Why is there no 808 State box set yet

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Seriously. Between all the variations between ZZT and Tommy Boy releases and overlapping songs on multiple albums and miscellaneous confusion, they need to just put everything together on a bunch of discs and throw it in a pretty box. Please?

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 19:57 (twenty years ago)

It's not something I've ever been really desperate for but would be nice to get things like their remix of Jon Hassell's 'Voiceprint' on a collected CD plus 'Pacific 909' and a few other rarities. Weirdly, there aren't many good remixes of THEM themselves - only Dillinja's take on 'Azura' springs to mind. Ferry Corsten remixed/covered 'Cubik' on his last album and of course it sounds shit.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 20:12 (twenty years ago)

Remixing "Cubik" makes the Baby Jesus cry (except for the Gorgeous-era version).

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 20:17 (twenty years ago)

oh i liked the Monkey Mafia one kinda

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone have "Pacific Break" on mp3 (from the Tommy Boy 12")???

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

Cf., their Web site: all the albums are being reissued as double-disc sets in the coming year. There was much wringing of hands on the message boards about what to include. Idiotically, nobody chose the apparently substantial swath of demos that exist, opting instead for the same damn remixes included on all the same damn CD singles.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

AFX's "Flow Coma" remix is pretty tasty.

― No Suntan, No Credibility (noodle vague), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 21:02 (twenty years ago)

Weirdly, there aren't many good remixes of THEM themselves

I rather liked Erik Kupper's remixes of "Ooops" on the U.S. CD single. And their own remixes of their material are aces, but I assume you aren't referring to those.

I've actually not been a fan of their work for other people. I liked Graham Massey's production for Bjork and his Art of Noise remix (
"Legs"), but 808 never frequently blew me away as remixers.

― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)

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No, let me put it another way.

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― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 08:37 (twenty years ago)

mark grout OTM.

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 21:03 (twenty years ago)

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^ !

― Python... No Bite :B (flezaffe), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Has no one heard "Pacific Break"???

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

I have...I had the Tommy Boy "Pacific" cassingle back in the day, but I think it is now warped or melted...which makes me sad...

― hank (hank s), Thursday, 21 September 2006 12:47 (twenty years ago)

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Thursday, 21 September 2006 17:43 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

YAY THEY'RE HERE!!!!!

― Stevie D, Sunday, 31 August 2008 00:23 (eighteen years ago)

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