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April 27, 2011
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I had never knowingly heard anything by Beck before, so I auditioned this album in mp3 form to see if it lived up to the reviews on here.
My first impression was (as someone else has commented) that everything was a bit of a dirge and all of the songs were pretty much the same tempo. However...the ... more |
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April 27, 2011
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I am very familiar with this recording, albeit on a crackly old vinyl copy that I picked up back in the late 70s. It has long been one of my favourite albums and was a 'must have' purchase as soon as I obtained my SACD compatible player.
I have not played the LP for ages (turntable has retired ... more |
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April 20, 2011
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I have to confess that I have not heard the CD version of this album, indeed the only version I am familiar with is the old vinyl fake-stereo 'The Who Sings...' version that I used to have as an import. Possibly this should bar me from reviewing the album; however, this has got to be the single most ... more |
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June 2, 2011
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| I posted it as information - it certainly wasn't intended as 'promoting' any websites.
I'll shut up now and cease bothering you with my inconsiderate and quite rude open promotion of unaffiliated sites. ... more |
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June 1, 2011
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May 19, 2011
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| The quote is by a roadie (I've forgotten his name) recorded in an interview by the band. The actual quote is (more or less): "I've been mad for f***ing years, absolutely years; I've been over the edge for yonks; comes with working with bands so long, crikey..." and it's run on a tape loop (one of many on this album).
You can hear the loop much ... more |
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May 11, 2011
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| I would have thought that "absolute rubbish" might be able to have large short-term sales because of canny marketing and interest from fashion faddists, but would struggle to stay continuously on catalogue with ongoing large-scale sales for nearly forty years simultaneously undergoing specialist reissues in several different audiophile formats over ... more |
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May 10, 2011
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| Look out for the 'Tour 72' bootleg - that's got Malcolm Muggeridge on it:-) ... more |
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