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Another Lost Tapes teaser surfaced yesterday.

I'll vote crap. just because I CAN.

This band.so unfuckwithable.

Anyone have any info about the various "United Artists" LPs from the last few (five?) years or so? Pretty sure they're all bootlegs but do they sound any good?

cjh wrote:tarandfeathers wrote:Anyone have any info about the various United Artists LPs from the last few (five?) years or so? Pretty sure they're all bootlegs but do they sound any good?They're definitely bootlegs but they sound alright*. They use the original 70s UK artwork (filmstrip cover Soundtracks, live band cover / envelope wallet for Tago Mago etc.) and look really nice but they're absolutely not legit.*I'm pretty sure they must have been mastered from the CDs that are currently in print. I'm in the somewhat ludicrous position of having a couple of these albums on original UA vinyl, Spoon reissue vinyl, Spoon SACD and bootleg UA vinyl (I know how that sounds but Can were/are that band, I'm always looking for a faint echo of the initial buzz of my first exposure), when I get time I'll give 'em a proper spin and see how they stand up in comparison. Worst case scenario is they're a bit flat sounding, not a recording from a dictaphone in the same room as a scratched LP playing with fluff on the needle etc.Huh. So you're telling me all my Can records are bootlegs. And here I thought they sounded great. My Tago Mago is even on colored vinyl (grey and blue). Sad.

Angus Jung wrote:wtf - some Can trivia:According to Damo, the lyrics to Vitamin C are about alcoholism. He read someplace that your body loses Vitamin C when you booze up.I also read that, according to Damo, the lyrics to Mushroom are about the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki . . . contrary to what Julian Cope will tell you.

tarandfeathers wrote:Anyone have any info about the various United Artists LPs from the last few (five?) years or so? Pretty sure they're all bootlegs but do they sound any good?They're definitely bootlegs but they sound alright*. They use the original 70s UK artwork (filmstrip cover Soundtracks, live band cover / envelope wallet for Tago Mago etc.) and look really nice but they're absolutely not legit.*I'm pretty sure they must have been mastered from the CDs that are currently in print. I'm in the somewhat ludicrous position of having a couple of these albums on original UA vinyl, Spoon reissue vinyl, Spoon SACD and bootleg UA vinyl (I know how that sounds but Can were/are that band, I'm always looking for a faint echo of the initial buzz of my first exposure), when I get time I'll give 'em a proper spin and see how they stand up in comparison. Worst case scenario is they're a bit flat sounding, not a recording from a dictaphone in the same room as a scratched LP playing with fluff on the needle etc.

Haha, I can totally see ending up with a selection like that. I'd definitely be interested to hear how the bootleg UA stuff compares with the Spoon reissues. Original UAs are probably out of my price range for the moment. I believe there is some gargantuan 14LP box set planned with all the studio albums (plus presumably Delay 1968 and Ltd Edition?) but I'm not entirely sure I actually want ALL those records, I'm pretty happy just going as far as Future Days really so individual copies might be the way to go...

Has anyone listened to the Japanese singer Phew's album, with Holger and Jaki (and Conny Plank!?) as the backing band?