The Smiths (2 Viewers)

[Mormon Nailer]

I won't look at an album cover in anything else but RAW.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I don't understand how people consider themselves audiophiles and accept 'cd quality' FLAC files. I would have thought it would be 45 RPM 12" quality or, second best, Super Audio CD's. How do DVD albums compare to SACD's ? nlgbbbblth ?

I use mp3's myself because I don't care.

DVD-A sounds just as good as SACD in my opinion. I don't have a SACD player (so SACDs sound like regular CDs on my standard player) but a mate does so have compared at his place.

Some of the best sounding CDs are from the early days - 1983 / 1984

e.g. the debut Level 42 album, the Warner Brothers disc, dates from 1984. Amazing. The two remasters don't compare.

 

[therealjohnny]

Can't believe I had to go through three pages of search results to find a Smiths thread

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?b...listen_the_smiths_the_pablo_cuckoo&more=1&c=1

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Just listening to the exact same thing

[video=youtube_share;39qb3Q5mTmk]http://youtu.be/39qb3Q5mTmk[/video]

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

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[Cornu Ammonis]

Right, I own the four studio albums and Rank so what would be the best plan of attack in getting as many of the b-sides as possible on the minimum number of discs? i.e. which compilations should I be looking at? I started trying to track them but got tired and I'm hoping thumped has a quick answer for me.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Right, I own the four studio albums and Rank so what would be the best plan of attack in getting as many of the b-sides as possible on the minimum number of discs? i.e. which compilations should I be looking at? I started trying to track them but got tired and I'm hoping thumped has a quick answer for me.

Hatful of Hollow, The World Won't Listen and Louder than Bombs?

Download "Jeanne" from somewhere and I think
you'd probably have the full set, iirc.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Louder than Bombs

The only one I listen to any more

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Hatful of Hollow, The World Won't Listen and Louder than Bombs?

Download "Jeanne" from somewhere and I think
you'd probably have the full set, iirc.

Cheers. Wasn't sure if any of the newer compilations were more economical in terms of b-sides. Next amazon order sorted.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

The only one I listen to any more

Even though it has "Golden Lights" on it?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Even though it has "Golden Lights" on it?

yeah i like it

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Even though it has "Golden Lights" on it?

It's their Train in Vain/Hitsville UK

 

[CinnamonBoy]

It's their Train in Vain/Hitsville UK

Ha! Two of my all-time favourite tunes.

Just consulting Wiki, I think there are a couple of b-sides, besides Jeanne, not covered on those comps....Work Is A Four Letter Word and I Keep Mine Hidden. Neither of which are their most exemplary work, imo.
Jeanne is deadly though. I first downloaded it from a fan-site in 1996. It took about a day and a half and the oul lad nearly had a seizure but he loved the Smiths too so it was grand in the end.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Cracker

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[David Kronenbourg]

It's their Train in Vain/Hitsville UK

i don't like either of these songs

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

i don't like either of these songs

Well, there you go then.

I kinda meant in the sense that it's incongruous to their regular output (Train) and it's got chicks singing on it (Hitsville)

 

[travispickle]

Can't believe I had to go through three pages of search results to find a Smiths thread

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?b...listen_the_smiths_the_pablo_cuckoo&more=1&c=1

I'll have to listen to this later; what's the interweb saying about it?

 

[travispickle]

Right, I own the four studio albums and Rank so what would be the best plan of attack in getting as many of the b-sides as possible on the minimum number of discs? i.e. which compilations should I be looking at? I started trying to track them but got tired and I'm hoping thumped has a quick answer for me.

The World Won't Listen is a great comp for later b-sides/extras. There was a CD reissue, before the remastered one I think, that had Golden Lights tacked on.
HOH is brill.

 

[Jill Hives]

Even though it has "Golden Lights" on it?

It's me who hates that song and I always skip it.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

i used to skip it but now i like it