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Post by bigmoog »

also, OR on vinyl is very special as the die cut sleeve is very stylish and evocative of the age......also I find many tracks on the LP have a very positive upbeat and almost humourous feel


Sungate I really love for its uplifting soundscape :D
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I just listed it it again today. It does have one or two good tracks as people have said Sungate. but overall its probably an album I will listen to once in a blue moon.
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A thought from 20 years ago.....

Remember getting this sometime after its official release (was it delayed or something in UK ???) as it was nearer the end of 88 when I got to buy it - dispite having been a TDholic since 74 I was unaware of the label change.
Anyway I loved Livemiles (still do one of my favs) and I recall on first listening to OR 'Jezz not a single seq in sight' but I liked the slick production and upbeat feel and polished cover. Then I got to 'Love Song' which to this day is still my favourite all time TD track - saved the day melody wise. Great coda pity its been extracted from subsequent re-releases.

Recent thought - I've never disliked anything - its all a journey - when its good its great (& I mean GREAT) and when its bad its..... well produced! :roll:
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akaihead wrote: - when its good its great (& I mean GREAT) and when its bad its..... well produced! :roll:
:D ROFL :D

Perfect description.
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I've actually put One times One and Booster on hold as I am listening totally to Optical Race. It's a win, win situation because when my obsession with OR has eased then I can get back into the two new releases. :D
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I also have the CD Album and the Melrose Years Box set.


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Post by SydneyFC »

Also starting to like Cat Scan. A very funky tune.
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Laserdisc Dream wrote:I also have the CD Album and the Melrose Years Box set.


:!: :arrow:
But the rest of that albums couldn't be in the shadow of OR in my opinion of course
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Going to start listening to Lily on the Beach and Melrose next...but for the moment I am listening to OR endlessly.
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Post by Beaubourg »

akaihead wrote:A thought from 20 years ago.....

Remember getting this sometime after its official release (was it delayed or something in UK ???) as it was nearer the end of 88 when I got to buy it - dispite having been a TDholic since 74 I was unaware of the label change.
Anyway I loved Livemiles (still do one of my favs) and I recall on first listening to OR 'Jezz not a single seq in sight' but I liked the slick production and upbeat feel and polished cover. Then I got to 'Love Song' which to this day is still my favourite all time TD track - saved the day melody wise. Great coda pity its been extracted from subsequent re-releases.

Recent thought - I've never disliked anything - its all a journey - when its good its great (& I mean GREAT) and when its bad its..... well produced! :roll:
"Love Song" is still on the Melrose Years set - only titled "Ghazal" (shortened from the original 1988 title "Ghazal (Love Song)".
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I think this CD sounds digitally sterile ! too polished for my liking . :shock:
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Is the version of Sun Gate that is on the 2003 OP the same as the one on Tangere Scales?
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SydneyFC wrote:Is the version of Sun Gate that is on the 2003 OP the same as the one on Tangere Scales?
Just played them both and the only difference i can hear is Iris,s percussion is not on the Tangines Scales version as it was on the 2003 Melrose Years version :wink:
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Post by NAVEL OF LIGHT »

i remember buying Optical Race on import and frantically searching through the booklet cos CF's name wasnt in it?! I remember reading the very small sleeve notes again & again thinking its gotta be on here somewhere!
It was a very odd & surreal moment realising a long time band member had just gone.
I know its probably been discussed here loads of times but is it true he left exactly the day after the Berlin 750th Ann.concert (livemiles pt.2)?
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Post by NAVEL OF LIGHT »

afterthought: on The Melrose Years set, does anyone elses cd make and odd skipping sound during Cool At Heart?

The cd timer remains true & steady but the cd sounds like its skipping.
(tried and tested on a dozen cd players).
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