----- Original Message -----
From: Stean Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:23 AM\
> >_The Business_ was a great concept, and would have been a great
production
> >if they had managed not to have so much talking over the darn tracks! (A
> >few of the more obscure b-sides, like the Costello version of
> >"Tomorrow's...", would have made it even sweeter.)
> Oooh - that's a bit harsh Dave - OK, maybe it is a bit too talky but some
of
> the conversation on there is very interesting (and some of it, I agree, is
> just plain dull and could easily have been left out)
It isn't that it's dull, it's that the talking is superimposed on the songs.
I'd have had no problems if the interviews had been (a) kept clear of the
music and (b) fit into "negative space" between tracks for easier cueing.
What bothers me is that there's no way to hear many of the songs on their
own, without chatter.
> but for those of us who
> never picked up the singles on vinyl first time around it's our one and
only
> opportunity to hear some of the more obscure material. The packaging etc
is
> actually quite a nice idea - fiddly but a bit different.
I don't mind the packaging for _The Business_ at all--the CDs are in a
normal box so you can get at them. My problem with packaging is on _The
Lot_, where you have to put in some effort to get the CDs out of the tight
little paper sleeves.
> As for "it's Madness" and "it's Madness too" - they may be an attempt to
> cash in, but they're bloody cheap for what they are (picked my copies up
for
> �4.99 a piece).
For some reason, when UK CDs show up in US shops, they all tend to be priced
about the same. Fortunately, online ordering lets me get around this.
Dave
-
______________________________________________________________
Visit the Total Madness Mailing List website for:
latest news, madmeet info, list charter, games, and more ...
http://members.xoom.com/totalmadmail/
Contact the TMML Moderators at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and in the message body put: unsubscribe total-madness
