From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V2 #669 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Sunday, August 17 2003 Volume 02 : Number 669 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:54:58 -0400 From: Red Subject: RE: seven-seas remasters... At 09:57 AM 8/17/03 -0700, you wrote: > >Never thought I'd hear anyone complain and not purchase anything because of >EXTRA music & too many add on's. I don't mind extra music when it's on singles.... but I HATE listening to a album that I've loved for YEARS and then there's all this extra stuff at the end... totally ruins the feel of the record. Bowie's 'Station to Station' is what made up my mind about that! A friend taped it for me years and years ago, then when it was remastered I got it cheap somewhere, not realizing it had all that extra crap at the end......and I always have to run and stop the damn thing as soon as it's over . That's why I'm afraid to even listen to HUH in that manner! Red ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:49:44 +0100 From: "Shaz" Subject: Re: seven-seas remasters... yep it's great news...but ideally I think a lot of people, me included, would've liked the extras on a separate disc... call me picky but it seems better that way (leaving the original albums pure)....I suppose they might still do that.....??? Shaz (the one over there in the anorak --------> ;-) ) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Pham" To: "'Ivan Smith '" ; Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:57 PM Subject: RE: seven-seas remasters... > I guess I'm in the minority here, as the news about extra tracks is > fantastic (btw: thanks for disclosing the news to the list, Ivan)! Sure, > the albums are great in their own right and I'll continue to view them as > such without the extra tracks. But to be honest, I wasn't very excited > about purchasing any of the remasters with just the added photos and lyrics. > Always viewed Remasters, in general, as a scam. Who needs 50 different > remastered versions of Velvet Undergraound & Nico's banana album, anyway? > But extra/live/demo/unreleased music, in addition to all those other > non-music extras?! Then hell yeah, I'll definitely purchase all the > remastered Bunnymen records...and without hesitation. > > Never thought I'd hear anyone complain and not purchase anything because of > EXTRA music & too many add on's. But like I said, I must be in the > minority. The word about extra tracks and an upcoming tour has gotten me > all excited. Guess we'll find out tomorrow AM if the KROQ show is happening > or not (they're making the official lineup announcement on the monday > morning show). But word is, The Cure and Duran Duran are in, as well as the > Furs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ivan Smith > To: seven-seas@smoe.org > Sent: 8/17/2003 8:09 AM > Subject: Re: seven-seas remasters... > > I wasn't calling Mick Houghton 'classic'. I was referring to him as the > publicist during the 'classic' bunnymen era. > > I agree with you on the bit about extra tracks. However, as labels > sometimes do, Warners said there *had* to be extra tracks, in order to > widen > the appeal, and perhaps encourage fence-sitters such as yourself to > shake > the quarters outta their piggy banks to purchase the remasters (though > I'm > fairly certain every member of this list will have the extra tracks in > their > file libraries within 24 hours of release, whether or not they choose to > purchase the albums). > > At that point, the band & mgt took a look at what was on the archived > tape > reels. As Warner are still talking about a release of the Sweden gig, > none > of those tracks (many which were remastered for the boxset) were > included. > They sorted through what was left - looked at what hasn't been > remastered > for CD yet, and chose from there. Like Mac & Will have said in the press > - > The Bunnymen weren't the type of band that recorded 12 extra tracks per > recording session. We've all heard pretty much what's out there. What > that > leaves us with is a collection of alternate takes, early versions and > live > tracks - perhaps some of us have heard some of them... But on all the > seventeenth-generation cassettes I have of all this material, I've never > seen the Grey Album-era studio track I'd mentioned on the previous > e-mail. > Dunno who found it, or where... but THAT's the one that I'm really > excited > to hear. > > No word on release date - though my money's on October, and no word on > Les' > involvement, though I will say that I haven't heard of Les having had > any > communication with Bunnycamp - Will included - since the Q Awards. > > -I > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Red" > To: > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 6:27 AM > Subject: Re: seven-seas remasters... > > > > At 09:35 PM 8/16/03 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >good news - Mick Houghton, 'Classic' Bunnymen Publicist, is back on > board > for > > >the project. > > > > > >according to Will, a lot of great photos, etc.. have been dug out. > > > > Just curious..........since 'classic' Mick Houghton is back on > board.... > > what about the other 'classic' man??? ;-) Has Les had any > > kind of involvement in picking these extra tracks and stuff, > > he may not be in the band these days, but he still wrote and > > performed them etc, and those are his albums too!! > > > > I thought they weren't gonna add all those xtra tracks?????? > > Dunno if I'm gonna buy them or not....I hate extra tracks at the end > > of a classic album when it's already perfect as it is! :-( > > > > Red (always a Les fan!!) > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > > > ====================================== > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 8/12/2003 > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== > > > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V2 #669 ********************************