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Apollo59 14th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Rarities 1966-1972 Vol. I & Rarities 1966-1972 Vol II	Can't think why they had to fade-out Track 25, the excellent live version of Baby Don't You Do It from Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 13 December 1971 This is still the only commercial CD where this track is available
Apollo59 14th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Two's Missing	My Wife and Goin' Down recorded at Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 13 December 1971 This is the only commercial CD where these tracks are available
Apollo59 14th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Who's Missing	Bargain recorded December 13, 1971 (the complete version)
Apollo59 14th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Who's Next	That's really funny - 2 Moderators here talking about the CD and neither notices the Cat# has been entered incorrectly. Way to go...
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Tommy [Super Deluxe Edition]	Disc 4 from Civic Centre, Ottawa, 15 October 1969
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Tommy	Remixed by Andy Macpherson & Jon Astley, whom did their level best to lose a lot of the bottom end depth from what were very good recordings in the first place.
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Magic Bus	I'd meant to add this to Notes: Best avoided as Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8-11 are these electronically enhanced fake stereo. Track 2 is the short version in stereo Tracks 4 & 5 are stereo versions as found on Sell Out Track 7 is a stereo version of the single version - or to be exact the shorter 3'16 edit of the single version. This CD is the only disc where this version can be found.
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues	Wouldn't it be smart if there was a reference page to explain in clear layman's terms what all these codes - PM this, POL that and publishing stuff all means - all this BIEM, MCPS, STEMRA etc. I mean it's sort of treated like a best kept secret from the masses, which is ludicrous. Or am I just stating the obvious...?
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Shakin' All Over	@Lee Wrecker: Yes, it's a fine recording although for some unknown reason it omits 'I'm A Boy'. I would also point to 'Pure Rock Theatre' from `69, as also one of the best boots - at least it was until the 4th version of Tommy was released in 2013. No, I made the decision a few years ago in 2009, to sell my bootleg vinyl (and a lot of regular vinyl that I didn't want or enjoy) as I had too much of the same thing with loads of Pink Floyd, Who, Beatles and whoever else. I copied them to CD-R. - no computer (gawd forbid!), no compression, but direct audio injection via an amplifier to a dedicated CD recorder. They were just collecting dust on the shelves as I seldom ever played them anyway. No regrets as I got very good money for them from the Japs. I suppose in many ways The Who are one of my top 5 bands and I'll admit to being a bit of an anorak swot about their recordings in that I know that I know everything there is to know about their recordings. By that I mean the music as opposed to technical codes on CD discs that have nothing to do with the music content. Over the years I've built up a comprehensive data base that details the differences within the tracks on a multitude of releases which is fairly useful in particular to that of the 60's recordings where loads of surprising variants exist. Back in the days of fanzines, I used to contribute articles to both 'Generations' and 'Naked Eye'. I saw them not that many weeks ago here in Glasgow - I was dead centre in row 5. I had my Live at Leeds LP signed by Townshend when I first met him when he was on holiday with his family in St. Ives, Cornwall, summer `79 - but that's the beginning of a whole other story...
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Shakin' All Over	Actually from the 2nd night on 6th April
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - Sell Out	The main differences between the mono and stereo is the editing of tracks and there's not a great deal of the guitar tracks that differ, although Our Love Was does have a completely different guitar track. The Mono album version of Rael is much shorter than the Stereo. 1) Radio London 0’27 mono, 0’27 stereo 2) Armenia City In The Sky 3.11 mono, 3’12 stereo 3) Radio London 0’09 mono, 0’08 stereo 4) Heinz Baked Beans 0’54 mono, 0’57 stereo 5) More Music 0’03 mono, 0’03 stereo 6) Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand 2’03 mono, 2’04 stereo 7) Premier Drums 0’22 mono, 0’15 stereo Radio London 0’08 mono, 0’09 stereo 8) Odorono 2’12 mono, 2’16 stereo 9) Radio London 0’16 mono, 0’18 stereo 10) Tattoo 2’38 mono, 2’42 stereo 11) Radio London (Church Of Your Choice) 0’08 mono, 0’09 stereo 12) Our Love Was 3’04 mono, 3’06 stereo & different guitar 13) Radio London (Pussycat)/Speakeasy/Rotosound strings 0’17 mono, 0’17 stereo 14) I Can See For Miles 3’59 mono, 4’18 stereo 15) Charles Atlas 0’26 mono, 0’26 stereo 16) I Can't Reach You 3’03 mono, 3’03 stereo 17) Medac 0’55 mono, 0’57 stereo 18) Relax 2’34 mono, 2’38 stereo 19) Rotosound Strings (demo) n/a mono, 0’03 stereo 20) Silas Stingy 2’56 mono, 3’03 stereo 21) Sunrise 2’58 mono, 3’03 stereo 22) Rael (1and 2) 5’23 mono, (1) 5’44 stereo & (2) 0’47 stereo 23) Track Records 0’20 mono, 0’18 stereo
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - A Quick One	All tracks Stereo except: Trk 15: Remixed Mono Trk 18: Mono (the 1st acoustic version with cello) Trk 1 is the long version with an alternate guitar track at the fade out Trk 14 is the 31/7/66 mix longer version with alternate vocals on the fade out
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - A Quick One	2003?
