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Old October-1st-2004, 05:23 PM   #1
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Can reissues from Mute in November

CAN - THE FIRST FOUR TITLES REMASTERED/REPACKAGED
Release Date: November 2

"Monster Movie" "Tago Mago" "Ege Bamyasi" "Soundtracks"
All four remastered CD releases will play on CD players, SACD players and SACD compatible DVD players and will include exclusive unseen photos from the time and new sleeve notes.

(from a just-received press release)
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Old October-1st-2004, 05:31 PM   #2
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What the Frick ?!

The original CDs sound fine to me. Damn record companies. This isn't exactly music which screams for hi-fi treatment.

What's next, Throbbing Gristle's Second Annual Report in pristine DVD-Audio surround sound, digitally remastered with new photos of that ugly crew?
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Old October-1st-2004, 05:38 PM   #3
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Followed by Pere Ubu's "The Modern Dance" in quad.
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Old October-1st-2004, 05:43 PM   #4
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The original CDs sound fine to me. Damn record companies. This isn't exactly music which screams for hi-fi treatment.
if you have versions on Mute, you're dead wrong, they sound awful. I'm lucky enough to have the very briefly available Restless Retro ones, there's no comparison, I've done head to heads.

and your second sentence is not just incorrect, but also really condescending. the greatest rock music ever made doesn't deserve a chance to be heard more clearly? come on, man.
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Old October-1st-2004, 05:44 PM   #5
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and I'd buy The Modern Dance in quad in a second. they don't force you to upgrade from your old version at gunpoint, you know.
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Old October-1st-2004, 06:46 PM   #6
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"Ege Bamyasi"
I'm sorry for taking on the resident Turk position all the time, but that means "Aegean Okra". Is the music reflective of what the name suggests? I've heard very little Can.
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Old October-1st-2004, 07:13 PM   #7
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Old October-1st-2004, 09:53 PM   #8
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if you have versions on Mute, you're dead wrong, they sound awful.
I have the Spoon records versions. I don't know if those are the same as the Mute ones. They sound fine to these ears. Maybe I'm a philistine.

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and your second sentence is not just incorrect, but also really condescending.
I am of course not referring to present company. :-)
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Old October-1st-2004, 10:46 PM   #9
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yeah, the Spoon ones are awful. I don't know how the new ones will sound, but Can would have a lot more fans if the Restless Retro ones had stayed in print for the last decade.

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I am of course not referring to present company. :-)
sorry, I actually meant the third sentence, I don't consider myself a "record company" (I think only John Tilbury does):

"This isn't exactly music which screams for hi-fi treatment."

it's very well-recorded music, not that you'd know it by the Mute/Spoon discs. I'd see and grant your point if it was Throbbing Gristle, but there's a huge difference. this isn't your standard bunch of punks we're talking about here, according to the new Wire, here's the background of the group:

Liebezeit-Manfred Schoof's free jazz ensembles
Czukay-Stockhausen's studio
Schmidt-the Berlin Opera
Karoli-jazz guitar school
Suzuki-street busking

it's funny that Chris brought up The Modern Dance, that and Tago Mago might be my two favorite records ever under the "rock" umbrella.
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Old October-2nd-2004, 07:14 AM   #10
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I'm sorry for taking on the resident Turk position all the time, but that means "Aegean Okra". Is the music reflective of what the name suggests? I've heard very little Can.
There's a can of the stuff on the front cover. Other than that...I must also admit to being a Can no-nothing. How I've missed out on them I don't know, but there it is.
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Old October-2nd-2004, 07:33 AM   #11
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I must also admit to being a Can no-nothing. How I've missed out on them I don't know, but there it is.
Alastair, these upcoming remasters are a golden opportunity to correct that! I really advise you to pick up at least Ege Bamyasi and Tago Mago.
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Old October-2nd-2004, 12:43 PM   #12
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all four of those are essential, Alastair, and you know I don't say that much. add Delay 1968 and Future Days, maybe Soon Over Babaluma, and you're all set. stay away from Landed (some people like this one, I can live without it) and beyond.

but yes, start with Tago Mago. I'm a little jealous of people who get to hear it for the first time, so so so so so great.
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