Much of what I would have typed I don't need to, because Monk already did it, and in a more elegant fashion than mine would have turned out. To the original poster: Yes, you did need all those Blancmange 12"s. Those are among my favorites! They were imaginative expanded versions of great tracks that kept the spirit and flavor of the original. This is the kind of 12" version I loby mathmandan
Spoons "Arias & Symphonies" I loved this album, all of it, and so I started tracking down their other releases. This wasn't easy in the US at the time as the other releases were Canada-only. Well, I should not have spent the effort. "Arias & Symphonies" is a wonderful anomaly in the band's discography, and the only album I need. P.S. They came out of dormaby mathmandan
upper90 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you feel offended > and proud at the same time. That is precisely it! Haha...by mathmandan
Moby famously licensed every single track of his "Play" album for commercials, TV shows, and movies. This was after the initial sales were not what was hoped for. And what happened? Turned out to be a brilliant marketing move. The album later sold boatloads.by mathmandan
upper90 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here is a list, some ones I must have missed and > now will have to find on the internet somewhere > this weekend: > > Carolyn's Fingers- --Cocteau Twins--Honda > Athol-Brose--Cocteau Twins--Mitsubishi > Cherry-Coloured Funk--Cocteau Twins--Toyota > Song of the Siren--This Mortal Coil--by mathmandan
PPM: Regarding Peter Gabriel IV, this could very well be the explanation. I never noticed sound issues on Art of Noise releases, also heavy on Fairlight, but theirs could have been a very different recording process. If the Fairlight is the root of it, then no remastering will improve what I've been noticing!by mathmandan
Peter Gabriel's Security (fourth album). I love the album, but I've always felt it was lacking a little punch. Even with the remasters, there is just a little more muddiness than I think it was meant to have. Am I the only one?by mathmandan
I had some of these! I studied them carefully. Along with this one. I wonder if I might still have a couple CD International copies, stashed away in a box somewhere...by mathmandan
PPM: everything you wrote makes perfect sense! But, I am too invested in my database to let it go. Also, if Discogs has separate entries for different pressings, I simply must figure out which one I have. I suppose I have some selective OCD.by mathmandan
Delvin Wrote: >partly to quit accidentally buying copies of albums I already have... God that's happened to me more times than I'd like to admit, even though I started databasing my collection early on. My first version was using Microsoft Works on a Mac SE20, and back then Microsoft Works only existed on a mac because Windows hadn't been invented yet! (Wait, I lied, the verby mathmandan
> 15. Pet Shop Boys - Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend Great choice. In many, many cases I liked the PSB b-sides better than the a-sides. And that doesn't mean I didn't like the a-sides, it means I thought the b-sides were that good. I must not be the only one, as they released two different compilation albums collecting their b-sides!by mathmandan
Soft Cell's extended instrumental "...So", the b-side to the "What!" 12", was fantastic.by mathmandan
There is something magical about "I Feel Love." I also never tire of it. I guess it was disco, but it sure sounded different than the rest of the genre. Artists should stop trying to cover it! (Sorry Marc Almond.) There have been some creative sampling uses of it (I'm thinking of Mark Stewart's "Fatal Attraction"). In my high school days (1981-1985) I felt likeby mathmandan
