Metamatic Forums Socialising The Green Room Visage 'Beat Boy' 'CD 2009

Be-Be-Be-Beat Boy gets the Cherry Red CD issue treatment. As far as I’m aware, this will be the first time the album has ever been on CD.

I’ve no idea if it’s a reissue of the vinyl mix or the cassette mix...and as it's a Cherry Red release, I've no idea if it's a transfer from the original studio tapes or recorded by taping a microphone to a cassette player so that when the soothing ambient intro to Yesterday's Shadow starts up you can hear your dad in the background telling you to turn that sh*t off and come downstairs because your dinner's ready.

Play.com give a listing, and includes as bonus tracks;

Beat Boy - Dance Mix
Love Glove - Long Version
She's A Machine
Der Amboss

Which are all previously available on the two Visage compilations.

The sleeve design is different too and uses the US version.

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/8782904/Beat-Boy/Product.html#13;#10;#13;#10;Play

Gazza

Interesting...

The picture is from the inner bag of 'Beat Boy' album.

I used to copy Steve's make up from that sleeve before hitting the town.

The slimmed down Visage of 'Beat Boy' saw a disappointing follow up to The Anvil. They were yet another band who were struggling for direction once futurism was passe. And like Garry I don't hold much confidence about the sound quality of this release after Cherry Red's efforts with The Anvil. But it should still be worth getting. Just about.

Cherry Red managed to re-release Classix Nouveaux albums on CD fairly well. I haven't listen them in "critical mode" using my golden Hi-Fi ears but as far as I remember CD:s sound OK. Lots of B-sides are included but booklets aren't nothing to talk about.

Didn't buy 'The Anvil' re-release CD since I've got the original CD from 80s. It sounds good.

Phew! Wasn't just me then!

I hope you mastered the art of applying your purple blusher nice and symmetrically. It wasn't always easy. Particularly after a litre of Merrydown.

Casette-version of 'Beat Boy' would have been nice. I've never heard it.

Almost every track on the cassette version has been mixed and lengthened - the version of Beat Boy is much better - the intro builds better than the vinyl edition. The other tracks are allowed to open up and breathe a little Can You Hear Me being one of them. It's well worth seeking out if you can find it.

I lost my copy a few years ago, but did record it onto Mini-Disc beforehand...now I can't find the damn Mini-Disc!

Has anyone received a copy of 'Beat Boy' yet? I received an e-mail from Amazon earlier saying that it has been delayed and its arrival is expected some time between the 9th and 23rd March.

As RadioBeach has seen it in a shop this hold-up seems lax.