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albert 31st Jan 2021		Blu-ray The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment	Special features pretty much ported over from those found on the earlier DVD editions like this one. When watching the special features you can see clips of how the film ought to have looked had they not messed around with the colours.
albert 31st Jan 2021		DVD The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - MGM	Great version. This DVD restores most of the cut scenes, and the colours and sound are just perfect...... unlike the 2020 'remastered' UK Blu-ray with it's shockingly bad saturated colours.
albert 28th Jan 2021		Blu-ray Box Set The Atom Egoyan Collection - Artificial Eye	There is an equivalent DVD box set, and I believe all of the discs were released individually in standard sized cases, utilising similar artwork. Calendar Blu-ray includes the short films Howard In Particular and Peep Show. Exotica Blu-ray includes the documentary Formulas For Seduction: The Cinema of Atom Egoyan. The Sweet Hereafter Blu-ray includes the short film Open House.
albert 28th Jan 2021		Blu-ray Night Of The Living Dead [1968] - Criterion	Finally a genuine official UK release with the full participation of the original creators, so throw away your old dodgy DVD / VHS copies. The special features include an early work print/edit titled Night Of The Anubis.
albert 28th Jan 2021		Blu-ray Richard III [1995] - BFI	Blu-ray region code B, DVD region code 2.
albert 28th Jan 2021		Blu-ray The Graduate - Studiocanal	I can't remember a leopard being in the movie, however I do note that the most synonymous/associated image - the one with the stocking'ed leg - has been relegated to a small trimmed picture on the back cover. I suppose this is to pacify the tedious uptight people who would never want to watch this movie at all.
albert 27th Jan 2021		Multi-Format The Driller Killer - Arrow	Clumsy addition of "The" to all of the artwork.
albert 27th Jan 2021		Multi-Format Blood Feast - Arrow	Blu-ray regions A,B,C. DVD region 0 (All).
albert 27th Jan 2021		Multi-Format Saturday Night And Sunday Morning - BFI	This Blu-ray in this set pretty much looks the same as the later BFI issue with a different cover. BFIB1004, barcode 5035673010044.
albert 27th Jan 2021		Multi-Format Cosh Boy - BFI	Includes Region 2 DVD, Region B Blu-ray, and 30 page booklet. Special features include: US title sequence "The Slasher" with extended opening shots cut from the UK film release. The Ten Year Plan (1945, 17m) - short information film about prefab housing in the post war years, by Lewis Gilbert featuring Charles Hawtrey. Johnny on the Run (1953, 68 mins): - film about a polish refugee trying to get back home, directed by Lewis Gilbert. Harmony Lane (1954, 24 mins) - a musical comedy directed by Lewis Gilbert. Teddy Boys (1956, 8 mins) - short film interviewing youths. Stranger in the City (1961, 22 mins) - a short film by Robert Hartford-Davis about Soho in the 1960s.
albert 27th Jan 2021		12" Single Weltklang - Vorwärts	Traktor [YouTube Video] Vorwärts [YouTube Video] Vlak [YouTube Video] Saljut 6 [YouTube Video]
albert 27th Jan 2021		12" Single Weltklang - Vorwärts	I decided to scan the labels without removing the inner sleeve. I did this because my other very rare Weltklang record got covered in dust after scanning with inner sleeve removed. Very annoying.
albert 27th Jan 2021		Vinyl Album Weltklang - Klášter	Vranov [YouTube Video]
albert 27th Jan 2021		Vinyl Album Weltklang - Klášter	The photocopy on the back cover has some text "exil-system 20-19", I cannot determine if that indicates a release date or a supposed cat number. There are other versions of this LP, a few were cut on lathe and have a different cat number. Super limited as per usual from the artist.
albert 27th Jan 2021		Vinyl Album Various Artists - The Recommended Records Sampler	I transcribed the details from the insert, text sometimes differs on the record labels. eg the Ron Pate track on side 4 is called "Fun In The Fundus" on the label.
albert 27th Jan 2021		Vinyl Album Buzzcocks - Love Bites	Unusual sleeve added, probably a test pressing, it is embossed but there is no printing on the sleeve (note the yellow bits on the back are from rubbing next to the Different Kind Of Tension LP) .
albert 21st Jan 2021		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Superstars Of The 70's	I got this compilation in an auction joblot, about 30 years ago, and its been in storage ever since. You can see by the track listing this is definitely an American overview, and somewhat lacking the exciting sounds coming from the UK at the time, so no Bowie, no T.Rex, no glam basically, all of the sounds that would eventually lead to punk (by that I mean British punk).
albert 16th Nov 2020		Blu-ray Dark Star - Fabulous Films	This Blu-ray includes 2 versions of the film: the 83m theatrical version and the 73m director's cut, however only the theatrical version has been remastered. The director's cut is definitely the better one for pace and sustaining interest as the extra minutes in the theatrical version are really just filler to make the film length acceptable for cinema distribution; however the image quality is way below that of the remastered theatrical version. The extras include a very good 2 hour documentary which mostly uses interviews from people involved in making the film. John Carpenter is represented by a muffled taped interview recorded by a researcher many years ago (thankfully subtitled), but Dan O'Bannon died in 2009 so his wife speaks on his behalf. The documentary reveals that once they had left college and got external financing, much of the acting in the original student version was ditched in favour of reshooting with better sets and scripting. The character of Talby seems to have been added later hence why he doesn't actually share the frame with another actor, likewise the dead captain. The experience was a big wake up call for John Carpenter, it did not open doors as he expected and consequently he is now dismissive of the whole thing. Still though I think it remains a good effort.
