BSS's Underworld Item of The Day:

[big screen satellite]

Collectable # 7: Underworld - mmm...skyscraper i love you (boys own CD) (BOICD 13)

Tracks:

1. mmm...skyscraper i love you
2. mmm...skyscraper i love you - telegraph 6.11.92
3. mmm...skyscraper i love you - jam scraper

a simple commercially released CD...yet, the first NON promo item in this selection...and so far, its our most expensive collectable covered...

why?

well the tracks are quite easily found on the 12" single, which fetches £15-£25 at the moment, or on various bootleg 12"'s...

and, track 1. features on CD on the Anthology (1992-2002) album, in its entirety....but this CD is a real rarity and fetches silly money on ebay, for what should be a £15 CD.

why then so rare...well...its the cd digital quality of the tracks, two of which are exclusive to this release (CD or 12")...and

Boys Own, part of London Records...were specifically a vinyl outfit...and prior to this release had not issued anything on CD...this was in 1993, and dance music was, in general, still a majorly vinyl business, so issues on CD were very rare...and hence this is one of the rarest items of Underworld collectables...and it is basically Underworld's first release to the wider world. (its also the first Underworld item to appear with a picture cover...previously all 'promo' / 'other' releases were in plain sleeves)

i'm not sure how many copies of this were pressed, but Boys Own in 1993, were only 2 years old and so were still in the early phases of issuing records...so its probably pretty limited for a commercially available single...

in essence this is the most collectable non promo release Underworld have put out...

Year of Release: 1993

Current Price: £50- £100 (depending upon where you get your copy)

Desirability: 10/10 - everyone wants this one on CD, everyone who doesn't have on that is...(fortunately i got mine recently in the past two months for £15)...even the numberonesuperfan didn't have this until recently...but i didn't wanna pay too much for it...you can get it if you look hard enough

Availability: 5/10 - they do come up on ebay...and occasionaly in record stores, of the second hand variety, generally for about £25-£35 so thats your best bet, but ebay is easier but much more expensive...its your choice

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[Dirty0900]

If anyone knows a location of a Skyscraper CD in a second hand shop, id happily fork out money for it, plus a little extra for ya troubles

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

well there are several versions of the Anthology:

the Japanese commercial released CD:

there are two versions in Japan - a double CD set - which may or may not be the same as the UK commercial release and the same set but one that comes with the bonus dvd of 5 videos (i don't have either of these commercial versions so don't know what the track lengths are)

the Japanese promo CD:

this is actually the same as the German promo with the longer version of Jumbo....and it is quite possible that the Japanese commercial releases have the longer Jumbo on them...so if you have a Japanese commercial release check it out for a 9:12 version of Jumbo

I have this japanese triple disc commercial edition and I can tell you that Jumbo is 6:59. If there's any other track times you want me to confirm, I can do so.

[big screen satellite]

no thats fine - cheers stimpee...i must get that 3 set with the DVD...is it still available on line anywhere - HMV.Jp.?

[big screen satellite]

Collectable # 8: Underworld - Mother Earth / The Hump - Tomato 12" PLUM 2001

Tracks:

1.i. - mother earth (fm mix)
1.ii. - mother earth
2.i. - the hump (wild beasts)
2.ii. - the hump (groove without a doubt)

probably the most sought after Underworld collectable by mainstream fans...simply because it is considered the first Underworld Mark II release

ie. the first release since they ditched their goth / rock outfits and pursued dance music. Its pretty unlikey that Darren Emerson had any input on Mother Earth, since its almost certainly left over from the old Mark I Era days, as it appears on a recording way back in 1990...but despite that its still a popular track and does appear on the Mark II dubnobass album as M.E. (Mother Earth - geddit?). (Darren is also not creditted on ME)

Its the flip side - The Hump - that is the reason that this vinyl is so exclusive....its only available on this 12" and there are two mixes...and not only that there were only 500 copies pressed on the bands own Tomato record label...i know of at least one copy being broken...so that makes 499 out there (see the who has the hump poll thread to add to the list of owners)

its just rare - simple as that...a test outing for the boys, on their own label, Darren's first forray with Rick as Steppin Razor, remixing the track, (whether he had any input in the original track is open to conjecture or Darren saying so )

The Vinyl comes in a plain black record sleeve - and has typical tomato fonts & graphics on the label...you will note however the existence of the OLD Underworld logo being used - left over from the MK I days...

a super record and a must have for any fan, but they rarely come up for sale so happy hunting...

