Them query
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:34 pm
by Xenu
Hey all,
I vaguely remember some recommendations given re. Them CDs at sh.tv, but of course I can't access any of 'em. Could someone here who hasn't been MagiBanned make a search and report back?
FWIW, I remember a few people liking the two CDs on the London label ("Them Featuring Van Morrison" and "Them,") but I don't remember the specifics.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:15 am
by Rspaight
I tried, but the search engine apparently ignores the word "them." I couldn't concoct a search that worked.
Ryan
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 3:57 pm
by MK
Ryan, where did Bush say that? I swear, my opinion of that guy can't get any lower. Check out Salon's interview with Joseph Wilson. I used to think Bush was just a lunkhead, but that whole administration can't get any sleazier.
Anyway, I digress.
The recommended "Them" CD was the "Them featuring Van Morrison" comp, the early London label pressing from the late 80's. I think the catalog number is London 810-165-2. It looks very similar to the Rolling Stones London CD's. Flat transfers, clean mono, true stereo where available, there is one gnarly fake stereo cut. I think it's "Stormy Monday," but the disc clearly marks every track mono, stereo, or in this case electronically processed stereo. Much better sounding than Jon Astley's two disc "Story of Them."
Still missing a few great Them recordings, most notably "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (fans of Beck's "Odelay" will recognize it right off the bat), but otherwise pretty good.
The forum also recommended the early London CD pressing of John Mayall & the Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton over anything else (the various remasters from the last few years, the MFSL Ultradisc II), so whoever did the CD mastering for London seems to know their stuff.
BTW, I got the discs, Xenu! Thanks a bunch!
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:25 pm
by lukpac
MK wrote:The forum also recommended the early London CD pressing of John Mayall & the Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton over anything else (the various remasters from the last few years, the MFSL Ultradisc II), so whoever did the CD mastering for London seems to know their stuff.
Errm...as far as I know the US pressing is a digital clone of the UK CD, and it's nothing to write home about. It's not bad, but I do think various other issues are better.
FYI, MFSL did the Stones CDs, while I'm fairly sure somebody in house did all those other discs.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 4:35 pm
by Rspaight
MK,
It's on the White House site here, from a speech in Milwaukee:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases ... 003-4.html
He also tries to make the secret stash of Botox sound threatening, among other things. (I assume that since Botox is now a WMD, we'll be invading Beverly Hills soon.)
Back to Them.
Ryan