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A Little Less Conversation [CD-single] [Import]
Johann Kaspar Kerll: Missa in fletu solatium obsidionis Viennensis
Happyhardcore.Com Present Hardcore Tunez V.3 [Import]
Georges Brassens [Original recording remastered] [Import]
Klaus Nomi - The Essential [Import]
Here We Go Again (+2 Bonus Tracks) [Import]
Amazon.com
If there was a certain irony to the surviving members of Joy Division recasting the angst-ridden muse of band founder/suicide victim Ian Curtis as New Order's often catchy melodic synth-pop, there's ample evidence on this compelling four-disc retrospective to suggest that Curtis's troubled spirit and dark sense of humor continued to haunt his influential musical progeny long after his passing. Crucially, the band has foresworn strict historical autobiography here for a more Rashomon-like approach, allowing four outsiders to compile the anthology's component discs. The resulting four chapters focus on distinct, well-defined facets of the band's music: journalists Miranda Sawyer and John McReady serve up the hits-oriented "Pop" and moody, album-cut and B-side centered "Fan" discs, respectively, while Manchester DJ and Factory Records A&R man Mike Pickering presents a baker's dozen of the band's pioneering club mixes (six previously unavailable in the U.S.) on the "Club" disc and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie culls together the ultimate, career-spanning N.O. concert set from a trove of unreleased soundboard recordings on "Live." Band members weigh in throughout the set's artful, straightforward liner notes with often sardonic track-by-track commentary, but it's the outside-in viewpoint that makes this such a worthy companion to Joy Division's similarly scaled Heart and Soul anthology. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
Comprehensive four-CD box set from Mancunian dance music pioneers compiled by four high profile fans, journalists Miranda Sawyer & John McReady, former Hacienda DJ Mike Pickering & Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie. What it amounts to is a greatest hits disc, an early years set, a collection of dance remixes & a live album. Features several rarities, making it very attractive to collectors. The limited edition includes 72 page booklet with exclusive photos and a fifth bonus disc with nine tracks, 'Temptation '98', 'Transmission' (Live), 'Such A Good Thing', 'Theme From 'Best & Marsh'', 'Let's Go' (Instrumental), 'True Faith' (Pink Noise Morel Edit), 'Run Wild' (Steve Osborne Original Mix), 'The Perfect Kiss' (Live take recorded at video shoot), & 'Elegia' (17 minute Full Version), while supplies last. Digi-book (approx. 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3/4) London. 2002.