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Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
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| Topics for Thursday, June 30, 2005 1. Calling Dean Osborn! - Lars-Ove Larsson 2. SINCE XMAS - Jeff Mahoney 3. Ultimate II - Green, Laurence 4. Oxford, Where Are You?? - Cliff & Debjani Barua 5. Is it worth re-subscribing? - VGill Computer Troubleshooters 6. quick answers - Stephen Whyte |
| 1. Calling Dean Osborn! |
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| From: | Lars-Ove Larsson <lazlar @ home.se> |
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| Date: | Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:27:24 +0200 |
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Sorry for this, but I'm trying
to contact Dean Osborn. I have your CD, mate! Get in touch with
me...
Lars | ||
| 2. SINCE XMAS |
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| From: | Jeff Mahoney <digadogg @ bigpond.net.au> |
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| Date: | Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:36:27 +1000 |
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AG asked....>>1) Did I miss anything since
Christmas?
I said F#*K........but nobody said a
word..........
I am sure you would have
Hope you stick about
cheers from Sydney
An Impeccable Groove
Jeff | ||
| 3. Ultimate II |
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| From: | Green, Laurence <Laurence.Green @ carillionwsp.com> |
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| Date: | Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:49:38 +0100 |
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| My thoughts on the Ultimate Collection II. I like it. It's good that a fairly thorough B-side compilation has been released. Generally it only contains the 'extra tracks' that were mastered up for 'The Reissues' but it's got the electrokingdom World Machine thing and this new Boon and Mark song which could be interesting. Obviously, it's not aimed at the people here, but at the casual concert attending fan. It's still a great shame that the 12" John Luongo remix of 'Out Of Sight Out Of Mind' which is potentially the best 8 minutes of Level 42 music anyone can listen to, is still only available on the Out Of Sight 12" single. They really should take the time to remaster that track. I'm not sure that the 'rarity' tag is really justified. Anyone with access to a computer could have the majority of these tracks landing on their doormat within a couple of days using GEMM or Netsounds even without 'The Reissues'. A part of me wishes that they did spend a little time thinking about the die-hard fans like us here - especially on a three CD set. I think with space for over 30 tracks they should have dug up at least 5 things from the catalogues previously unreleased. We all know there's plenty of decent material in the vaults that could be tidied up - in fact I wish they'd have a good go at Morning and Nothing More To Say - they're great songs, and a week spent tidying them up would be well spent. Obviously, the best Level 42 compilation CD is 'On The Level' as it is the only place in the world which contains the full version of 'Standing In The Light' - but I thing this latest compilation is probably the second best every Level 42 compilation CD. New Level 42 CD - yawn, I've got to agree. I'm sure it will make an interesting listen. But I'd rather hear Mark making music he likes (Trash) and collaborating (One Man) than him trying to be commercial on his own. Much more excited about the possibility of a solo album from him. However, the real excitement comes form the possibility of Mike producing some new stuff and touring. L()Z | ||
| 4. Oxford, Where Are You?? |
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| From: | Cliff & Debjani Barua <cdbarua @ sympatico.ca> |
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| Date: | Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:55:32 -0400 |
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AG Spake:
Couple of quick questions:
1) Did I miss anything since Christmas? 2) Is it worth re-subscribing? AG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andrew,
You missed my first bloody post in about 3
years, asking where you were, mate. What division are Oxford United in now
- the Vauxhall Conference or summat??
You also missed something I used to enjoy about
this Digest - an Italian fan who wrote beautifully of his visit to two of Mike's
concerts. And Mike still being the top geezer that he is. Being a
father of two, I must be going soft. (I'm still about 3 kids behind you,
right Andrew?).
Oh yeah, I also wrote about The Nightfly DVD-A (in
response to a question) but there was no further discussion. I guess if
music is at a higher bitrate than a 192kbps MP3, then it doesn't warrant
discussion here. Funnily enough, I was able to download recently off of
Dime-A-Dozen, lossless versions of Slough and Hitchin, and a DVD of Hitchin (I'm
sure most people here have these already anyway). I'd never seen Level 42
stuff posted at the lossless bootleg sites before. (Lossless = compressed file
without loss of quality from original)
OK, back into hibernation (away from the stifling
Toronto heat).
Cliff - Toronto
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| 5. Is it worth re-subscribing? |
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| From: | VGill Computer Troubleshooters <vgill @ optonline.net> |
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| Date: | Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:05:39 -0400 |
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hhhmm
I was wondering the
same thing Andy, but now that I've seen your name on a post, after a very
long....
Yes, yes I
say!
I think it's worth
it... Why? you might ask, why is it worth re-subscribing after
seeing my name?
Well Andy, you sir,
are a very big part of this digest. Whether you know it or not you are actually
quite funny old bean.
Although quite
selfish, I do look forward to reading your posts... some day soon our postings
will once again clash
and we shall do
battle, with out guns, knives and cannon. not necessarily in that
order.
Have you missed
anything since Christmas... well er, yes, Spring and potentially
Summer!
Viv
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| 6. quick answers |
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| From: | Stephen Whyte <stephen.whyte @ ascentmedia.co.uk> |
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| Date: | Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:23:55 +0100 |
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1) Did I miss anything since
Christmas?
well, nobody has asked what Mark is mouthing in the SAY video or wondered if Mike is gay this year...
of course it is - i've missed you.
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