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― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 03:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Another minor thing for the artwork, Mzui, if you're going to YSI it -- "Us or Them" isn't listed for disc four. The actual song is there on the disc, though, so all's good!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 06:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Ned I would love a copy as well. We are practically neighbors and I have a brand new computer with all the bells and whistles (CD/DVD burner with LightScribe technology). So we can get these burns out to people in the States if they are so inclined. That is my e-mail and will be getting an e-mail from me sometime tomorrow.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link

So on my second relisten through the whole main set and really, this is such a wonderful collection. A lot of performances that are monstrously good -- the version of "Want," jeeps. And "The Promise!" I always regretted missing the 2004 tour and now I'm kicking myself.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link

What's the footage on the DVD like?

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link

That will be my viewing tonight.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Mzui, did I not make the cut? In that case, I would beg a euro-ilxor to accept my on the second draft...

― Baaderonixx, born again in Xixax (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link

And though I'd already heard them elsewhere, of course in the end it's all about:

http://www.afoolisharrangement.com/Cure/pictures/CultHero/cultherolive030504_001.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Baader, I think you did, I have the list at work, bear with me till tomorrow, not all packages have been sent, been staggering it across two weeks cause of postal expenses etc:

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

dear mzui,
is there any chance to get this little wonder as far as in moscow, russialand, very please?
i can take postal expenses on myself, just in case..

― nique (nique), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Been watching some of the DVD just now -- I really honestly love how, far from being a distraction, the age of the source tapes and the cloudier images actually make everything seem frighteningly up to date! Bands out there now are spending all this mean just to look that way as with the TOTP clip of "Primary" and all that -- all the visual glitches look incredibly intentional!

Also really nice to see the visuals that go with the "Fuck Robert Palmer!" take of "A Forest" (the Rock Werther 1981 version) and a six song set from the 1984 era band, just to see Andy Anderson on drums (as well as the bizarro bop 'yeah I'm getting into it!' take on bass courtesy of Mr. Thornalley).

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 February 2006 03:27 (eighteen years ago) link

We will work this out! Ned and I will get together soon to make copies. So if you are in the States and want a copy (only audio, only DVD or both) post in this thread so we can see how many we need to burn and all that. If you want to get a hold of us by e-mail instead both are valid.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 9 February 2006 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Here is a link for the artwork, this will have the two typos that Ned pointed out, unless Josh fancies rejigging the two pages, this is how they stand folks.

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=39PO1W4JSGXZC1EMCOA0P6R1JD

― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 9 February 2006 14:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Regardless, this look fantastic and was a monumental effort across the board. Thanks so much mzui, Josh, and all other contributors.

― matt2 (matt2), Thursday, 9 February 2006 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Baader, you are on the original list, so hang tight.

― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 9 February 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Mzui, did you get my home address?

New email address is:- splintereinherhead2003@yahoo.com

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Thursday, 9 February 2006 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Awww yeah!

― Baaderonixx, born again in Xixax (baaderonixx), Thursday, 9 February 2006 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link

erm, or even splinteredinherhead2003@yahoo.com

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Thursday, 9 February 2006 23:20 (eighteen years ago) link

mzui, whats up? am i still on the original list? muchos gracias

― kephm (kephm), Friday, 10 February 2006 01:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Just another 'liner note' correction, but this time on the DVD -- the final track on the AlabamaHalle 1984 set is "Wailing Wall," not "Pornograpy."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 01:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Er, "Pornography." You get the idea.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 01:29 (eighteen years ago) link

No, never mind, let me correct that again! The running of the end credits from the original show confused my brain -- "Wailing Wall" is immediately followed by "Pornography." Bonus cut!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 01:30 (eighteen years ago) link

...and the version of "A Forest" listed at the end of the Old Grey Whistle Test set is from another appearance when Thornalley and Anderson were still in the band, but isn't from the AlabamaHalle show.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 02:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Whoops -- I'll update the artwork tomorrow and post a new YSI link. If anyone notices any other errors, please post them.

― Petroski (petroski), Friday, 10 February 2006 03:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Dang, the Washington 84 show is good stuff. Love the version of "Primary!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Is today going to be the day when I can listen to disc 2 all the way through without interruption??? WE'LL FIND OUT!

― Dan (I'm Going In) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link

It really should be the day, yes.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link

FOILED BY TRACK 3

― Dan (I Hate Cubicles) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link

UPDATE: I still don't like "Push".

