Factory Records' flagship band New Order's first five records ('Movement,' 'Power, Corruption & Lies,' 'Low-Life,' 'Brotherhood' and 'Technique') have finally gotten the remastered reissue treatment. The two disc Collector's Edition sets arrived in the UK in September & October and were released in the US on November 11th. Hardcore fans the world over rejoiced, myself included - some of these
Did you buy the latest New Order reissues? Find the sound to be rather shite? Well buck up camper, it seems you can trade yours in for reissues of the reissues shortly... New Order have announced that they will reissue their latest reissues, after complaints over their sound quality. People who have already purchased collector edition copies of the band's first five albums will be able to exchange these for the new versions – that is, if they even noticed the problems. "Warner Bros UK, Rhino and New Order regret that the initial pressings [...]
The third full-length (including the Lucy Ford compilation) from Atmosphere , God Loves Ugly , is significant in many ways. It's the first record that features Atmosphere's core line-up (Remember Spawn? He's in Overcast , and that's it), it's the first full-length after the Lucy Ford EPs, which established the themes of many Atmosphere albums to come, and it's the album that helped put Twin Cities hip-hop on the map. Naturally, it's been out-of-print for a year. But come January 20th, 2009, God Loves Ugly will [...]
Oh no! Billboard reports: *Fans quickly complained of about 300 errors, mostly relating to poor sound quality on the bonus discs. The pops and crackles on many of the tracks suggest they were transferred directly from commercially available vinyl recordings rather than from the original master tapes.* Visit New Order on MySpace. Download a classic [...]
There were quite a few complaints about the grotty sound quality of the latest batch of New Order reissues came out in the UK last month. This week, the records were released in the US to pretty much the same sort of complaints, and all of a sudden they've decided to withdraw the products : "Warner Bros UK, Rhino and New Order regret that the initial pressings of the collector editions of Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood and Technique contain some minor audio problems on the bonus discs," yesterday's statement announced. "We are now [...]
(photo by Kendall Pavan) It's hard to have a ton of life experience by the time you reach the age of 21, but for Deer Tick 's primary singer/songwriter/the-dude-who -plays-everything-on-the-recor d, John McCauley III, we may just have to accept the fact that there are exceptions. At least, in substance. Deer Tick's debut record, War Child , was written when McCauley was 20 and the fourteen songs on the disc encompass this anomaly to a T. When the album first came out last year, it was widely accepted as a gorgeous piece of slow-burning, country-rock. [...]
The New Order reissues have made me come to the releases with a fresh set of ears. I have never really listened to Movement in much depth but now have found that I love it more and more on each listen. Doubts Even Here is a real lost New Order classic, I tired to find a live version to put up here but I think this is much better. Enjoy www.highwayfive.blogspot.com
I had no idea it was no longer available. I really enjoyed Bebel Gilberto's Tanto Tempo back in 2000, and it's nice to rediscover it 8 years later. Crammed Discs , who originally put out the record, will be reissuing the record November 18th. Marketing Crap: The daughter of João Gilberto (who co-invented bossa nova 50 years ago with his friend Tom Jobim), Bebel Gilberto was living in New York and couldn't get a suitable record label in the US or Brazil when Brussels-based independent label [...]
Mute Records is planning a deluxe reissue series for all five M83 albums on vinyl, which will be double gatefold editions with the exception of Digital Shades , previously only available digitally. Each of the LP's will be coupled with bonus discs. Anthony Gonzalez is preparing for a month-long US tour before a strangely incongruous opening spot for Kings of Leon in Europe in December. Here's a taste of what to expect live: [...]
Five of the most important releases in the decade after punk died, New Order records Movement , Power Corruption and Lies , Low-Life , Brotherhood and Technique are getting the reissue treatment next month when Rhino will release special collector's edition 2-disc sets on November 11. Each set will include a digitally remastered copy of the original album plus a bonus disc of rarities that haven't been collected anywhere else until now. To celebrate, Rhino is running a contest where the one lucky winner will receive a [...]
