Any other responses?
― stevie (stevie), Monday, 22 September 2003 15:38 (twenty years ago) link
personally i thought that the 'upside down' that was chic's was better than the released one, but i dont think there's a lot in itto be fair. what a great idea it is to have put all those disco-ish b sides and 12s on the 2nd disc. 'your love is so good for me' is ace !!
when i went into HMV manchester to buy it, after it had been out for just 4 days, they had sold out of all their copies. the bloke said 'we've had loads of people in asking for it'. fantastic.
― piscesboy, Monday, 22 September 2003 16:04 (twenty years ago) link
Diva Diana will be under the impression that the big sales are mainly because of her. But, in reality, CHIC was the shit.
― bahtology, Monday, 22 September 2003 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Paul R (paul R), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:31 (twenty years ago) link
i also NEED that deluxe ed. of donna summer's 'Bad Girls' if only (again) for the second disc of 12" mixes.
£19.99 is a bit steep tho' for both of these - anyone in the UK seen them (in a shop I mean, not online) for less?
― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:39 (twenty years ago) link
play.com (yes, online, but reliable) has em for circa £12.99, i think...
i get such a hard-on for these double disk special editions... the who live at leeds was my first, or maybe what's going on... the jeff buckley live at sin e is AMAZING as well...
― stevie (stevie), Monday, 22 September 2003 17:51 (twenty years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
WHOA. Details?
― retort pouch (retort pouch), Monday, 22 September 2003 18:58 (twenty years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:02 (twenty years ago) link
Hot on the heel of their latest albums for years comes a dusting off and expanding of the 'Rumours' - era Fleetwood Mac back-catalogue. Both 'Rumours' and 'Tusk' are remastered and expanded to two-disc sets with loads of unreleased for £12.99 (approx), while The 'Fleetwood Mac' album gets the same treatment over one CD for £8.99. Meanwhile the 'Buckingham Nicks' album is set for its first release on CD, again remastered and expanded, this time for £11.99.More news on the bonus tracks when we get it.
They're on Rhino (yay!) and the release date is listed as September 8th, so the schedule seems to have slipped unfortunately.
Still, great news.
― retort pouch (retort pouch), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Douglas (Douglas), Monday, 22 September 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Sister Reed (Bimble), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
what a great track 'My Old Piano' is.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
the Chic mixes seem to have been released today along with a bunch of 12" mixes & some other stuff, under the title "Diana: Rarities Edition"
― Herodcare for the Unborn (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Rarities Editions = second discs of Deluxe Editions, sold separately
― Andy K, Tuesday, 5 January 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
live and learn!
― Herodcare for the Unborn (J0hn D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
listeing to the Chic mixes on spotify, damn this is good.
what a fucking rhythm section
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 19:55 (2 years ago) Bookmark
― second only to popcorn (or something), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
Friend to Friend is very underrated.
― Tired of these edcuated basic bitches. (lilsoulbrother), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
(Russ Terrana did amazing things with the first minute of "I'm Coming Out")
i actually don't know the difference between mixes, &c, but the first minute of this is such a teasing triumph, and the moment it kicks in as satisfying as most anything
― (oboe interlude) (schlump), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 11:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeah! those little start/stop drum fills are godlike
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 August 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
This album might just be my favourite thing that Chic were ever involved with, which is quite something given that their original mixes weren't used. Talking strictly in terms of material, though, I think this is far more consistent than any Chic album, and I love those Chic records as much as anyone.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 08:25 (six years ago) link
I was in B & Q the other day and a song was playing and I had to Shazam it and it was "I'm Coming Out".
Even though I know 'Upside Down' from the same record I'd never heard this! The only other possibility is that I had heard it previously but that it didn't register but that doesn't seem likely either
It is pure gold
― saer, Monday, 13 March 2023 14:28 (one year ago) link
I've been teaching myself to play bass again (something I had put down for a long time) and spent this weekend playing along to Upside Down as much as I could.
I'm Coming Out is probably my favorite Nile Rodgers guitar riff.
― peace, man, Monday, 13 March 2023 14:38 (one year ago) link
The whole album is solid.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Monday, 13 March 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
I was in B & Q the other day and a song was playing and I had to Shazam it and it was "I'm Coming Out". Even though I know 'Upside Down' from the same record I'd never heard this! The only other possibility is that I had heard it previously but that it didn't register but that doesn't seem likely eitherIt is pure gold
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 13 March 2023 15:13 (one year ago) link
I didn't make the connection on the sample with the biggie track, I'm also ambivalent about the biggie track, good video though. The sample is weird because its central but also not central at all
Maybe I just forgot it. I'll listen to another song from the album next week. I already know Upside Down
― saer, Monday, 13 March 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
“My Old Piano” and “Tenderness” are big jams as well
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 13 March 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
I will play My Old Piano next week and Tenderness in April
― saer, Monday, 13 March 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
and then you can listen to “Love Hangover” all summer long
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:00 (one year ago) link