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Was able to listen to all of em this week, but as usual, couldn't dive into all records adequately and deferentially, due to time issues. My mind was full, again.
But here I am.
The 10" picture disc single of the Mael bros'
Suedehead Mix is a nice one, I think. It's a playful thing and deserves our attention. I have no information about its story of conception though. Not sure, if the Mael brothers had a vision when mixin it up.
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But, as it is the case with all picture discs, this cannot be good for the needle, neither in the short nor in the long run.
It was sort of scratching and ice-skating along on the vinyl's painted surface, and sounded like a blade on an ice rink, which is always a beautiful sound, but not when it comes from the stylus on my record player.
The two live recordings of "We'll let ya know" and "Now my time is up" are rich and lush in sound. Moz seems to be a bit sniffly in parts though.
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This above photo of the "
We Hate it when Our Frank becomes successful" copy shows ya why it's important to wash them records before puttin em on the turntable, especially when ya got em second-hand. All dusty during sunset. The camera eye was pretty harsh and nitpicking that evening.
I was surprised to see that this 12" Maxi single comes as a 33 rpm, even though there is so much deadwax still available. Not sure about why this happened. The British 12" is a 45er in black.
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(above: We Hate It, sitting in a fountain of youth.)
The live recordings on the B-Side do not belong to my favorites among live recordings, I must say. In some parts they've highlighted the guitars too much, which, in this case, they shouldn't have done. To my ears one of em was many times completely and strangely out of tune.
Fav: Plea
Prefer this live version here. Should be considered for the next B-side of the second 12" single taken from the new album: