right now,...

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Originally Posted by undarrenworld

12-15?
I go for it right now

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right here, right now,...

well possibly £20 but its never more than that....

[undarrenworld]

Yeah, i just love these mini samples from ost, if there is UW...

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Collectable # 5: Underworld - 1992 - 2002 - German V2 Logic Promo 2 x CD with Picture CD's - LC 01801

Tracks:

Disc 1
1. Big Mouth - 10'07
2. Dirty - 11'37
3. Mmmm Skyscarper I Love You - 13'14
4. Rez - 9'58
5. Spikee - 12'30
6. Dirty Epic - 9'59
7. Dark & Long (Dark Train) 10'51

Disc 2
1. Cowgirl - 8'29
2. Born Slippy - 7'34
3. Pearls Girl - 9'39
4. Jumbo - 9'12
5. Push Upstairs - 6'10
6. Moaner - 10'21
7. King Of Snake - 9'30
8. Eight Ball - 8'55
9. Two Months Off - 9'10

This album was never officially known as the Anthology, the compilation spanning the years 1992-2002 features all the major hits of Underworld, it is popularly know by this name, and one of the promo versions even refers to it as the 'Anthology', but the official title is "1992-2002"

The tracklisting and tracks are not 'unique' to any version - the 16 tracks are the same on whatever album you buy, but there are subtle difference in the releases, and perhaps the best version is this one, released on German promo, which, not only features differing track lengths, but also a unique picture cover CD, albeit a paper image stuck on the CD-R, its a nice item to have...

This promo features a longer version of Dirty - 11'37, compared to the UK promo version which is 9'47 & the 10'18 version on the UK commercial CD.

Dark & Long (Dark Train) is 10'53 long, which is the same length of the UK commercial CD, but oddly enough, both these versions are 30 seconds longer than the UK promo

The version of Born Slippy is 7'33 long and is the same as every other version, except the UK promo which has an 11'32 version

Most uniquely to this CD promo version, though, is the 9'12 version of Jumbo...3'13 seconds longer than the version on any other format.

Push Upstairs and Moaner are the same as every other release except for the UK promo, which has shorter versions...

Oddly the the most unique thing about this promo is the 9'12 Jumbo version, which as far as i know has never been released anywhere else in this long form...(except...) All of the other 'odd' track lengths can be found elsewhere...

I have since acquiring this version on promo, discovered that there is an Argentinian commercial released version of this album, on CD with the exact same track times, including Jumbo at 9'12...and as such I expect there to be other commercial versions out there with the longer Jumbo...so get hunting...

And as unique this promo is, the UK promo version, is also worth getting hold of because of the different tracks lengths on it as well - compared to the UK commercial release, the promo has Moaner, Push Upstairs, Born Slippy, Pearls Girl, Dark & Long (Dark Train) & Dirty with all different track lengths to the commercial release (although not exclusive to this promo)

Now most people have the standard commercial formats, whether on Cd or Vinyl, but it is certainly worth tracking down the UK promo CD or this unique German promo CD, for alternate versions of your favourite Underworld tracks.


Year of Release: 2003

Current Price: £30+

Desirability: 9/10 - well for one track Jumbo - its worth getting hold of...also the picture CD images are unique to this promo - so grab it if you ever see one...(good luck

Availability: 1/10 - the only one i knwo of i have, but idoubt that thats the entire stock, check ebay - it may come up - but is likely to disappear quickly....


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