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Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 11:46 am
by Harry
psbfannyc wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 11:16 am
Whom did the 2023 remastering by the way and in what studio?
Andy Baldwin at Metropolis did the audio remastering.
Oli Maingay at Vanderquest did the videos.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 12:24 pm
by Ewok
scousepsbfan wrote: Fri 16 Jun 2023, 10:28 pm
If I'm not mistaken Single-Bilingual is a different mix as well. Loads of extra harmonies especially on middle-8, different intro with crash cymbal and synth line is lower in parts. Actually sounds better but is not the single version.
There's also an echo effect on the word "Barcelona" in the middle eight at 1:51 which is not audible on the single version.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 1:42 pm
by drunk
How should we best do this? It is afterall a (the) classic PSB video!
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 2:59 pm
by West 4th
oakey wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 11:05 am
My Amazon.fr copy (Vinyl) has also not been dispatched yet, but expected delivery is set at June 20-21.
I noticed yesterday that if I ordered on Amazon in the US it was showing a delivery date for the next day. I finally got a message from the PSB store that my order shipped but probably won't be here until next Friday.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 4:05 pm
by minimal
Great to see they took time and effort to only mention that an edit of New York city boy is included. Jesus Christ...
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Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 4:11 pm
by somdigital
The intro to Somewhere is also different.
I have already found some "remixes" (not remasters) here. Is it good or bad? It depends on you!...
Great remaster sound, by the way. High frequencies are not loud, but you can really hear everything clearly and "spacious"!
(Heard on reference studio headphones)
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 5:10 pm
by Tom Angel
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 6:12 pm
by symco
I wonder if it will chart or not?
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 6:42 pm
by TallThinMan
symco wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 6:12 pm
I wonder if it will chart or not?
For what it’s worth, it’s currently at #7 in the iTunes UK album chart.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 6:57 pm
by Kris
If I remember correctly the 3 CD version of PopArt didn’t count chart-wise. Not sure whether the rule has changed since then.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 8:35 pm
by james23_uk
The Smash lenticular is fabulous. Shame this wasn't the cover of the limited white vinyl boxset.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 10:13 pm
by scousepsbfan
I'm still a little peeved that Burning the Heather (radio edit) isn't on CD3. I don't know why they think it wasn't a proper single. It came out as a digital single and a 7" with a lyric video. It would have fitted on CD3 no problem.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 10:33 pm
by telys
The "interviews" are lifted from the FL booklets and edited. In some places theres is a sentence or so of new info (f i on Jealousy about Chris' mother interupting his piano noodlings). So I conclude Heath has gone to his original source material for FL. But it's still disappointing bordering on rip off.
Also on my 3CD+2BR Say it to me is not credited to Tennant/Lowe/Price. An error.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 11:22 pm
by TallThinMan
telys wrote: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 10:33 pm
The "interviews" are lifted from the FL booklets and edited. In some places theres is a sentence or so of new info (f i on Jealousy about Chris' mother interupting his piano noodlings). So I conclude Heath has gone to his original source material for FL. But it's still disappointing bordering on rip off.
Also on my 3CD+2BR Say it to me is not credited to Tennant/Lowe/Price. An error.
That’s not even new. Chris has mentioned before about how he used to play the piano at the Lowe family home and would immediately stop playing when his mother said something was nice.
Re: Smash - The Singles 1985 - 2020
Posted: Sat 17 Jun 2023, 11:28 pm
by Patrick Bateman
Neil reckons It doesn't often snow at Christmas is the best song they wrote in the 1990s?
