Praise for Soft Cell "Bedsit Tapes"

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ok, yes these songs have all circulated on bootlegs for a while, which i own, but has anyone else bought this disc yet? it is true insight to the madness that soft cell were in the beginning. marc really used to tap into the sort of bedsit drama of life back in the soft cell days, the frustration of being middle to lower class and being shat on for being different or a freak. i truly adore all these tracks... even my husband who can be a little iffy on marc thinks they are pretty fantastic now that he is hearing them in a better light.

any comments?

― ehbenoit, Monday, 22 August 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

Planning on picking it up this weekend or next -- personally, I can't imagine it being anything other than ruling, big time.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 August 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

ned, did you already get the re-issue of affectionate punch??? I have the original, but curious how the remaster sounds.

bedsit tapes... how completely wonderful. now if only we could get a re-issue of the first some bizarre comp. come on steve-o.

― ehbenoit, Monday, 22 August 2005 12:37 (twenty years ago)

ned, did you already get the re-issue of affectionate punch???

Oh yus. More on that will go on the Associates thread in a bit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 22 August 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)

"Bedsit Tapes" is indispensable, and the sound quality is excellent. However, some of the songs from the 'Science Fiction Stories' boot don't appear on it.

― Oliver C (...Oliver), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:22 (twenty years ago)

yeah, that was a bit sad that there were some bits missing... i wonder why they were not present.

― ehbenoit, Monday, 22 August 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

Sadly no "I am 16" on the tracklisting. Is it on there under a different name?

― anode (anode), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

Sadly not. No "We Go Marching" or "Penthouse Pet" either. : (

― Oliver C (...Oliver), Monday, 22 August 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

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