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Who - A Quick One	This CD was supposed to be the Mono cut, but for technical reasons didn't achieve this. Trk 1: Stereo - the 2'42 short stereo version. The longer 2'52 version with alternate guitar at the fade-out is on the Stereo A Quick One CD. There is a true Mono version at 2'30 and was last released in 1974 on the double LP on Track Records of A Quick One (Mono) and Sell Out (Stereo), and various bootlegs, notably "The Who `66" on the Polyboy label. Otherwise, the Mono version has never been released officially on CD. Trx 2-10: all are Mono Extra Tracks Trk 11: Batman (long version) - fake Stereo Trk 12: Bucket T - Mono Trk 13: Barbara Ann - Mono Trk 14: Disguises - 14/6/66 Mix, 6 seconds shorter than stereo - Mono Trk 15: Doctor, Doctor - Mono Trk 16: I've Been Away - Stereo (Mono version is otherwise only available on 7" vinyl as the B-side to Happy Jack) Trk 17: In The City - Mono Trk 18: Happy Jack - 1st acoustic mix with cello - Mono Trk 19: Man With The Money - Stereo (no Mono mix ever released) Trk 20: My Generation/Land Of Hope And Glory - Stereo (no Mono mix ever released)
Apollo59 13th Aug 2017		CD Album The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues	That's what I thought - it's a 3rd version. Yes, all the matrix info is as stated: 321589 (in a string, followed by a space of approx 4 digits width) 3 This is why I think the origins of discs are more important than where they are sold. It's also far more accurate as there's no disputing what's printed on them, to the extent that we know this disc was pressed in Swindon.
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues	Just to confirm - the 1990 date was there before I came along.
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues	This a good example of where the current system shows cracks in procedure. My copy has the same Cat# and Barcode, but is different and not made in EU. My copy is a follows: Case Spine Cat#: CDP 32 1589 2 Case Rear: Cat#: CDP 32 1589 2 Barcode: 094632158925 Manufactured in the U.K. Distributed by EMI PM: 520 1988 Ensign Records Ltd Disc: Cat# CCD 1589 and in smaller text, CDP 3215892 BIEM/MCPS Made in England Disc Matrix / Play Side 321589 3 EMI SWINDON
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues	Trying not to inhale as I'm banned from smoking.... I'm struggling to digest that...Thanks for info.
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds : ULLAdubULLA The Remix Album	Can never get enough of that Red Weed...
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues	Out of interest - what makes this European as opposed to just UK?
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album The Waterboys - The Live Adventures Of The Waterboys	Back in the 1980's and had it been a perfect world, The Waterboys should have been where U2 and Simple Minds ended up but there's no accounting for the taste of the masses...
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album U2 - Pop	@gregs78s: I would say it's definitely not unofficial. It's quite likely that it could have been made in Germany for Asian distribution, and by deduction I most probably did buy this in Indonesia. I read somewhere a while back that both the Malaysian (which would cover a large part of Asia) and the US versions had the bleep, as this has. I've just arrived at the letter W and when done will get the scanner out before I do anything else.
