==================================CAN REMASTERED EDITIONS Monster Movie, Tago Mago Ege Bamyasi and Soundtracks RELEASE DATE - 25th OCTOBER 2004
Can release remastered versions of their classic albums, Monster Movie, Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi and Soundtracks on The Grey Area of Mute/Spoon on 25th October 2004.
The albums were all remastered from the original master tapes and were overseen and attended by Holger, Irmin and Jono Podmore, so that they finally sounded on CD how they were always intended to sound.
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All four remastered CD releases will also play on SACD players and SACD compatible DVD players and will include exclusive unseen photos from the time and new sleeve notes.
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this has been too long coming.
― phil turnbull (philT), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 19:54 (twenty years ago) link
― ())(())()()()(()(LASER)()()()LA(Z)E(R)()()()((L)()()(A)(S(E)R()()()) (ex machina, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 19:57 (twenty years ago) link
― artdamages (artdamages), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 19:58 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 19:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:01 (twenty years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:19 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:21 (twenty years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:21 (twenty years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:26 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:28 (twenty years ago) link
― BbetaA, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:39 (twenty years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
Nope.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:46 (twenty years ago) link
― joseph pot (STINKOR™), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
Really? I only have one LP on Spoon, but the vinyl's not all that hot, especially in contrast to my original pressings of other Can LPs on United Artists and Virgin.
― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:53 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 20:57 (twenty years ago) link
Oh, I thought you meant the Spoon vinyl reissues from 2003. That's what I have for Monster Movie.
― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:19 (twenty years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:45 (twenty years ago) link
xpost
― Bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:52 (twenty years ago) link
― artdamages (artdamages), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 21:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Edmundo (Edmundo), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:05 (twenty years ago) link
― gainfully employed (ex machina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 00:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Brad Laner (Brad Laner), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:00 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:03 (twenty years ago) link
― wetmink (wetmink), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link
well, i think they've always sounded poor... on the vinyl i've owned and the cds. i'm not that much of a vinyl junky anyway but my copy of Ege Bamyasi has seen far better days. all of the cds i've heard have low volume mastering and a thin slightly muddy sound. all of the cd issues have come from the same original cd master and the booklets haven't changed.
the last 're-issue' of these was at the time of the remix cd release and was, basically, just letting people know that they were still there.
I'd imagine that this was just the start of the re-issuing cycle, with 4 more in the next batch and so on. Let's hope they include the Tago/Ege era singles and B-Sides that are still only available on boots.
― phil turnbull (philT), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:31 (twenty years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:46 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:49 (twenty years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:11 (twenty years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:12 (twenty years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 2 September 2004 02:15 (twenty years ago) link
a very kind offer and very possibly true. still like cds better than vinyl overall, though.
but "Chain Reaction"/"Quantum Physics" was as good as Can got, perhaps as good as anyone got
definitely up there with the rest of the things i love best.
― phil turnbull (philT), Thursday, 2 September 2004 04:11 (twenty years ago) link
Are the last batch (1998) of CDs really that terrible sounding to you, or are you judging on the basis of the Restless ones that came out in the late-80s? Cuz I've always thought the '98 reissues sounded great and I don't understand these complaints of "too quiet". Future Days is supposed to be quiet.
― Vic Funk, Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:45 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 September 2004 11:50 (twenty years ago) link
I agree that the CDs sound crap - not enough bass is one problem, on the other hand I share Norman's concerns that they might be ruined.
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:21 (twenty years ago) link
― willem (willem), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:30 (twenty years ago) link
It sounds very spontaneous, you can hear everyone settling into the sequence, noodling about.
― (Jon L), Thursday, 18 November 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:03 (twenty years ago) link
― (Jon L), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link
It doesn't sound anything like "Dizzy Dizzy"! However the intro section of "Cutaway" does sound like "Dizzy Dizzy" and so was obviously not recorded in May 1969, (there's another section too with synth on it that could not have come from 1969). Then again, bits of "Ibis" sound like "Dizzy Dizzy" too - tho possibly the bits edited out of the CD version as discussed above.
