"Jumbo" reminds me of Wire. Every Damn Time.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 08:55 (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I can hear this although it's always reminded me of Joy Division, specifically 'Isolation' (it's that bright three-note synth figure that pops up a minute or two in).
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
'Isolation' was more linked to "Map Ref" for me, along with "Family Man" Mike Oldfield/Hall&Oates if you will..
― Mark G, Friday, 28 July 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
man Wire never sounds like "Jumbo" to me and if they did I'd listen to them way more often
unless someone can link what song specifically it's reminding them of
however there is a Yukihiro Takahashi song that's clearly very inspired by "Jumbo" and it's really excellent
― frogbs, Friday, 28 July 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
In all a bit disappointing, those remixes were pretty readily available back then and I think outside remixes of UW material is much less interesting than UW's own remixes (which often turned them into different tracks entirely)
― groovypanda, Friday, 28 July 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
And the thing is they were still doing self-remixes at this point! The "Relentless Legs" mix of Moaner is one of the best things they ever did imo (and almost certainly unavailable nowadays unless you want to spring for a Batman promo single), and the Bruce Lee single had something called the "Dobropet" mix that was just this wild, frightening sound collage. If "Jedis Sugar Hit Mix" of Jumbo merited an Abbey Road remaster then I can't see how those don't.
― Champiness, Friday, 28 July 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
Yeah, as I said upthread, "Dobropet" was a terrifying headphones experience.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 28 July 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
...unless you want to spring for a Batman promo single
I bought that 12 at the time. Seem to remember there was also a "Long Version" which was actually a couple of minutes shorter than the "Album Version".
Was surprised it ended up on BF as it was released a couple of years earlier.
― groovypanda, Friday, 28 July 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
"Push Upstairs" merited another half dozen votes.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Saturday, 29 July 2017 05:23 (six years ago) link
Can't think of many discs I own that need a remaster less than Beaucoup Fish. Still sounds massive tbh― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, July 28, 2017 2:21 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, July 28, 2017 2:21 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, the original still sounds loud, clear and powerful.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 29 July 2017 09:51 (six years ago) link
man Wire never sounds like "Jumbo" to me and if they did I'd listen to them way more oftenunless someone can link what song specifically it's reminding them of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrxQ5cKaOQ
As for this album, the first four tracks are unfuckwithable and I never really understood some of the muted response to them. The rest of album is decent here and there.
― yesca, Saturday, 29 July 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
Jumbo – Jedi’s Sugar Hit Mix
yessss
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
'Cups' fucking bangs.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
"Ramajama" uploaded here
https://soundcloud.com/underworld/tracks
starts off like a Dark & Long remix but then turns into (I think) part of the KoS live jam they did back then. pretty epic.
― frogbs, Friday, 11 August 2017 15:39 (six years ago) link
* Not available in the UK *
:(
― groovypanda, Monday, 14 August 2017 10:10 (six years ago) link
Or Australia, though it has appeared on spotify
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Monday, 14 August 2017 12:27 (six years ago) link
after a period of soul-searching i have decided this is my favorite underworld record at the moment (previously it was second toughest til death)
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 28 August 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
"Ramajama" on the deluxe edition is revving me up lately.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 28 August 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
And this is definitely their best album, even if Second Toughest has the nostalgia of the moment I discovered them.
Arguably Everything Everything has damaged my love for their second and third albums by mashing together most of their best moments into a single superlative running-mix.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 10:55 (six years ago) link
you mean fourth and fifth?
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 11:33 (six years ago) link
(sorry to sound like that guy)
Arguably I've listened to Everything Everything once and placed it back on the shelf, never to listen to it again.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:43 (six years ago) link
But I know I've spewed my antipathy toward the live album (specifically in relation to the Second Toughest material) elsewhere. Back to how awesome the first four tracks on this album are, absolutely in the same league with Discovery's opening salvo.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:52 (six years ago) link
disappointed that neither "Five Points" nor "Cappe Ffuno" are on this. I wonder how deep their archives are really.
are they planning a boxset for A Hundred Days Off? because as far as I know there's only like, 2 or 3 B-sides and a couple remixes of "Two Months Off"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
But I know I've spewed my antipathy toward the live album (specifically in relation to the Second Toughest material) elsewhere.
― yesca, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
btw despite my complaints about what's not on there I still think the second disc of this is pretty great. love stuff like "Orange Bed" which mixes in elements of several album tracks
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
any 90s bootlegs you'd recommend?
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
Blue Mountain, which used to be on underworldlive.com, is pretty excellent. You can find it on slsk
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
Not to speak for Yesca but the 1994 Sheffield Octagon gig is a great show from around the time of the Dark & Long EP that seems to capture what they were talking about:https://youtu.be/2ukd28MVvtU
Though the idea that UW lost something particularly substantive (apart from, like, 20-minute versions of "Juanita") on the Beaucoup Fish tour seems like a weird take considering how remarkably fluid their set lists and performances were up until around Barking. If the gigs documented on their circa-Oblivion Live Here Now releases aren't "live mixing spectacles" then I don't know what would qualify.
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
Also the RTSR tracker is a phenomenal resource for all your Underworld bootleg needs:https://tracker.rtsr.org
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
yea the 2005 Electraglide gig is probably my favorite UW live recording ever, even more than the vaunted European Club Gig from 96.
I think that the Oblivion With Bells boxset will be massive, when/if they get around to it. the more time passes the more I've come to think of 05-07 as the group's real peak.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
god i can't believe that was a decade ago. and yes, it is excellent. thanks for the recommendations.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 30 August 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
Totally agree re: their peak being 05-07. In particular, the radio shows and live jams were incredible. Extremely creative period.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
yea just imagine how much great stuff the deluxe boxset could have - "Bamboo", "Parc", "You Do Scribble", "Silver Boots", "Swing Up High", maybe "Phonestrap". that material alone could comprise a top-notch UW album.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 30 August 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
BEHOLD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_HoEQ7ThvE
― yesca, Thursday, 31 August 2017 04:37 (six years ago) link
The "Dark and Long" sequence on that is awwwesome, as is the live playing of "Cherry Pie" and the original "Born Slippy".
― yesca, Thursday, 31 August 2017 04:38 (six years ago) link
Now that live version of "Juanita" I can get behind.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 August 2017 04:40 (six years ago) link
I still like this gig too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2p2VL2pKC8
― StanM, Thursday, 31 August 2017 06:24 (six years ago) link
Got the box today, including a download code. Went to redeem site, but now I need to create an account first? No. Fuck your data mining bullshit.
― StanM, Thursday, 31 August 2017 07:13 (six years ago) link
Thank you very much.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 22 September 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
'Cups' is still an absolutely, thoroughly incredible track.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 09:24 (six years ago) link