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album Bob Dylan - Tempest	@xiphophilos: That wouldn't surprise me, but perhaps that was some time ago. When I first joined I could immediately see the task ahead of me and thought, nah, I'll give it a couple of years then come back. So far I chose not to list around 1,000 bootlegs - too repetitive.
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album Scott Walker - The Drift	Perhaps one of the most astonishing in terms of content and brilliantly produced albums that I've ever heard. The song 'Jesse', about Elvis Presley's stillborn twin brother is perhaps an indicator for what's in store for the uninitiated. Any song from this album when played loud through a quality system could very possibly send some listeners rushing to find their Valium tablets.
Apollo59 12th Aug 2017		CD Album Scott Walker - Scott 2	Something must have gone wrong with production of UK stock as when I bought all 4 of the remasters in 2000, both Scott 2 & Scott 3 came with the 1992 edition sleeves and rear sleeves, with the new 2000 discs. All 4 discs had a front sticker "Digital 24Bit HDCD Remastered Edition With Restored Original Sleeve". New HDCD edition submitted and linked (mod.edit)
Apollo59 11th Aug 2017		CD Album Lou Reed - Transformer	Indeed. With some credit also due to Mick Ronson for some great arranging.
Apollo59 11th Aug 2017		CD Album U2 - Pop	@gregs78s: Yes, I can confirm and have just physically double-checked that it's Cat# 524 366-2. Barcode: 731452436627, also with PY811. This disc is made in Germany and has the censor bleep on track 12. The disc matrix area has further information if of any help to identify this disc. 4UALKXXXX 524 366-2 01 > Made In Germany By PMDC IFPI O184 (in tiny text) C (in tiny text) Thinking about, I'm certain that I did not buy this particular copy in UK or in Europe. I would have bought it either in USA or Indonesia, as that's where I was (and only was) for most of 1997. You are of course right about the other disc Cat# CIDU210 / 524 334-2 with PY811. I mentioned simply because it was made in UK.
Apollo59 11th Aug 2017		CD Album U2 - Achtung Baby	@Lee Wrecker: You're dead right. Basically, from what I've worked out - they attract that huge contingent of sheep-people, the intellectually challenged. A lot of whom are from (and I'm not being critical but just making a point of fact) the lesser salubrious areas. There's also a heavy duty Roman Catholic contingent who can identify with Bono's psychobabble religious imagery claptrap. I know this to be true coming from where I come from - a city with enormous religious bigotry - and also being able to identify who's who and who is what etc. I mean, how many songs about angels can one man write? It's astonishing. The 'guitar' player is a joke and showed himself up for what he is - a downright charlatan - in that DVD with Jimmy Page, "It Might Get Loud". I bet Page had a very good laugh to himself at his 'abilities'. As for the 'drummer', for want of a better word, he must be the most useless tool that ever positioned himself behind a kit. He simply has not progressed any further than a junior member of the Boys Brigade. He's seemingly incapable of playing any other drums apart from the one snare. It's very hard going trying to listen to for any length of time. If it weren't for Brian Eno, we would not be hearing anything like as listenable as evidenced on Achtung Baby, as was very much the case with next 2 albums that followed Achtung Baby, where Eno's input was a great deal less. U2 definitely fall into the same cesspit as Oasis, Paul Weller, Stone Roses and whomever else excels in mediocrity. In fact I probably loathe about 95% of the titles listed on this site and must admit to having a quiet laugh to myself upon seeing the latest daily entries. I'd have shot myself out of pity for owning some of them. Hey ho, it must be wonderful to be so clueless.
Apollo59 11th Aug 2017		CD Album Bob Dylan - Tempest	@xiphophilos: OK. However, you understand what I was saying. I fully intend to scan stuff and will do when I finish the entries, fingernails withstanding pulling all these cases apart. I'd also much prefer just to do the scanning on its own without the footer of listing the track info too. Another thing is that I never for a second expected to have to list quite so many discs as it must be running to about 60%. But there again, looking at the titles that get entered by others, I'm not in the least bit surprised as there's absolutely no accounting for taste.
Apollo59 11th Aug 2017		CD Album Lou Reed - Sweet Jane	Oil Well were a Clone label and never released a single self standing release in their existence. Everything they released had been released before by other bootleg labels.

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