I have a Too Pure reissue of Peng on vinyl and it sounds terrible. I love that album but i'd rather listen to it on Spotify. Will buy the remaster if it comes out.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
Watching a bunch of youtubes from the ETK tour. Kind of amazing how well documented it was. That was my favorite version of their live band.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
Saw that tour in New Orleans. So good. Wish I had seen them on later tours too.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
New Cliff variant for your collection.
https://d1rgjmn2wmqeif.cloudfront.net/r/b/107780.jpg
…which I got from the new-look groop website: https://stereolab.ochre.store
Yay web 1.0
― Jeff W, Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
This thread and some of the replies within have been one of the few good faith engagements w/this wreath business.🐦[So what we can say about Corbyn’s conduct? He clearly had a vague idea of the cemetery and who was commemorated there, he got the details wrong. There’s nothing to show that he thought he was commemorating the Munich massacre perpetrators. BUT >> https://t.co/Q44wmBAJVu🕸— Yair Wallach (@YairWallach) August 13, 2018🕸]🐦
― Tim, Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
I always had trouble parsing that image. Is he pointing a gun at you, is that a ring, what?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
I always thought it was a gun based on the cover of Peng!https://archive.beggars.com/wp-content/uploads/Stereolab-Peng.jpg
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
It is the final frame of a already-existing cartoon series where a man's finger turns into a gun and then shoots. The next frame in the series is the band's cover for their album "Peng!"-- German for "bang", I believe
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
it's a finger transforming into a gun
http://www.koly.com/stereolab/ex-cliff.php
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
Ah, here you go. Some fine morning reading: https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_intriguing_origins_of_cliff_the_cartoon_character
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link
xp
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 16 August 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
Apols for my random accidental post up there.
― Tim, Thursday, 16 August 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
Sad to see she's playing this festival in Israel in September, along with many other artists (Kamasi Washington, Flying Lotus, Of Montreal, Faust, Battles, etc.) I would've expected more from (that is: declining to play). Ugh. https://bdsmovement.net/meteor
― jaywbabcock, Thursday, 16 August 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
Duophonic reissues of the 3 Switched On volumes on clear vinyl out today. Ordered Refried Ectoplasm and Aluminum Tunes. Hoping Amazon will get some copies of Vol. 1 in stock too.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 28 September 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
25% discount to Spiked subscribers!
Sorry. I'll fuck off now!
― calzino, Friday, 28 September 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
I've pre-ordered from Warp. Hopefully they arrive today or tomorrow. I'm curious if they'll sound any better. On a related note, I've got an original clear vinyl pressing of Refried Ectoplasm I need to sell now if anyone is interested. Would also trade it for a single I need.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 28 September 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
We'll see. I have high hopes since they expressed a strong desire to have quality vinyl versions.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 28 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
I received Aluminum Tunes yesterday, sounds fantastic. I had forgotten how much classic material is on it because I associate a bunch of it with the original EPs. For example, Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center is one of my absolute favorites, a really cool and mellow transitional piece between MAQ and ETK. It showed they were starting to explore new directions, but wasn't as radical a shift as ETK.
Refried Ectoplasm is currently AWOL, don't know what happened. I plan to order Switched On soon. I saw on Amazon that they have listings for clear vinyl releases of Peng! and Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music coming in November. I assume these are part of the same series, but I don't really know anything about how this all came about, if anything was remastered, or if they are putting out the whole catalog.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 13:29 (five years ago) link
i got my refried ectoplasm a couple days ago, still waiting on my aluminum tunes.
hopefully they are repressing MAQ / ETK / D&L next
― the late great, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
how's Refried Ectoplasm sounding? I'm very worried Amazon is going to surprise cancel my order.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
should I sell my 1972 reissues of the main Stereolab albums? i.e. Transient thru Sound-Dust. I could use the cash assuming Duophonic is going to reissue them properly within the next year or two.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
honestly, it isn't really clear to me what the story is behind these new reissues. I haven't been able to find out any information about whether they were actually remastered or are different in any way from other pressings. Also have no idea if they are going to reissue any of the Elektra stuff.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
According to here: https://stereolab.ochre.store/ ...
The Switched On compilation reissue series is out now, via Duophonic UHF Disks. Consisting of 1992's Switched On, 1995's Refried Ectoplasm [Switched on Volume 2] and 1998's Aluminum Tunes [Switched on Volume 3], each disk has been remastered by Calyx Mastering of Berlin.
― dronestreet, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
well the 1972 reissues were mastered from CD's (hence the shortened version of "Blue Milk") so anything is an improvement, especially if it's coming from Duophonic. I doubt Gane would sign off on anything of dubious sound quality, especially after he called the 1972 reissues "completely unlistenable" or whatever.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
Cool, that's what I would assume too. Don't know if those 1972 Elektra ones are going to be replaced soon or not.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
refried ectoplasm sounds pretty good to my ears!