(other points of note: the run out groove on the Mother Earth side contains the text 'A Hole in the Back of the Sun', and on The Hump side, the text 'Dog Man Go Woof')

Year of Release: 1992

Current Price: £100+ (the last one on ebay went for £104)

Desirability: 10/10 - simply a must have

Availability: 1/10 - well, the 7 or so people who claim to have this already won't be letting it go - for any money....that leaves about 490 out there, but good luck finding one...i only got mine 5 years ago and i've been collecting since 1992, but that's the thrill of collecting, finding an elusive collectable...

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[holden]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

Collectable # 8: Underworld - Mother Earth / The Hump - Tomato 12" PLUM 2001

Tracks:

1.i. - mother earth (fm mix)
1.ii. - mother earth
2.i. - the hump (wild beasts)
2.ii. - the hump (groove without a doubt)

probably the most sought after Underworld collectable by mainstream fans...simply because it is considered the first Underworld Mark II release

there were only 500 copies pressed on the bands own Tomato record label...i know of at least one copy being broken...

Who broke that copy?! WHO DID SUCH A THING?!

i for one would simply like to hear this. Other than the old one-minute clips on dirty.org, i've never heard "The Hump" or "M.E. fm mix" in their entirety. Does anyone have an mp3 (lo-fi, hi-fi, whatever) that they could hook a dirt up with? Bless you!

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by holden

Who broke that copy?! WHO DID SUCH A THING?!

i for one would simply like to hear this. Other than the old one-minute clips on dirty.org, i've never heard "The Hump" or "M.E. fm mix" in their entirety. Does anyone have an mp3 (lo-fi, hi-fi, whatever) that they could hook a dirt up with? Bless you!

a girl i was trading with said she was give two copies, by post, one arrived broken...!!! this was when it was new, so not 'rare'...

anyway...i hear people are selling mp3 copies for a £5

[big screen satellite]

Collectable # 9: Underworld - A Hundred Years - Promo CD (V2) No Cat Number

Tracks:

1. No Move 6'53
2. Two Months Off 9'07
3. Twist 6'24
4. Sola Sistim 6'26
5. Little Speaker 8'36
7. Ess Gee 2'20
8. Dinosua Adventure 3D 7'55
9. Ballet Lane 3'39
10. Luetin 7'00

please note: this is how the tracks are listed on the CD (and do not include any spelling mistakes)

there is not a great deal different about this CD, the track listing and track times are exactly the same as the standard issued 'A Hundred DAYS Off', but this CD Promo must have been one of the first off the presses...as it 'was' labelled 'A Hundred Years', both on the Slip Notes & CD

The Inner Slip Sleeve, which details

the Artist : Underworld
the title : A Hundred Days Off*
the track listing: (as spelled above)

* this is a sticker over the top of the original title ' A Hundred Years ' - the proposed original title for the Album...which had obviously been corrected in time for this to be issued to DJ's

it wasn't a typo, thats for sure, because on the CD-R itself the words 'A Hundred Years' can be seen clearly through a hurridely crossed out black mark, and no new name has been added...it just reads

UNDERWORLD
A Hundred Years (sribbled through)
10 Tracks

and these have been printed on the white CD-R, and not written on, so it muct have been a last minute change...

well its rare for the fact that its a 'released' item with incorrect details that have been corrected, and proof that A Hundred Days Off was not the original title, until the last minute....

i've not seen or heard of any other versions with miss labelled info on them, unless you lot know any different....


Year of Release: 2002

Current Price: £30+

Desirability: 5/10 - one for the collector freaks

Availability: 1/10 - sorry, but i reckon that i must have the only copy, unless anyone knows any better...there must be some mastered versions out there with different mixes...surely...and some labelled incorrectly and not corrected?

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[Jafs]

Yaw yaw

where did you get all these interesting things ?
On Ebay ?

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by Jafs

Yaw yaw

where did you get all these interesting things ?
On Ebay ?

mainly yeah...

record fairs too...

people send me things also...

its a lot of hunting