― De Doo Doo Doo De Da Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago) link
― De Doo Doo Doo De Da Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:35 (twenty years ago) link
― De Doo Doo Doo De Da Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:38 (twenty years ago) link
That's because it wasn't "Gommorah" that sounded like "Dizzy Dizzy" — upon revisiting my CD collection last night, I realized it was the last track on Unlimited Edition I was thinking about, "Ibis". If you take the keyboard sound off of it and add Michael Karoli's vocals and violin, it's virtually the exact same track — same beat, same staccato guitar licks, everything. Though it dates from Sept. '74, which seems a little late, it sounds as if it might be them finding their way into "Dizzy Dizzy"...
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago) link
The dynamics sound similar.
If anything it sounds less processed than before - it's certainly less harsh and trebley than before.
My only gripe is there seems to be some kind of noise-reduction gate (or other noise reduection technique) which occasionaly gives a senation of "pumping".
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 19 November 2004 15:35 (twenty years ago) link
Also, the vinyl remasters of the first four will be released with this batch of CDs... i mean, that's why i heard.
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 18 February 2005 06:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 18 February 2005 06:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Friday, 18 February 2005 06:22 (nineteen years ago) link
(though I wonder if they'll get to the oddities like "Turtle Have Short Legs" or any of the collections like Can Delay 1968)
― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 18 February 2005 07:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Tim has them on cassette. Ooh. Quite the rebel! The audacity of owning Can on cassette! Or not...etc etc etc ad infinitum.
I hear a voice saying "just own them on all possible formats, then you CAN maybe get some sleep at night"
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 18 February 2005 07:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 18 February 2005 08:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 18 February 2005 08:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 18 February 2005 11:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 18 February 2005 11:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 18 February 2005 12:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 18 February 2005 12:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 18 February 2005 12:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 18 February 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
A repressing.
― Vic Funk, Friday, 18 February 2005 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 20:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, Diggle was probably a krauthead too!
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 20:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, for starters, Can are not a band anymore.
Won't argue against your "six month" hyperbole... except to say that I'm still going to be a sucker and get all the reissues on both formats. I'm to be pitied.
― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, Diggle was probably a krauthead too!In fact it makes sense that it was one of his, since the more prolific Shelley might have scrupled at the cop. Maybe.
Anyone ever commented on the fact that "can" is the Turkish word for "soul" and maybe Holger has been holding out on the secret meaning of the name all this time?
― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Unfortunately, in case you hadn't noticed, one of them is dead
― My Son Calls Another Man Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
It was commented on by Irmin Schmidt (I think) and, anyway, I thought it was Malcolm Mooney who named the band, and named them as The Can to boot.
― My Son Calls Another Man Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― My Son Calls Another Man Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Wednesday, 11 May 2005 09:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― buck van morrison (Buck Van Smack), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― This Thread, Friday, 17 June 2005 13:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 17 June 2005 13:50 (nineteen years ago) link
I went to half.com and their top recommendation to me was a used copy of Tago Mago for $128.09. At first I thought the Can catalog had gone out of print again, but it just looks like they gave up on SACD hybrids. Are the new versions the same, minus the SACD layer?
― drench, Sunday, 17 February 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
(OK, ignore my other can thread revive.)
budget-priced cd rereleases are coming out soon. still cheaper on amazonmp3. Dunno what differences there are.
http://www.amazon.com/Tago-Mago-Ri-Can/dp/B0011WMHRK http://www.amazon.com/Tago-Mago/dp/B000T08AX0 etc.
― abanana, Sunday, 17 February 2008 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
There doesn't seem to be any difference whatsoever--seems like they just decided to drop the price on Tago Mago & Ege Bamyasi, maybe as a limited-time promotion...
― Craig D., Monday, 18 February 2008 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link
(Mute dropped the price, that is, not any particular retailer)
It looks like the new ones aren't hybrid SACD's.
― Telephone thing, Monday, 18 February 2008 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link