ebay live discs £15!!!

[crazysugarboy]

For someone who successfully bid for an ebay tokyo cd sold by the mysterious m2 - it was posted by (and paid to) a Mr Junji Sugita (a friend who lived in Japan confirmed the signiture on the ParcelForce envelope!) - my copy, as far as I can ascertain, is a genuine cd. What are my feelings for this whole business? Mixed, basically. I now own a rare Underworld cd which is giviving me immense aural pleasure, but, aslo guilt, in the sense that it is utterly frustrating for other genuine UW fans not to have a copy, and for the fact that the large sums that I, and others, are paying for said cd, are not going into the pockets of those that matter, ie Karl, Rick, Darren P etc who created this truly wondrous music in the first place.

Is this something we now have to accept in the global/online market place? I have fond memories of perusing my local WHSmiths for the latest vinyl lp releases? Golly - am I old??

Michael aka crazysugarboy

[lukeyd]

Originally Posted by crazysugarboy

I now own a rare Underworld cd which is giviving me immense aural pleasure, but, aslo guilt, in the sense that it is utterly frustrating for other genuine UW fans not to have a copy

you do know that a recording of this gig was repeatedly broadcast over dirty radio?

[Neo Mike]

Originally Posted by change

Don't know where you all are residing, but it took about 2 weeks for Tokyo to arrive in the North Central USA... FYI.

What city are you in?

[rayray]

i'm waiting three plus weeks, patiently, but with much anticipation here in PA - think shipping was 2 pounds extra btw...congrats to you for getting in.

[votingfloater]

Originally Posted by crazysugarboy

I now own a rare Underworld cd which is giving me immense aural pleasure, but, aslo guilt, in the sense that it is utterly frustrating for other genuine UW fans not to have a copy

I'm kind of with with you on this - even though I supped straight from the well (so to speak) rather than from some dubious secondary vendor, numbers sold this way were limited so I might have benefited while a more dedicated collector missed out. So I feel a bit bad. I did really really want to get this though.

I wish I was more of a hard hearted bastard.

[dubman]

Originally Posted by lukeyd

you do know that a recording of this gig was repeatedly broadcast over dirty radio?

now LOOK, as awesome as that is, it's friggin 96 kbps.
all i hear is potential when i listen to it streamed.

[crank]

I confess I confess!
I found these trax (tokyo) in a higher bit rate and they sound
oh so much better than the streamed version. I hesitated before
releasing them from their bonds but wow oh wow. Now to score the
ebay version...<sigh> crank!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by lukeyd

you do know that a recording of this gig was repeatedly broadcast over dirty radio?

Yeah, this isn't really a valid argument for those of us that value recording quality on a rabid level. But it looks like a new round of discs will be made available soon, so maybe us audiophile fans will soon have our wishes granted. In the meantime, I'll keep exploring my alternative meanse of getting a copy just in case.

[joethelion]

Originally Posted by dubman

now LOOK, as awesome as that is, it's friggin 96 kbps.
all i hear is potential when i listen to it streamed.

EXACTLY!

you can't be like - well, you got a copy if you listen to the streamed version. that's like saying... well - you heard it on the radio, it's like buying the album

simply does not compute

[Jan]

Originally Posted by joethelion

you can't be like - well, you got a copy if you listen to the streamed version. that's like saying... well - you heard it on the radio, it's like buying the album

Obviously the encoder wasn't the greatest. I wasn't even able to turn up the volume to an adequate level!

They did a better thing with the Lemonworld Broadcast in December... It was also at 96kbps but had (IMO) a surprisingly good sound quality.