New Order is one of my all-time favourite bands (as most of you would already know); in fact, I was a fan of them long before I knew about Joy Division. And now on November 11, Rhino is going to reissue 2-disc collector's editions of their first five albums: Movement , Power, Corruption and Lies , Low-Life , Brotherhood , and Technique . As much as we can all get jaded about special editions and re-releases of old material, I always get excited about the bands I really care about, and admittedly, I usually purchase [...]
No Pussyfooting is one of those records that isn't exactly an easy listen. For one, the only two tracks on it, "The Heavenly Music Corporation" and "Swastika Girls", each clock in at around twenty minutes. For another, it's one of the seminal pieces of ambient electronica, and as such may not exactly appeal to those who are looking for melody and structured composition in their music. Still, when given proper attention, the record opens up to reveal a world of textures and melody that aren't apparent at first listen. Fripp's pioneering " Frippertronics " [...]
Well, thanks to Merge Records , the first two LPs from Boston's Volcano Suns will be entering the digital age. Us youngsters who read blogs don't know much about music that's not printed on those little, shiny discs we call CDs; so it's tough to go on and call the band "seminal." However, after a short background check, it's pretty obvious that Volcano Suns' shot in the spotlight is long overdue. Maybe it's about twenty years too late, but sometimes you don't know what's good until it's already passed you by. All, sentimental [...]
Unlike Metallica, who somehow are trying to tell fans that their dissatisfaction with the poor sound quality on the new record is wrong, New Order are actually leading the attacks on the Warners re-release series. Or at least, Peter Hook is - although his name has fallen off ContactMusic's report : He claimed that the record industry has changed over the years, saying: "They don't have half the staff they used to have so everything becomes quite a trial, and I know from doing the Hacienda compilation tape, you get a lot of masters of old songs [...]
If you thought that the last Stephen Malkmus Buy Early Get Now promo was a good deal, then hold on to your hats. Matador has just announced that the forthcoming reissue of Brighten The Corners (the Nicene Creedence Edition ) is going to be a part of the program, and the benefits are oh-so-nice. Direct from the source : - Oct 10- 128k Stream of the Entire Album - Oct 21: 1st [...]
The Scottish twee band the Shop Assistants are one of those bands that have been semi-lost to time, and the Internet hasn't been much help; their semi-official Web site has a Comic Sans header and links to a dead board and a (gasp!) negative NME review of their career retrospective. Perhaps that will change now that the British reissue outfit Cherry Red is putting out a new edition of Will Anything Happen , which collects the shambolic, sweet tracks that the band put out on the Chrysalis Records offshoot Blue Guitar. "I Don't Wanna Be [...]
Death Cab For Cutie are set to reissue their 1998 debut album ' Something About Airplanes ' later next month. The special release will be a limited-edition deluxe reissue and is set to mark the 10th anniversary of its original 1998 release date. The album will be released in the US via Barsuk Records on November 25 and will include a bonus disc featuring a live recording of their first ever Seattle show which took place in February of 1998. The reissue will also come with redesigned artwork and new linier notes written by Harvey Danger's [...]
The official statement is as follows: *Barsuk Records is pleased to announce that we will be reissuing Death Cab For Cutie's classic 1998 debut album, Something About Airplanes , on November 25th. This limited deluxe 10 year anniversary CD edition will include a bonus disc featuring a recently unearthed recording of the band's first ever Seattle show. The reissue will also feature beautifully redesigned artwork, including extensive liner notes by noted musician and writer Sean Nelson (whose band Harvey Danger was the headliner of the bonus disc show, and who sings lead vocals on DCFC's never before heard cover [...]
darryl blood Download: Mission of Burma "Dead Pool" Download: Mission of Burma "Learn How" (both from VS. out now on Matador) Over at L.A. RECORD is a big conversation with Mission of Burma drummer Peter [...]
Download: Karen Dalton 'Every Time I Think Of Freedom' (from Cotton-Eyed Joe out now on Delmore) Karen Dalton is Nick Cave and Devendra Banhart's favorite but hardly anyone came calling for her until years after she died— "the great lost voice of the New York's Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s," said the Guardian , who were one of many to deliver the reverent reviews she deserved when a big burst of reissues [...]
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