albert 30th Aug 2020		TV Ripping Yarns (1977 - 1979)	Golden Gordon despairs after Barnestoneworth United lose yet again [YouTube Video]
albert 25th Aug 2020		DVD Box Set The Story Of Beat-Club: Volume 1, 1965–1968 - Ard 1 Video	The signature tune used on the DVD menus and most of the episodes is called "A Touch Of Velvet A Sting Of Brass" and is by The Mood Mosaic Featuring The Ladybirds. [YouTube Video]
albert 18th Aug 2020		CD Album Various Artists - With Love	Quite a good compilation this one. The original LP is dominated by Byrds-like harmony numbers, particularly from The Wildflower, and punctuated by a few garage fuzz tunes, and I will be honest to say that it was the latter fuzz which made me buy it. Happily the bonus tracks help even out the balance. I have heard several of the tracks before from appearances on other compilations but the sound quality here is up quite a few notches better. Still available direct from Ace/Big Beat.
albert 18th Aug 2020		DVD Box Set The Jess Franco Collection - Anchor Bay Entertainment	Quite a few cuts here, most severely in Love Letters Of A Portuguese Nun where we find that lovely Susan Hemingway has had all of her nude scenes removed. See the BBFC page (6.15 mins of cuts). Barbed Wire Dolls (0.41 mins of cuts), Ilsa The Wicked Warden (2.31m) Love Camp (1.12m) Sexy Sisters (1.11m)
albert 22nd Apr 2020		DVD Blade Runner: The Final Cut - Warner Bros.	Just found some old notes that I wrote a few years ago in an email regarding this 'Final Cut': I eventually did get the DVD and had a side by side comparison of what the changes were, some were really geeky like he changed the serial number on the snakeskin when looking through the microscope. The dove flying off at the end, now has a completely different backdrop instead of looking like a factory wall in an industrial estate, but the resolution has radically dropped so you see a pixelated dove instead. Generally I don't care much for the new dark & contrast look of the final cut, massive amounts of detail are lost, oh and the one sweary f-word has been replaced by "father". I also noticed that the editing has been done in blocks of approx. 10 mins each so looking at the two versions side by side the new version gets out of step when additional scenes are added then judders back into step as scenes are trimmed down. The chase scene at the end has a lot of resequencing. The soundtrack is much improved. The much touted 'extra minutes' are rather disappointingly about 3 minutes of extra rolling credits at the end. I think I prefer the old directors cut, because it looks better and most of the additional scenes on the new 'final cut' don't really add anything or are just scenes that have their order sequenced differently. The dove flying off does look hokey though.
albert 1st Apr 2020		CD Album 13th Floor Elevators - Sign Of The 3 Eyed Men	10/10 for presentation, 2/10 for the supposed remastering job - these are the worst sounding CDs ever, and long suffering fans of the band have had to endure some rotten ones !
albert 28th Mar 2020		Vinyl Album Ustad Munawar Ali Khan - Vocal Recital	First record by Ustad Munawar Ali Khan, traditional 'gayaki' style (and other) Hindustani Indian music. I am not going to attempt to break down the track listing into the variant parts.
albert 28th Mar 2020		Vinyl Album The Early Music Consort Of London - Two Renaissance Dance Bands	Some, or all copies, have a textured sleeve.
albert 18th Feb 2020		Cinema Forbidden Planet (1956)	Review An outstanding 1950s sci-fi adventure which borrows from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and serves up a cautionary tale on scientific experimentation. A scientist uses psycho-kinetic machines developed by the super-advanced ex-inhabitants of the planet to increase his mental capacity, but subconsciously unleashes an actualisation of his very jealous id. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 31st Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Kate Bush - Never For Ever	Sounds great, though I don't have the original pressing to compare it with but I do own the singles. On the LP version of Army Dreamers the rhythmic sample of the gun being loaded seems to be down in the mix but I cannot remember if that was always the case. Anyway I like this remaster, it has clarity and space and Kate's vocals seem to be even more astonishing than I can remember.
albert 31st Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Kate Bush - The Dreaming	Sound quality is much improved in my opinion, not quite as abrasive, now with defined clarity and space, excellent job. There are discussions on other websites as to whether Rolf Harris' minor contribution has been replaced or just his credit removed. Any thoughts?
albert 31st Jan 2020		Vinyl Album Kate Bush - Lionheart	The packaging tries to recreate the original UK version with a gatefold cover and embossed text, it does not replicate the original plain yellow inner sleeve. The artwork has been reworked, and photoshopped, on the back sleeve the colours are slightly more vibrant and Kate's flesh tones look better, however the hair on the top of her head has been reworked to make it look less wild but its a rushed job. The front cover loses the deep shadows of the original and some of the detail by making the whole image brighter, again I feel this is sloppy work.

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