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Today I’m putting away the laptop electro and digital ambient music of late, and listening instead to some retro synths with –
The Human League: Travelogue.
(I’m getting into mode for Gary’s gig tonight, praying with the aliens, and mingling with the Numanoids).

When Phil Oakey sings: ”The black hit of space, sucking in the human race. How can it stay at the top, when it’s swallowed all the shops”, 30 years later I now realise that he’s referring to the ultimate outcome of Simon Cowell’s continued X-Factor stranglehold on the UK pop charts.

And for a bit of light relief, and industrial rock and roll musical theatre, I’m also playing - Laibach: Jesus Christ Superstars
(I’ve no doubt been unconsciously influenced by the ‘appropriation of religious imagery’ discussion going on in another thread )

More Suicide; Live 1977 - 1978 Discs 1,2 & 3

Bass Communion - 'Bass Communion'

Over the past weeks John's latest offerings:

In The Glow - a perfect souvenir of the post-Metamatic era. Great live tracks and fantastic guitar playing by Robin Simon in particular Walk Away on disc one.

Shifting City - the remastering does make a difference and it is a very good album.

Pleasures Of Electricity - one of John's finest albums. Only slight differences between the remastered and the original. The original was so good that it's funny that it didn't chart. What people have been missing.

Finally, I just treated myself to Duran Duran's collection of A sides and B sides on the three disc The Singles 1981-1985 . Some fantastic B sides like Faster Than Light, Secret Oktober and Khanada.

Chris

Has there ever been a remaster of the first Duran album with 'Faster Than Light' 'Late bar' & 'khanada' on it?

You can contact me in Room 7609.

Is that on Planet Earth?

First remaster a la John Foxx/Ultravox has been Rio. In February 2010 will be the Arcadia album's album turn including a DVD. It is expected that the Duran Duran album and Seven and The Ragged Tiger will get the same treatment in 2010.

John (Foxx) is also to release Crash & Burn in remaster glory in 2010.

For all synth fans we are leaving our dreams. By the way has Steve Malins anything to do with all this?

Chris

Wire - 'Send'

& a bit of:-

Kraftwerk 'Computer World' remaster in the car & first impressions it has a lot of bottom end & hardly any top.

living ?

btw Chris, you may be interested in Andy Wicketts website which contains order details for the very first Duran Demo with 4 tracks.
All were rehearsed in a tiny industrial house in Birminghams Cheapside, a stones-throw from where I've worked for the past 31 yeaahs.

Don