Metamatic Forums John Foxx Ultravox Ultravox Box Set (Proper Ultravox)

Yep. the vinyl version of SOR I have is well and truly dead (overplayed using bad stylus, but I needed a fix).
CD version too now beginning to skip and hop a bit, so now might be the time! I searched, but could

SOR t-shirt would be nice.
Should I wait for the reunion tour for that?

Found out that I don't have Ultravox! on CD. What kind of a fan am I?

Heh! Go and stand in the corner and think upon your sins!

Yes, a limited edition SOR reissue in clear vinyl with print and download code please Rob! No rush!

Seriously though - my copy of SOR is playable-ish...Solenoid - I think it's the inner sleeve, as lovely as it is, I think its heavy card has knackered the vinyl a bit.

On the subject of Ultravox, is the 'Ultravox.org.uk' site down for maintenance? I've been unable to access it for several days now.

The site was taken offline last week when 123.reg accidently deleted a load of sites.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36072240

It's still not been restored.

Brian

Brian, did you see who the reporter was for that?

Absolutely amazing!

Ha Ha no I didn't .Chris Foxx😃

Brian

I've just been advised that the release date for The Island Years box set has, due to unprecedented demand, been put back to the 10th of June.

It's currently available to pre-order from Amazon

Rob

Doh, I only just noticed this!

So basically, if you bought the last set of remastered Ultravox CDs (which were very nice), there's no further material on this set other than the Peel Session and audio-only versions of the Whistle Test.
Or do I also spot 1 or 2 additional 7" edits of RockWrock and Quiet Men in there? (The difference is surely minimal?)

The completist in me will probably still buy it for that

As regards to vault-mine or not-to-vault mine:
there is a school of thought that says "you don't do a George Lucas on a classic album, and add in extra tracks that were not released at the time BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T VERY GOOD".
I can kinda respect that.
On the other hand though, in that case, I don't really see the need for this re-issue in the first place then - just keep the three existing CDs on catalogue, let the BBC release their Peel Session if they want to. (The Whistle Test stuff already has been released on DVD, has it not? It's on YouTube at any rate...)

If a record company can't afford to play its own bloody tapes, they've got one helluva screwed up business model! They're presumably paying to store them!

I received my copy yesterday. I haven't had a chance to listen yet but nice enough package. Nice little booklet enclosed too.