The Return Of My Bloody Valentine

So:

http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/8809-kevin-shields/

Whatever.

OK, actually an interesting read, now I'm halfway through.

That song is pretty awesome. Also has about 10% of the reverb modern 'MBV-influenced' bands tend to use.

unreleased tracks are on youtube

HUH?

OMG!

tbh kinda torn b/w wanting to listen to them RIGHT NOW & waiting to get my hands on something of respectable quality. What a fantastic surprise! I honestly had no idea that there would be unreleased material included w/ the remasters (or they'd ever even happen themselves obv).

They've been around for about 3 years anyway.

Blimey: My Bloody Valentine 20-year old demos surface?

those paragraphs about how "everything's brought up to zero" don't fill me with confidence.

That's an interesting interview, especially the treatment by the record labels.

yeah saying one of the tracks had to be a "sacrificial lamb" to get everything up to a louder volume is kinda :S

so which remaster of loveless is better, the new one or the old one from the analog tape? is there a huge difference?

two streams

both streams are almost exactly the same loudness, the analog one seems *slightly* less compressed and easier on the ears

will have to withhold tru judgement until i can blast this on my stereo at home

heckfire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/may/01/my-bloody-valentine-loveless-stream

LITERALLY no difference on those 2 streams.

sure, a crappy stream of something that dude carefully remastered for one specific audio format only and to be played loud on an actual hi-fi, that'll prove lots

No Cassette edition?

(I have the minidisc edition already)

So far it seems like the underwhelming 2008 promo leak was in fact genuine. Meh.

Actually, now I'm listening to it again with some A/B with the orginal CD and I think I prefer the EQ balance on these new ones, there's definitely a fuller sound, however it also seems to be quite fatiguing on my ears, but maybe I'm just listening to it too loud.

I haven't actually listened to the album for a couple of years at least and I was beginning to think I may have overrated it, but it's still pretty amazing.

Shields says the 2008 leak was unfinished

In order to hear the difference you have to play it at top volume through the band's PA.

Kevin Shields remastering the records seems about as reliable as Neil Young doing it. Dude's own hearing has probably had a few dBs rolled off, if you follow me.

however it also seems to be quite fatiguing on my ears

yeah I don't think a stream like this will really be helpful to judge - everything hurts at 128k

the remastered EPs sound very very good. nice to have a reason to listen to all these tracks again anyway.

the first was loveless as you remember, the second was meant for kevin's chinchillas

― kelpolaris, Saturday, April 28, 2012 6:38 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i like this theory

Bilinda sounds louder/ clearer on the EPs.

So any idea what is actually coming out in the U.S.? I've seen the EP collection available for pre-order at Amazon, but neither of the other two remasters are.

Haha oh wait, the Loveless remaster is an import for now. $66. Ugh.

Only $52 for the Isn't Anything remaster though.

I ordered direct from Amazon UK (I didn't realize you could place orders using your US account) - I think it was less than twenty bucks shipped to the US. Should be here in a week or so

it's just so bizarre to me that there is not a single mention online of a US release. i keep hearing may 15th tossed around but somehow i think sony wants to build up anticipation beyond just a week - well, anticipation in context of announce date to release date. they've sort been waited on for the past decade and a half.

fwiw, Amazon lists June 5th for the U.S. release of the expensive ass import versions. the fairly priced EPs collection is listed as May 15th.

Not sure why anyone would wait. Just order from Amazon.co.uk. Around $15 each shipped.

Aah, but you forget the part where I have Amazon Prime. Free 2day shipping, fool.

also, i already have flacs of the remasters and possess an embarrassing amount of unreleased MBV material. "bilinda song" has been one of my favorites for years and it kinda confuses me that "kevin song" wasn't included with the remastered ep's. i'm buying these purely for support-ical reasons, as any funding that contributes to shield's putting forth this new album i will gladly donate. i've considered starting a paypal fund just to hurry this shit up - the worlds ending for chrissake.

OK, so -

- Single-disc remaster of Loveless via Amazon.com: $66.50

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007ROVEB6/ref=s9_bbs_gw_d6_g15_ir04?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1PXMX5Z99FW6T585F7JX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846

- Double-disc remaster of Loveless via amazon.co.uk: $19.11 (including shipping)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00197X1V8/ref=ox_ya_os_product

I got... um, the latter one.

I too have Amazon prime, but the shipping on these from the UK was about $2.50 each when ordered together and only takes about 5 days.

Anyway, if you're not in a rush, then I'm sure there'll be a US release someday.

ok, maybe i'll consider that then. how did you get your prime shipping to transfer over? i tried logging into amazon.co.uk w/ my US account and was required to make a new one.

Prime is not eligible when ordering from the UK site. Your login/password should be the same as your US account. Here is the shipping cost schedule for the USA: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200706160&pop-up=1

The shipping cost I mentioned earlier is standard for everyone (Prime or no) and was based on ordering all 3.

I mean, if you're fine with your FLACs, they'll probably be out here eventually for $10/each with Prime.

I am just an old physical media nerd.

That gets excited about imports etc. Remember those???

Just picked up my copy of the EP's CD from HMV for £10. Bit of a missed opportunity for liner notes. Just pictures of the EP covers on the inside sleeve and again in the booklet with a centre spread of small band pics.

In hmv, all three bought together on special offer of £25.

think someone said fopp were doing the same.

with free poster...

Fopp is a small distance, but cool.

xpost yeah right.

actually, I take that back..

Anyways, dnw free poster.

I bought all three together in HMV in Exeter yesterday and didn't get a fiver off. Bastards.

Jealous of you Brits. Going to check my local shop at lunch, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. After all, I've been waiting years... whats a few more weeks/months?

It took 10 years and tons of hand-wringing, but don't worry, they've completely botched the job:

http://thepowerofindependenttrucking.blogspot.com/2012/05/mbv-loveless-2012-remasters.html

great article, but still can't get over your usage of "dosh"

dosh dosh dosh dosh dosh dosh dosh

"The 2012 release has the CDs backwards, though the cover art still indicates above."

So I'm assuming the printing on the CDs themselves is wrong? Confusing article.