― Dan (Stupid Song) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahahah.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link

OK chums the corrected artwork is here:
http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2N1S7298IJH6G2X6SCQVR0QTTO

― Petroski (petroski), Friday, 10 February 2006 22:16 (eighteen years ago) link

If you want to get in on the action let us know. I'm going to help burn the DVD for a quite a few ILMers next week, along with the audio. Ned may have a few slots left and I haven't put a cap on how many I will do as of yet. If the demand is too great and starts to cost too much money than I will rethink that but right now is the time to let us know if you are interested in a copy of this collection.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 11 February 2006 09:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Sorry everyone, something major has come up. So I'm not going to be able to get to this for about another week...again sorry but real life is a bitch right now.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Thursday, 16 February 2006 09:46 (eighteen years ago) link

mine still hasn't turned up :(

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 16 February 2006 11:12 (eighteen years ago) link

mine either..

― Baaderonixx, born again in Xixax (baaderonixx), Thursday, 16 February 2006 11:24 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm going to try and get this done asap for you guys who are waiting. Real life got in the way for a bit but should have the burns done by the end of the week if everything goes as planned.

It's also not too late for those who have missed this thead but the door is closing. E-mail me if interested...

― BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, 26 February 2006 09:25 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm drunk! i'm going to put on the cure, not joy division.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Sunday, 26 February 2006 09:50 (eighteen years ago) link

still hasn't turned up :(²

― kit brash (kit brash), Sunday, 26 February 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd like to get involved with this. Is it strictly a "hard copy" thing, or would it be possible for the discs to be ripped and then distributed as files via YSI? Or is that going against the spirit of the project?

― cdwill (cdwill), Sunday, 26 February 2006 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Hard copy is simply the most practical given the file sizes on the four main discs themselves -- that said, presumably if someone wanted to make a torrent using FLAC or a similar standard, then it could circulate that way. Don't know how useful that would be for the DVD, though.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 26 February 2006 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd be willing to create a torrent of these in FLAC, but the source files would have to be .wav files, or else encoding to lossless would be pointless (and not truly lossless)- I'm not sure what the source(s) of these tracks are, format-wise.

The DVD would have to travel separately from the audio tracks on most or all torrent sites, but I guess they could be cross-referenced or something.

― cdwill (cdwill), Sunday, 26 February 2006 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Ah, you need to read the thread over, my friend. ;-) mzui was very specific about getting these directly from non-mp3 sources -- there is the bonus mp3 disc, but that was initially separate.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 26 February 2006 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link

I wasn't clear: I saw that he's recording from master recordings, but if the discs themselves weren't .wav files burned to disc (but instead were .wav --> .mp3 --> burned to disc), they couldn't be ripped from disc and encoded to FLAC and be truly lossless.

― cdwill (cdwill), Sunday, 26 February 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link

*blink* Okay, call me hopelessly naive perhaps, but surely the context of all his posts was to indicate that he was finding those master recordings to burn WAV/AIFF files to disc rather than burning mp3s reconverted to audio files.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 26 February 2006 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd assume so, but I didn't see anything specifically mentioned about it.

― cdwill (cdwill), Sunday, 26 February 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Guess what I have in my hot little hands. So anyone waiting for Ned (because I’m burning the DVD’s for him) or myself, the wait is almost over. So if everything goes as planned I will be burning all weekend and get these out on Monday or Tuesday. Thanks for being patient but it’s almost time.

BTW, the DVD kicks ass, we really need a part two to that because it’s so great and also really only goes through The Top era with only a couple of songs past that point.

Regardless BIG props to Mzui for this amazing collection! Thanks also to ILM for contributing the songs to this collection as it’s something special.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:56 (eighteen years ago) link

still hasn't turned up :( ³

― kit brash (kit brash), Saturday, 4 March 2006 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link

(xpost) Very excited!! i love the sorta-goofy-yet-completely-awesome Thornalley/Anderson lineup of the band.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Saturday, 4 March 2006 09:26 (eighteen years ago) link

still empty handed here :(

― kephm (kephm), Saturday, 4 March 2006 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Done!

I will try and get this off to everyone today but most likely tomorrow. The thing is I have burned an extra set. So the reason for bumping this thread is to ask if anyone wants it? If so e-mail me at the address below and we will go from there.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link

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