"ege bamyasi would be a better starting point, but tago mago is longer and you'll get more for your money" - Value For Money...

No no no; it's like "here's some coke but a third of it is actually ice and the coke is cold enough on it's own already".

(Ok, admittedly a lot of that stuff was "Nice price" or what have you)

Anyways, I quite like the extra sessioncuts etc things, as there's lots of fun things to be found there on jazz albums. And if I don't feel like it, I'll just turn the album off after the real songs are over.

But death to people who mix the bonus cuts INTO the regular tracklist. Waah!

Of course, there's always the possibility of just programming in the tracks you want, but who on earth actually does that?

Hereafter known as The Supersize Theory.

"Would you like an extra 25 minutes of filler with that Blue Note reissue, sir?"

Which might not be a selling point if most people think it's just fizzy water. I've said it before, though: those are some of my favorite moments on that album.

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Anyway, maybe instead of adding bonus tracks as a way of getting customers to think of it as value for the money record labels could, I dunno, charge less money for the CD without putting the bonus tracks on there? (I know, what a radical idea.)

die9, they do. you can find all sorts of $6-$10 cds - cut-outs, special priced 70s bands' greatest hits, used cds, calling a 30-45 minute album an ep and pricing it down, etc.

I don't remember starting this at all.

looooool

b=but 1/3 or more of tago mago is totally pointless!!
-- jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, May 12, 2003 3:04 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

that's like saying "here's a 72 oz. coke, but 1/3 of this is just fizzy water, but look how BIG the cup is!"
-- jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, May 12, 2003 3:05 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

RONGEST SHIT EVER.

Is true, there's nothing wrong with any of Tago Mago, and people who won't buy albums with less than 20 songs on don't deserve to hear it anyway.

also Tago Mago>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ege Bamyasi

^

Ege rules though.

Ege Bamyasi is WAY better than Tago Mago, foolz.

also Tago Mago>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ege Bamyasi

both albums r00l, but uh no

Oh yeah, Ege is pretty great, but like Tago Mago is like a needle in your brain!

The >>> thing would work better with less hyperbole. Both great albums.

if anything I underdid it

They are both great.

Tago Mago -> <- Ege Bamyasi

wait, that's giving me a headache

what?

if anything I underdid it

i no right

When's someone going to rep for Monster Movie

soundtracks is just slightly better than monster movie and both are great records, just not as ambitious/detailed as their later work.

tago mago>monster movie>Soundtracks>Delay>Ege Bamyasi>Future Days(I think, I don't know this one so well) I don't know the others well enough to comment

future days is teh best ffs

Tago Mago kicks everything else I've ever heard onto it's belly and makes it beg

stfu noob

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z43/sevenarts/cinema/safe.jpg

Thanks (indirectly) to something Sick Mouthy posted last week (i forget exactly what), i blew £17 on the original Spoon-issue vinyl of Ege Bamyasi yesterday, having only heard one song on it once.

Did they see me coming? Either way, the sleeve's totally going up on my wall...

I miss the presence of Nick Southall and all the usual stylus staff over here.

I'm still here!

hello

They're both great. Ege offers compressed Kraut-funk thrills, while Tago is an inspired sprawl. So, yeah Ege is a better starting point, but I can't help but feel I want the tracks to be longer. The grooves on Vitamin C and Spoon are so hot, I want them to go on forever. Perhaps one day they'll put out Mile Davis style box sets with the full unedited jams. Or was Ege a conscious attempt to be more concise, meaning that no such thing exists?
Tago edges it though. The first half is pretty much the greatest thing ever. Utterly transcendent. Aumgn is great, especially in remastered form. I really don't know why people object to it so much: there's loads going on, it's a sonic delight!
I once flew over Greenland while listening to Future Days. Damn, that was nice.

Miles even. :?