Swans: Classic or Dud?

yeah i dunno i'll probably check this out though xD

The Beggar Lover (Three) (43:51)

beats Richard Dawson by almost three full minutes!

I hadn’t realized it was out. Enjoying it.

It's pretty good

Haven't found much discussion of the remastering, I listened to White Light last night, it sounds great but very different, just now reading that aside from the obvious change (adding "Blind") that some of these songs are significantly different edits, I'm a bit dismayed but at least I still have my old Various Failures and White Light CDs. Maybe someday there'll be deluxe versions with all versions. I don't have a lot of experience listening to remasters of old favourites, hope it won't always cause this anxiety.

I didn't know about the edits.

I only have the remastered White Light from the Mouth of Infinity. I just have all the old CDs from the 90s that were bunched together

The live band from 1988 was one of the best things I'd ever heard, extremely heavy folk rock. Played by most of the band that recorded Children Of God but with a different drummer. It took me an age to get hold of recordings from that era. I missed getting the official botleg which I think documents it Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room . Not sure if that has been reissued. I think the sound they reached at the time does inform their more recent incarnation to some extent.

Remaster still sounds great, but different things are brought forward, I can't quite say what it is I'm missing from the older version

How do they compare to the original LPs?

Just dropping in her to say that I listened to Screen Shot and Oxygen again today annd they are two of the best songs ever produced (and I don’t really care for this band much). Carry on!

I've never heard the vinyl versions of any of them

me neither