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posted by
davidt
on Tuesday June 15 2004, @09:00AM
An anonymous person writes:
This is just to let you know that NME are giving away a free CD compiled exclusively by Morrissey this week on the fromt cover. the issue goes on sale 15th June Over the course of the CD Morrissey leads you by the hand from spikey punk to sun-kissed country grooves via bands he knows he's influenced and new acts he's now consciously endorsing as the legacy of his talent and work. It really is a great CD for all Morrissey fans! For more info on the Cd and to ge the chance to listen to the tracks go to http://www.nme.com/morrissey/
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Who (Score:0)
I know i have many flaws (Score:1)
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incredible cover art. (Score:1)
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Order from the nme site and it'll come with the CD (Score:2, Informative)
Basically, the rule on such things is that they can't mass distribute such CDs to stores overseas (something about not having publishing rights in all territories).
However, posting a single copy (or two) to an overseas address is fine.
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Under The NME's Influence (Score:0, Troll)
Thanks.
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Morrissey likes Gene! (Score:0)
I think Moz totally over hypes that Raymonde song. It's boring. But I haven't heard Mozzer's version yet.
Hmm... (Score:1)
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American NME (Score:0)
possible SOLUTION for US fans... (Score:1)
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Re:possible SOLUTION for US fans... (Score:2, Informative)
As does Borders.
But yeah, you have to wait a week or so after it came out in the UK.
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I need to be saved (Score:1)
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if it's not too much to ask... (Score:1)
a) buy NME
b) rip the tracks to mp3
c) share the tracks somehow
and
d) front and cover scans? yes, thank you :-)
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7 years of waiting and then all this! (Score:1)
I've grown to like Under the Influence (after initial ambivalence)and Songs to Save You Life looks very promising with an eye scanning the distant past, the more recent and the here & now.
I love the Ludus track on Under the influence so I'm glad there's another snippet on this.
First of The Gang and all those B-sides are still to come.
So much from Moz in such a little time....int it luverly.
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Off topic - Hultsfred (Score:0)
free cd (Score:0)
free CD (Score:0)
Seems like a very good selection of songs, although I'm not convinced about Sack, even after watching them live twice ;)
broken
*moz* (Score:0)
can anyone tell me how I can listen to n. sinatra (Score:0)
I'm determined to hear it, please make my day!
Cool CD (Score:1)
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urgent!!!!! (Score:1)
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only in the uk? (Score:1)
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fancy that... its Tesco Fever. (Score:2, Interesting)
so - Moz brings culture to the great unwashed hordes of Aigburth Road - we are the arty-est part of Liverpool after all.
CD wise - what a beauty - not a single duff track!!! - far better than most of the stuff I pay a tenner for - great to hear Sack and Pony Club together, thumbs up to the NME for finally coming up trumps after years in the dolldrums.
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single= camden??? (Score:0)
Sorry if this has been said before but i just thought id mention it.
Exceptional (Score:1)
Anyway, the NME are stating it might well be the best CD they've ever given away and they're right. It's a thing to cherish.
I've been after 'A Child Ill' for ages and it's mind blowing. Second to that, the Pony Club and Sparks tracks are immense and it's interesting to finally hear this Jobriath chap - he does sound something like Bowie and the compilation will be worth buying.
Just as satisfying is that The Never Played Symphonies has found it's natural home as an album lead off track. Many thought it should have been the first track on YATQ and it does the job here. Those kids still unsure about taking the plunge and buying a record by an old man might be swayed on hearing it.
What else? Oh, the sleeve quotes Panic as having a release year of 1988 but we'll forgive that. I'm sure Moz didn't approve THAT bit of the design however and it's irksome that some div hasn't done his homework.
The CD itself is either a very cheap one (do blank ones vary in quality?) or my CD player's on it's last legs because it only played the first 14 tracks and then, on reinserting, didn't read anything. I had to put it into my computer to access all the tracks. Anyone else had a problem?
Anyway - FANTASTIC stuff and easily the best value LP of all time.
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sleeve? (Score:1)
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Gallon Drunk (Score:0)
Splendid stuff! (Score:0)
For such a compilation, it is highly consistent from start to finish, and demonstrates the sublime nature of Morrissey's taste. Not ALL of the tracks are spectacular - there are lesser efforts from Gene, The Ordinary Boys and Sack - but even these are never less than solid.
'The Never Played Symphonies' opens the cd in style - like many of the Bona Drag tracks it seems to gain in power when issued in stand alone form. Nostalgic and plaintive, and possessing some swooning vocals from Moz, it will now rightly be heard by a wider audience.
As to the rest of the cd, well, Moz chooses exceptionally well (compare Paul McCartney's twee selection for Uncut), but for me personally the highlights are the tracks by The Killers, Sparks, The Slits, New York Dolls, Franz Ferdinand, Pony Club, Raymonde (James Maker's vocals are unbelievably reminiscent of Morrissey's at times) and The Libertines. That's quite a few highlights!
I also liked Damien Dempsey's track and think Remma could have potential.
Good to finally hear the much-trumpeted Jobriath at last, though it'll take me a few more listens to decide whether or not he's merely a pale imitation of Bowie. Hell, I'll probably end up loving him - certainly would be interested in the Rhino anthology of his work due later this year. I can already imagine Moz's liner notes for that one.
So, all in all, a super compilation, featuring some cracking songs and never less than interesting.
Probably the best of its kind - at least its by far the best of the many 'free' cds I've heard.
Cheers Moz!
hmm (Score:1)
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