― the late great, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
i bet it would sound even better if it wasn’t on cruddy clear vinyl
― the late great, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
finally showed up, listening now, sounds good. Is there something particularly bad about clear vinyl? Isn't just the same as black vinyl without any coloring added?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
I saw on Amazon that they have listings for clear vinyl releases of Peng! and Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music coming in November. I assume these are part of the same series, but I don't really know anything about how this all came about, if anything was remastered
according to Pikey, "Calyx remastered. Beggars reissues. Couple slight artwork amendments: from memory, address and publishing (info)"
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
I'll be very glad to replace my terrible copy of Peng!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Is there something particularly bad about clear vinyl?
not really just being picky purist
― the late great, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 05:26 (five years ago) link
Apologies if this has already come up, but was looking into Peter Strickland (Katalin Varga, Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy)'s new thing In Fabric yesterday, since he's pulled in such great collaborators for his previous films (respectively: a mishmash of Broadcast/Ghost Box's Roj and Nurse With Wound, Broadcast, and Cat's Eyes), and In Fabric's original score will be a Cavern of Anti-Matter release!
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
I got all three in the mail last night and I have to say, i'm more than a little disappointed. Switched On sounds pretty bad. Inside cuts on both sides are unlistenable, High Expectations vocal sounds terrible, lots of sibilance all over. The album doesn't sound that dynamic anyway, but this pressing is no improvement on my other copy. Also, the 'Limited Edition' tag was clearly only a marketing ploy, as these albums are absolutely everywhere in mass quantities. I ended up paying much, much more to get these from Bleep than I would have paid at my local shop. Aluminum Tunes sounded OK, but I only played 2 of the 3 records. Didn't play Vol. 2 at all so can't comment. Maybe my copy of Switched On just needs to be cleaned properly, but it mostly sounded terrible. Why hasn't anyone from the band come out and endorsed these represses? I feel like the fans are getting duped on this shit.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Yikes! I haven't heard Switched On yet. Aluminum Tunes sounds good to me. Refried Ectoplasm is fairly good, although a bit on the harsh side. Haven't heard any obvious distortion on either.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
Oh no that is terrible news
I got all three a few days ago but haven’t listened... I have an original Refried, I will compare, but it’s really Switched On I was most excited about
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 4 October 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
Searching around to see if others have run into the same issue (I'm in the middle of rewiring my whole audio setup and haven't had a chance to check the records), I am just now learning about the apparent propensity PVC sleeves have for damaging vinyl over the long term, so that's going to be a fun expedition over the next week or so...
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Thursday, 4 October 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
I noticed a few skips on the inner grooves of side one of ‘Switched On’, wasn’t sure if it was just my copy. Haven’t cleaned it.
― michaellambert, Thursday, 4 October 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
On a related note, I think i'm going to pull the trigger on an Okki Nokki soon. I love Switched On so much. This poor pressing is really disappointing to me.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 4 October 2018 17:26 (five years ago) link
are the others sounding ok to you?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 4 October 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
Switched On is my favourite Stereolab release and Au Grand Jour* one my my favourite all-time tracks
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 4 October 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
I've only played discs 1 and 2 of Aluminum Tunes (in addition to both sides of Switched On), but they sounded good. I believe there was IGD on one side of the Aluminum Tunes, but it wasn't as bad as Switched On. I don't have the OG Aluminum Tunes, but I do have the OG for Refried Ectoplasm, and I'll compare the OG to the clear remaster tonight if I have time.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 4 October 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
I have an OG ‘Aluminum Tunes’ but no remaster to compare it to. Got my copy fairly cheap as i was a bit scratched in places. Had considered replacing it with th new one but playing it now and it tracks surprisingly well through the scratches (so far) and generally sounds really good.
― michaellambert, Thursday, 4 October 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
I got a bunch of emails about their releases on bandcamp
https://stereolab.bandcamp.com/
I miss my dots and loops cassette I made from cd for my walkman - best sound ever
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 4 October 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
http://www.koly.com/stereolab/bootswitch.php
I'm pleased to see this is still on the web
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 4 October 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
does anyone know where to get cd's/lp's anyway? i'm stuck
― alexsuponya, Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
I picked up the Switched On CD boxset on the weekend which I'm quite pleased about. From the local record store, which I'm also quite pleased about. I already own multiple copies of the first two but never owned Aluminium Tunes so that's all I've listened to so far. Sounds great. As a package it's as basic as can be but no complaints.
― everything, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
There's just so much on Aluminum Tunes. It's kind of hard to fathom how much they were cranking out at their peak.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
True. The whole box only covers 6 years of material. And at the same time released like 7 albums (which are all brilliant). Quite extraordinary.
― everything, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
The packaging on these re-issues is I guess the same as before but man is it ever good
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
On the CDs the artwork is all included in a foldy-out thing but at least for Refried Ectoplasm the layout and materials are quite inferior to the original issue.
― everything, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link