[kj] Albums of the Year

[Darren A. Peace]

OK. Sold!

 

I once got far too far into comparing the various versions of the King
Crimson albums; kept them all in the end. Life's too short!

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

From: Peter Moltesen [mailto:sneakypete at uwclub.net] 
Sent: 06 December 2008 19:34
To: dpeace at bigfoot.com; 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: RE: [kj] Albums of the Year

 

Hmmm....I just find it a bit dull - theres a big Dave Jackson shaped hole

And, er, yes - PH's guitar playing ;o) 

I really really wanted to like it and I've played it over and over but I
just can't get into it.

Its not a bad album as such - but theres just nothing that really stands out
for me 

I never ever imagined I'd ever find VdGG dull :o( 

 

I think the Genesis discs sound fantastic

I always thought the original albums suffered a bit from muddy production

The remastered discs sound so much clearer

The revamped Trespass sounds particularly good to my ears at the moment

But they all sound noticeably better

I was never that much a fan of The Lamb, to be honest (it might have made a
good single album)

but up to Selling England they could do no wrong in my eyes   

 

The dvd content is almost worth the price by itself :o)

 

Peter

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Darren A. Peace
Sent: 06 December 2008 19:13
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] Albums of the Year

 

How interesting! VDGG made my list, and I think it's a cracking album.
Interference Patterns is particularly good, although I do wish Mr Hammill
would leave off the guitar playing. Not as good as Present, though.

 

And I'm hearing really bad things about overcompression on the Genesis box.
I'm only interested in the Gabriel albums, so am considering a purchase, but
only if they've not ruined the mix. How do you rate it?

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

 

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Peter Moltesen
Sent: 06 December 2008 09:34
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'
Subject: Re: [kj] Albums of the Year

 

Genesis 1970-75 box set. Yeah - boring old hippy crap to some, but I love

those early albums. And Peter Gabriel was wearing facepaint long before Jaz

 

Biggest disappointment - Van der Graaf Generator's Trisector album :o(

 

 

Peter

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