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