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Live At Earls Court - samples; promo sleeve
posted by davidt on Monday March 14 2005, @09:00AM

 Dean writes:

Samples for the album on wal-mart.com.
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sid_sideburn writes:

I just received the advance promo for the Live at Earls Court release. Enclosed is a scan of the back cover from the card sleeve with the track list etc.

The sound quality of the concert is simply superb, most of the songs have rarely sounded closer to their original studio sound than ever before. As a slight disadvantage, this fact sometimes gives the album a rather clean and polished feel, making it less raw and powerful than, for example, the bootleg recording of the Green Energy concert at Dublin. The passages between the songs appear to be edited. Highlights are of course Morrissey's words to the fans: "The past is a strange place", "Time will prove everything" or "Don't forget me". Anyway, it's a total must-have.

 
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    I wonder whos going to complain... (Score:0)
    about the copy protection? Might not have it on the standard release. Who knows. Lucky I have a good old fashioned CD player.
    Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @09:15AM (#154126)
    Real Music For Real People (Score:1)
    I can't wait. A lot of Smiths so no complaints here.
    Cosmo -- Monday March 14 2005, @09:26AM (#154129)
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      Live at Earls Court? (Score:0)
      It says on the Back Cover that it was all recorded at Earls Court, but I thought I'd read elsewhere that some of the tracks were recorded at other venues on the Tour?

      Presumably because Morrissey (or whoever) wasn't happy with certain performances, so replaced them with better ones from other gigs.

      Does anyone know the facts?
      Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @09:37AM (#154132)
      Is it just me? (Score:0)
      Or does it actually sound like crap? It's ALL vocals... listen to HSIN, Bigmouth, You Know I Wouldnt Last... the vocals are so far up in the mix that the rest is a wash. Hopefully this wont be the case with the actual album. Sometimes they have to get those clips to the online retailers so far in advance that they dont actually use the final mix... let's pray this is the case.
      Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @09:58AM (#154143)
      walmart biography (Score:0)
      how funny is the blurb on his biography?

      i wonder who wrote it....
      Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @10:05AM (#154146)
      hmmm (Score:0)
      well, you know i couldn't last seems a bit naff, in my opinion. what the hell is the unnecessary keyboarding all about?! but the album will be worth it for last night i dreamt...
      Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @10:35AM (#154152)
        Awesome (Score:1)
        It sounds awesome!Especially last night and redondo beach.I can`t wait to get it!
        tibby -- Monday March 14 2005, @10:43AM (#154154)
        (User #2713 Info)
         Pleasure for beautiful bodies,but pain for beautiful souls~Oscar Wilde Sing me to sleep ILOVEMORRISSEY
          Ummm....the samples are sounding like poopy (Score:0)
          hearing those samples does not make me want to rush out and buy it.

          I though he sounded much silkier on BWD
          Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @10:55AM (#154159)
          Serious thoughts on Wal-Mart, please read (Score:1)
          Dear Friends/Fans,

          I discourage everyone from purchasing anything from Wal-Mart. (No, I don't work for Wal-Mart, and I never have).

          Wal-Mart really has contributed to the downward drift of American society. Wal-Mart is anti-union, anti-family, and anti-American in general.

          Wal-Mart also regularly censors CD's. Wal-Mart is very unfriendly- and they provide a hostile work environment in general. I was always hoping a big-name artist would refuse for their CD's to be sold at Wal-Mart. It would make a big statement that hopefully others would follow.

          I understand that alot of Wal-Mart products are made in sweat-shops, etc. Please do your homework and prove me wrong.

