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Post by julesd68 on May 22, 2016 20:44:06 GMT
Er, yes of course I can burn a cd, even with my meagre abilities.
I’m only really interested in the vinyl, so somebody else will enjoy the download.
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Post by Guest on May 26, 2016 16:17:51 GMT
Have they done 'Abbey Road' yet guys? [my fave Beatles album]
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Post by Stratmangler on Jul 7, 2016 17:33:50 GMT
These half-speed cuts are now out in shops - I bought the Free one at Piccadilly Records in Manchester last Saturday (2/7/16). The Free album is an excellent cut too.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 7, 2016 17:44:48 GMT
That's good news, I hope they do some more in this series ...
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Post by Stratmangler on Jul 7, 2016 18:10:16 GMT
The download is the best digital transfer I've heard of Fire And Water too.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 1, 2017 16:55:06 GMT
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Post by daytona600 on Mar 1, 2017 23:24:10 GMT
£29.99 is very expensive for a 24/96 pro-tool master pressed to vinyl production costs are 5% of full fat 100% AAA
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 2, 2017 9:22:24 GMT
Fair enough Scott, a well made point ... One thing I would say in defence of the Abbey Road series is that they obviously do a very careful job on the remasters as from my limited experience they sound excellent.
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Post by daytona600 on Mar 3, 2017 9:52:58 GMT
some of them are actually very good & glad to see a major like warners making decent sounding reissues pity they use all the marketing BS - abbey road , half-speed mastered etc whats wrong with good old fashioned 3 letters AAA , DDA on the packaging & quote the source
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 20:24:47 GMT
Here's my review of 'New Gold Dream'. I was too busy listening to Metal in the 80’s and could never understand why my mate bought this album. But recently I have started to enjoy some of the best of 80’s pop, especially 12” singles of which there are many gems, Simple Minds included. This is a quintessential 80’s album and so evocative of the early 80's scene - sure it’s nostalgic for those of us who were teenagers in the era but does the music stand up now? For me it certainly does - top quality song writing, instrumentation & production. It has a bit of quirkiness and invention about the songs that they would soon lose. I really like the sense of optimism and Jim Kerr’s vocals are strong throughout. Love the cover art - apparently they had to get rid of the crucifix for the Balkan release! The packaging is good - a quality cover, a certificate for the mastering and a download card. The only slip up is the gold card inner - the vinyl hadn’t suffered yet from hairlines so I put mine straight into a nice poly lined inner after cleaning. So onto the sq. More good news is that the pressing is flat and quiet. Yes, it can still be achieved when proper care is taken. The vinyl is half speed mastered for “superior treble, solid and stable stereo images”. I would certainly agree with that and overall this 35 year old production sounds remarkably fresh. But surprisingly for me it’s the bass extension I found most impressive - rock solid and especially well defined on tracks like ‘Colours fly…’ and my fave, ‘Glittering prize’. Makes me wonder what Martin's Ushers would do with all that bass! It has been mastered from a hi-res digi transfer as made clear by the studio, but in this case it has been done very well and isn’t spoilt with heavy compression. The sound is nice and airy but turn this up loud and the kick / snare drums really thump with great slam and dynamics. If this particular lp isn’t to your taste there are a number of others in this series which might be worth checking out. shop.abbeyroad.com/Half-Speed/Congrats and thanks to Abbey Road for a superior product. I bought that last week, Very happy with it, certainly miles better than the original i already had.
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Post by julesd68 on May 14, 2017 20:27:27 GMT
Excellent. I've managed to pick up all the 12" singles from the album too which are very nice to have ....
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 20:33:14 GMT
Already had all the 12" singles, Every one they made up the mid 80's.. Brilliantly underrated band..
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 20:34:58 GMT
I worked in a record shop in the early to mid 80's I was a big Simple Minds & Depeche Mode fan boy.
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Post by julesd68 on May 14, 2017 20:37:45 GMT
I hated them back in the day as I was only listening to metal at that point ... I've got stacks of Simple Minds 12" now ... The production and sound quality is awesome.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 21:12:05 GMT
Excellent. I've managed to pick up all the 12" singles from the album too which are very nice to have .... What issue is your " New Gold Dream" 12" single? I could never source a UK issue & i don't think there was one, Mines an Italian import.. Ever heard a record by a band called U.S.U.R.A, a track called " Open your mind" have a listern
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Post by julesd68 on May 14, 2017 21:39:40 GMT
Excellent. I've managed to pick up all the 12" singles from the album too which are very nice to have .... What issue is your " New Gold Dream" 12" single? I could never source a UK issue & i don't think there was one, Mines an Italian import.. Ever heard a record by a band called U.S.U.R.A, a track called " Open your mind" have a listern Ha - I think that's one i haven't got! Damn, will have to look for one now ... Will check out the track u mention ...
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Post by julesd68 on May 14, 2017 21:49:15 GMT
Talking of Abbey Road, I rather like these new t-shirts they have, think I'll order one ...
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Post by MartinT on May 15, 2017 16:11:26 GMT
Already had all the 12" singles, Every one they made up the mid 80's.. Brilliantly underrated band.. Agreed. Have you seen Don't You (Forget About Me) in anything like decent recorded quality? I only have it on a rare 8cm mini-CD and it sounds dreadful.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 16:24:03 GMT
PM couple 12"erz available..
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Post by julesd68 on May 15, 2017 17:05:46 GMT
The 12" of Don't You Forget sounds awesome on my system ...
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