Dubnobasswithmyheadman: 20th Anniversary 5-CD Deluxe Boxset

[jetpig]

Originally Posted by Dunwho

IMPORTANT: Nobody should be distributing or seeking mp3s of officially published tracks on these forums. There are rules written here somewhere about that. But this place shouldn't become somewhere for that - It doesn't matter if people have already bought the album and want an alternate version - this kind of practice should be nipped in the bud and stopped immediately.

Don't really know how I feel about any of this. What was released was released as they intended.. they are not "mistakes" or "glitches" when they are presented like that on every format - that is obviously how they were finished in the master file.

If by fixing hiss you mean that you have reduced or completely blocked out a frequency range then count me out. I'd like to think that the tracks were all provided in a cleaned state, clean enough that they can be enjoyed but not so much that the original and integral quality of the audio is damaged or undermined.

There is hiss on a live recording from 1992 because the recording happened to have hiss on it - any extra work done on it will damage the recording.

I'll take the hiss.

Seconded. Even if that glitch in TiaB wasn't originally intended in 1994, they chose not to remove it in the remaster and I trust their choice and whatever reason they made it

[vflow]

Thirded.

Just passed that TiaB glitch while listening to disc 3. I'm familiar with it.
The guys (re-)released their stuff like they wanted it to be, and I'm happy with it.

[vflow]

...by the way, I would've paid at least € 20 more for the following box set bonus:

Disc 3.5 (remastered)

01 - Spoon Deep
02 - Why Why Why
03 - Dark & Long (Danny Howells Mix)
04 - Cowgirl (Winjer Mix)
05 - Dark Hard
06 - 215 Miles

+ a DVD with all the Dubno-related videos on it.

[tommyd]

Originally Posted by Dunwho

IMPORTANT: Nobody should be distributing or seeking mp3s of officially published tracks on these forums. There are rules written here somewhere about that. But this place shouldn't become somewhere for that - It doesn't matter if people have already bought the album and want an alternate version - this kind of practice should be nipped in the bud and stopped immediately.

Don't really know how I feel about any of this. What was released was released as they intended.. they are not "mistakes" or "glitches" when they are presented like that on every format - that is obviously how they were finished in the master file.

If by fixing hiss you mean that you have reduced or completely blocked out a frequency range then count me out. I'd like to think that the tracks were all provided in a cleaned state, clean enough that they can be enjoyed but not so much that the original and integral quality of the audio is damaged or undermined.

There is hiss on a live recording from 1992 because the recording happened to have hiss on it - any extra work done on it will damage the recording.

I'll take the hiss.

Sorry to the forum, I didn't see that rule above and was not aware I had done anything wrong - I just saw the no posting links. I didn't intend to upset anyone. Obviously each if us has our own opinion. I was just disappointed with the varying quality of these releases. I don't think they were re-mastered beyond the original album, only Rick would know the truth there.

[khouri]

Now that I've received my super deluxe edition and ingested it fully, I'm sorry to say I'm not satisfied with the design.

I assumed the yellow slipcase was a kind of translucent thing or at something that otherwise covered up the proper black and white album. I was wrong. For some reason, this version of Dubnobass is yellow. It's plainly less attractive and I suppose they did it to differentiate the package from the others, but it really puts me off.

The contents of the book are beautiful and provocative but they are not Dubnobass. They are some other underworld record, perhaps one yet to be created. This seems like a missed opportunity to present the gorgeous and truly iconic original album imagery in a deluxe format, perhaps alongside other pieces from the era: the Cowgirl/Dirty Epic EP, Dark & Long, Skyscaper, etc. Again I stress that this work is beautiful, it's just not work that reflects this album. I'm utterly perplexed by this choice. Perhaps the thinking was that the original artwork would be reproduced for the vinyl reissue? Overall the Barking deluxe edition was the more successful object.

The John Savage essay is lovely though.

[jetpig]

Having listened to Thing in a Book at LEAST weekly if not daily for the last two years (it fits very nicely in my walk to work) I can say without question it has had work done to it, and not just made louder, just that some odd ticks are still there. Rick talked about wanting to preserve each tiny moment as accurately as possible for the live rendition of the album, and I suspect a similar thought process played here. That or maybe it was intentional all along.

[lament]

Originally Posted by vflow

...by the way, I would've paid at least € 20 more for the following box set bonus:

Disc 3.5 (remastered)

01 - Spoon Deep
02 - Why Why Why
03 - Dark & Long (Danny Howells Mix)
04 - Cowgirl (Winjer Mix)
05 - Dark Hard
06 - 215 Miles

+ a DVD with all the Dubno-related videos on it.

Why stop there.. if we're going for completeness:

Why Why Why (5:16 version)
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Airwaves
Bigmouth
Dirty (with Akira sample)
Mother Earth (fm mix)
The Hump (groove without a doubt)

What else?

[negative1]

i've listed most of the other missing tracks here:
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http://www.borndirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17997

will need to update it, to include newer ones.

later
-1

[jetpig]

I'm rather bummed about the lack of why why why. Bigmouth would a been cool too, but I don't actually listen to it that often.

[stimpee]

A lot of the "missing" tracks have already been reissued either on 1992-2012 or on the A Collection.