          Always,
          Ken
          sycophantic_slag -- Monday March 14 2005, @11:11AM (#154164)
          (User #3940 Info | http://www.geocities.com/Fadeaway314/SlimBuzz.html )
           "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."
          Sounded like poopy (Score:1, Informative)
          I downloaded some of the samples from the site and I must say they sound like crap. Where is the audience noise? Granted it didnt have any of the end of the song stuff but all you heard was his voice sounding soooo far out in front of the instruments. I want to feel like im at the concert and I just didnt get that feeling from the samples that where up there. I have much better live shows from him that I would put on a CD insted of the ones they chose. I dont think I will be buying this CD.
          Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @11:40AM (#154169)
          stop mithering! (Score:0)
          it sounds great to me, don't understand why you're all whining so much.

          oh and, yes, fuck wal-mart.
          Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @02:17PM (#154196)
          Superb (Score:1)
          That sounds tantalisingly good - I wish that it was April. Also, I am pleasantly reminded of the 'Subway' intro into 'Munich Air Disaster'. . . and the vague wave of mild shock that pervaded when it was played.
          Poppycocteau <celticcurls_4@hotmail.com> -- Monday March 14 2005, @03:36PM (#154216)
          (User #9489 Info)
           We are ugly but we have the music
            Are all the tracks from Earls Court then? (Score:0)
            Eh?
            Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @06:19PM (#154223)
            ....And if anyone says.... (Score:0)
            Sounds Good....And if anyone says POOPY again, I'm going to learn how to send E-Mail Bombs !!!
            Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @11:52PM (#154234)
            • Just... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday March 15 2005, @12:40AM
              • Re: by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday March 15 2005, @10:35AM
              Can't tell anything down a phone line (Score:1)
              Surely it's difficult to tell how good the sound is when the information comes from a wall socket and drips out a computer's speakers?

              Wait for the CD and turn it up loud through a big-ass amp - I'm sure it'll sound fantastic.

              As for the lack of crowd noise, all the samples I listened to were mid-track. You don't want crowd noise there.

              I like the fact he's stressed the audience size on the back of the promo sleeve, as he did on Beethoven. In fact, the wording is very similar. 6,500 people in 1992 up to 17,500-odd now, just in case we weren't counting!
              Stan <stanleymchale@mac.com> -- Tuesday March 15 2005, @01:56AM (#154245)
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                nice little earner. (Score:1)
                17183 x £27.00 + £463 941

                I am in the wrong job.
                Brighton Rich -- Tuesday March 15 2005, @03:21AM (#154256)
                (User #8270 Info)
                  Pleasant surprise (Score:1)
                  Nice samples. A good way to start the day, hearing those.
                  redpathetic <tvandmuchchoc@yahoo.ca> -- Tuesday March 15 2005, @08:14AM (#154262)
                  (User #6184 Info)
                   Happy in this final acceptance of his own absurdity...Albert Camus
                    seasick yet still docked on BWD (Score:0)
                    Has anyone else noticed how much better it sounds than the rest of BWD? "You're Gonna Need" and "Suedehead" sounded particularly atrocious on that recording. Is there a story behind this? Did the band re-record it in the studio? The singing and the musicianship on seasick is absolutely perfect - better than the album version - whereas the rest of the recording is virtually unlistenable.

                    It's a shame the band sound so bad live - because Morrissey has proven himself to be a fine vocalist in the live arena many times. Just listen to "rank." I wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the band let him down yet again.
                    Anonymous -- Tuesday March 15 2005, @10:53AM (#154269)
                    trying to get promo (Score:0)
                    how did you get this? im music director at a radio station and havent been able to get sanctuarys contact info to make sure we get a copy.
                    Anonymous -- Tuesday March 15 2005, @07:35PM (#154289)
                      This is wonderful! (Score:0)
                      Pish and posh I say to the dissenters!
                      The samples are extremely exciting indeed. Given the format - small, low quality MP3 files - I think the sound is nothing short of glorious.
                      The CD release is going to be magnificent.
                      Anonymous -- Wednesday March 16 2005, @03:03AM (#154299)
                        His Voice?? (Score:0)
                        Does anyone think his voice sounds a little strange? Not bad strange, but there's something about it... I got a copy of the CD this weekend and there are times when he just has this weird tone to his voice.
                        Anonymous -- Monday March 21 2005, @09:19AM (#154868)
                        Re:not impressed (Score:0)
                        didn't know you wanted to hear it for the audience. quit your bitching, seems thats all you yanks can do these days.
                        Anonymous -- Monday March 14 2005, @01:53PM (#154188)
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