WEA Mixes 1985 @ ebay (?)

[vicus]

Anybody heard about this item before?

[Quiff Boy]

Anybody heard about this item before?

yep.

claims to be official but apart from the mack remixes that have obviously had different production (and are pretty groovy as a result) most of it sounds a lot like eq'd versions of the album tracks to me.

The WEA Mix 85 (limited to 50)

WEA in-house tape 11.01.85
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No Time To Cry (Mack Mix) 3.44
First & Last & Always (Mack Mix) 3.30
Walk Away (Mack Mix) 3.24
A Rock & A Hard Place (Mack Mix) 3.47
Walk Away (Eldritch Mix) 3.24
A Rock & A Hard Place (Eldritch Mix) 3.36
A Rock & A Hard Place (Eldritch Mix) 3.46

WEA in-house tape 31.01.85
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First & Last & Always 3.27
No Time To Cry 3.43
A Rock & A Hard Place 3.29
Marian 5.43

WEA in-house tape 04.02.85
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No Time To Cry (edited) 3.25
No Time To Cry (Unedited) 4.01
Black Planet (2nd Mix) 4.22
First & Last & Always 3.57
Black Planet (3rd Mix) 4.21
Black Planet (4th Mix) 4.25

Untitled demo ??

[MrChris]

Yeah, doesn't look official to me.

[taylor]

no the tracks are genuine as them all was took from 3 original wea in-house master tape (copymaster labeled) now property of an big collector
I saw them : it got custom blue/white sleeves and labels
some tracks are closer to the final version but genuine 100%

[Quiff Boy]

some of the alternate versions are identical to the albums ones, but just have the first couple of seconds chopped off.

i could do that on my pc

having said that, the mack versions are quite good - there's nothing new but they sound much beefier than the album versions...

[taylor]

which song is the hidden track ?

[allfear]

the bloke bidding is a mug, 51 quid for a CDr thats in tradeing circles!!

more to the point, is the other item http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2547135511 genuine?

Bet it aint

matt

[Chairman Bux]

This album has been covered before, no it's not real...

CB

[Dan]

WTF does "mack mix" mean anyway?
I saw 2 of the tapes once, with WEA labels. The 4 "mack mix" songs are off one of the tapes (each tape had 7 tracks on), and the tapes never said 4 of them were "mack mix". Those 4 tracks are the same 4 on "the last magician of rational thought", so I'm guessing "magician" was shortened to "mach" which mutated to "mack", and has no real meaning at all. A typical bootleggers f*ckup.

which song is the hidden track ?

I wouldn't call it hidden, it's just not listed on the cover. It's Phantom, and doesn't seem to belong with the other recordings on the CD. Nothing special about it either.

[taylor]

the true story :

Pal boys had 3 tapes that comes directly from a WEA insider

2 tapes on tdk chrome tape with copymaster custom label/cover featuring demos tapes and pal choose 4 tracks for the release of Last Magician
All tracks on this 2 tape are easy notable demos like example Rock got an keyboard intro, different middle chorus ect. First & last has different test and riffle on the middle of songs ect.

last tape was simply (the label is the same the aboves) a 4 tracks sample for the forthcoming lp called First/last as state the sleeve and the songs are pretty the same of the lp release but chrome sound.


now the 3 above tapes are property of a big collector (maybe italian but not sure).

Later a copy of the 3 above tapes was put together on a c-90 tape and put on the circuit.

after the cd seller make a cd-r of lesser quality of the tape and add some others songs for make a quick money factory.


Same things for the K.G DEMOS 82 : are them all genuine !!!
no fakes, no session, no EQ remix at all

Years ago was discovered 2 demos tapes from the Andrew Pinnell (heartland fanzine editor) that he get directly from Ken Giles.

A copy only was done to pinnell mate called Mark W.

later the 2 copymaster was sold to Colman and to a french collector.

the tapes feauring the full lenght demos in studio quality (10/10)

A pirate get from someones a copy of this tape and after a treatment
all the songs was cutted, equalized, and dubbed for several times for to get a very loose quality. From this tape was done the ebay cd-r.

the lucky guys that own the original tapes can hear studio quality song in his integrity.

all those infos are accurate 100% and verified

[vicus]

Thanks for the information!
I think, the price is too high...

[allfear]

Over 130 quid for a home made CD-R bootleg

for F sake!

Matt

[Silence is platinum]

Over 130 quid for a home made CD-R bootleg

for F sake!

Matt

a few months ago someone paid an enormous price
for all three, over 350 quid if i remember correctly
those of you who watch ebay will probably remember it

TAYLOR CHECK YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES

[allfear]

but its a bloody CD-r and and not very rare one!!!

At this rate i might sell my beatles master tape


actually i probably will!!!!


Matt (Who wants the burns 12 string he saw the other day, ready for supporting Wayne at whitby)