Underworld "1992-2012 The Anthology " and "A Collection": Release Dec. 4, 2011

[ultradave]

Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

Wonder if i'll ever put it in a cd player?

that's the problem with this day and age... most of us have already heard these 2 releases or even already had them (ahem...) my copies arrived 2 days ago and i immediately ripped open the plastic wrapping and looked at the booklet and inserts... then I put them down... and now, like most of my physical CD's - they lay in wait for the day I decide to actually place them in a CD player...

gone are the days when you waited in anticipation (sometimes in line at a midnight release - oh how I miss those days) and when you finally picked up a copy you immediately put the disc in the CD player...

i do prefer the overall artwork on the new anthology as opposed to the old release of basic black or boring grey.

[Troy McClure]

My copy of the 3 CD set arrived today here in Arizona. Really like the packaging and the pictures. Was hoping for some shots from USA shows. Glad to finally legally own the songs off the the 3rd CD and not wimpy 128k MP3 files.

Jason

[ThingInABook]

it seems both records have arrived safely at my parent's house, in viña del mar. at first i was a bit miffed about the shipping price (10quid) to chile... but after a week, they're here! i'm really amazed! specially when chilean postal services have been acting like asses lately. fred deakin (from lemon jelly) was in chile and he sent two records to me via chilean post and the parcel took 2 weeks to arrive. yes, it's that bad. not fred, he's amazing

[spacejunk]

Originally Posted by ThingInABook

it seems both records have arrived safely at my parent's house, in viña del mar. at first i was a bit miffed about the shipping price (10quid) to chile... but after a week, they're here! i'm really amazed! specially when chilean postal services have been acting like asses lately. fred deakin (from lemon jelly) was in chile and he sent two records to me via chilean post and the parcel took 2 weeks to arrive. yes, it's that bad. not fred, he's amazing

What the heck is Fred doing nowadays anyway? He just a ramblin' man now?

[ThingInABook]

Originally Posted by spacejunk

What the heck is Fred doing nowadays anyway? He just a ramblin' man now?

maybe he is. he was here for his usual patagonia visit. also, he chats with everyone via twitter. he's terribly nice and chatty. from what he has posted in twitter (besides his usual "fred's free records" - this is how i got a mantronix 12" plus a remix CD made by him) he has closed airside to focus in other projects... hopefully one of those projects is a LJ regroup.

[holden]

I still eagerly await the arrival of a CD and playing it loud on a good stereo as opposed to mp3s through crappy computer speakers or earbuds.

Yes, i've been known to "Cheat" and listen to the download, but i still prefer the physical release. Collector, old fashioned out of touch, whatever. It still makes the music feel more permanent.

Love the artwork and photo-retrospective on the new Anthology.

I immediately put on CD2 to listen to the extended "Jumbo".

[negative1]

Originally Posted by holden

I still eagerly await the arrival of a CD and playing it loud on a good stereo as opposed to mp3s through crappy computer speakers or earbuds.

Yes, i've been known to "Cheat" and listen to the download, but i still prefer the physical release. Collector, old fashioned out of touch, whatever. It still makes the music feel more permanent.

for me it's been the opposite for quite some time.. in the sense
that.. if you get 320k mp3's it's just as good... i can't tell the difference...

once i get the physical version, if i even bother ripping it to wav/flac,
i convert them to mp3 either way... and never actually listen to
the physical cd's..

later
-1

[the mongoose]

Got my physical cd set in the mail yesterday ( !) and was blown away by the nice glossy packaging and insert booklet. Makes me yearn for the days when there were actual cd/record stores and every album had art style to go along with it (for better or worse). Seems for me that $20 lossless quality EPs (yes, EPs and not LPs) with Beatport's premium they charge for WAVs is becoming the norm. No art. More expensive. Less tracks.

This is a breath of fresh air. Plus I'm sure it sounds good too but who cares about all of that shit - we've heard all these tracks before.

[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by negative1

for me it's been the opposite for quite some time.. in the sense
that.. if you get 320k mp3's it's just as good... i can't tell the difference...

once i get the physical version, if i even bother ripping it to wav/flac,
i convert them to mp3 either way... and never actually listen to
the physical cd's..

Same here. I can't tell any difference between CDs and high-bitrate rips, either. Although I still like to lay hands on Underworld's physical releases, I never listen to them once ripped. Don't even have a CD player anymore, besides computer drives. In fact, I'll pack up all those CDs shortly for a move, and I guess they won't see the light of day for the next couple of months or years...

[Dino3D]

I hate mp3s. I'm only listening to music from original CDs. I love to watching the booklets while listening.
I'm listening mp3s just when I'm outside, on my ipod.