Bunnymen reissues

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Anyone listened to these yet? Just got the first 4 today, had a brief spin of the mighty "Ocean Rain" and I must say I'm major impressed with the care and attention gone into them. Very reasonably priced too.
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any bonus tracks on these reissues?
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Yeh, tons. Averaging something like 5 to 8 per LP. Whether or not they're worth listening to is something I'll have to wait until tomorrow to tell you though.
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interesting...

have they been remastered? i usually dislike remastered versions :urff:
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Quiff Boy wrote:interesting...

have they been remastered? i usually dislike remastered versions :urff:
Mmmmm, I believe so. They sound pretty good on my PC in the office though, but we'll see when I get them home.
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Can't really afford them at the moment but I'd be most interested in hearing a full review.
I'm hoping to catch the Glasgow gig at the end of the month.
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no one was a bigger Bunnymen fan than me till Porcupine, I think they lost it after that (please no hitting). Heaven Up Here is still my fave, the amphetamine rush of Crocs will never be beat (FALAA equals it). Porc had some good tunes and Ocean had one good tune. All this is to my ears and only what I think.

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I shall write to the lead singer of Echo and the Bunnymen.

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well clocked, Jerzi Balowski! (I think that's how it was spelt)
lemme see.. The Damned, Motorhead, Nine Below Zero, Rip Rig & Panic (featuring a very young Nehneh Cherry), Amazulu.... there were more.
Enlighten me please, save me digging up the videos

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Red Sunsets wrote:well clocked, Jerzi Balowski! (I think that's how it was spelt)
lemme see.. The Damned, Motorhead, Nine Below Zero, Rip Rig & Panic (featuring a very young Nehneh Cherry), Amazulu.... there were more.
Enlighten me please, save me digging up the videos

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OK, just done Crocodiles and while I agree with Quiffy on remastering to a certain extent (mainly that hearing things that were inaudible on my original vinyls was a little weird) I must say this one rocks. I'd definitely recommend it as a "toe in the water" jobbie. The early version of Villiers Terrace in particular is cool and all of the Shine So Hard EP is nice to have on CD.
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bugger! i was hoping there wouldnt be a need to get them all again. :urff:

i already have them on lp and cd! :o :roll:
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:D Try Virgin. I got all 5 last week for £ 6.99 each.

Remember to get them with the slip cases as there are shops selling them without. (not that it matters much)?

Can't wait for the sell out Liverpool gig on the 29th with Half Man Half Biscuit in Manchester on the 28th. Top weekend in prospect.
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Quiff Boy wrote:bugger! i was hoping there wouldnt be a need to get them all again. :urff:

i already have them on lp and cd! :o :roll:
Ain't life a bee-hatch.

Leastways they're cheap.
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Red Sunsets wrote:well clocked, Jerzi Balowski! (I think that's how it was spelt)
lemme see.. The Damned, Motorhead, Nine Below Zero, Rip Rig & Panic (featuring a very young Nehneh Cherry), Amazulu.... there were more.
Enlighten me please, save me digging up the videos

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Quiff Boy wrote:bugger! i was hoping there wouldnt be a need to get them all again. :urff:

i already have them on lp and cd! :o :roll:
Well although I own most of them on vinyl I don't have the official CDs, only dodgy downloads :wink:

Time to buy the real things I feel. Are any of the extra tracks NOT on the Crystal Days boxset?

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I have been waiting all these years for them to be remastered, looks like my time has finally come round:D and cheers to Hal and the Big Man for Young Ones band appearances
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Addition tracks on the re-issues are as follows:-

Crocodiles

Do it clean
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Simple stuff
Villiers Terrace *
Pride *
Simple Stuff *

* Early version and unreleased

Shine so hard EP


Porcupine

Fuel
The Cutter *
My white devil **
Porcupine **
Ripeness **
Gods will be gods *
Neverm stop (discotheque)

* Alternate version
** Alternate version and never released

Heaven up Here

Broke my neck (long version)
Show of Strength (live) *
The Disease (live) *
All I want (live) *
Zimbo (live) *

* unreleased


Ocean Rain

Angels and Devils

"The Life of Brians Sessions"
All you need is love
The Killing Moon
Stars are Stars
Villiers Terrace
Silver *


My Kingdom (live - A Crystal Day 12/5/84) *
Ocean Rain (live - A Crystal Day 12/5/84) *

* unreleased

:D Echo and the Bunnymen

Jimmy Brown
Hole in the Holy *
Soul Kitchen *
The Game (acoustic demo) *
Bedbugs and Ballyhoo
Over your Shoulder
Bring on the Dancing Horses (extended mix)

* unreleased
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Yeh, there's stuff on here that ain't on Crystal Days, and vice-versa, so you have to get the lot. Bloody marketing.

Just done Heaven Up Here - the live tracks are pretty superfluous.
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Cheers for all that info Snowey, looks like the credit card will be taking a beating after all.
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Red Sunsets wrote:I have been waiting all these years for them to be remastered, looks like my time has finally come round:D and cheers to Hal and the Big Man for Young Ones band appearances
http://www.ironworks.com/comedy/youngone/young_cd.htm

Demolition - Nine Below Zero
Oil - Radical Posture / Alexei Sayle (singing about Dr. Marten boots)
Boring - Madness
Bomb - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Interesting - Rip Rig and Panic
Flood - :notworthy:
Bambi - Motorhead
Cash - Music is Subterranean Homesick Blues performed by (amongst others) Jools Holland, Glen Tilbrook, and Stewart Copeland (of The Police)
Nasty - The Damned
Time - Amazulu
Sick - Madness
Summer Holiday - John Otway

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Extensive Si Man! no bad at aw, get yersel a pint.

Big up! to Snowey for The Bunnymen list, nothing I don't got on vinyl, will be great to get them on Remasterd Shiney Disc-------> heads for HMV/FOPP/Virgin

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