To be honest and while I myself am no fan of brickwalled mastered CDs, I only really bought both of them for the bonus disc which as far as I can tell via Cool Edit is not brickwalled and has some interesting stuff on it. I was never all that pissed off with the sound of my original O2 CDs so they're still the main rips I listen to.

Sound issues aside, it's obvious now "Movin On" must have been in the running to be a single at some point; possibly after Tasty Fish. The acoustic guitar on "Sawdust" also seems to be replicating the chorus melody to Bizarre Love Triangle pretty faithfully... Autosound is a nice bit of early 90s ambient dance... these little extras are more than we'd get from most bands really.

An interesting listen and for those interested the Moby Mix of Selfish on the debut reissue is NOT the same as the one on the Selfish Qwest CD Single. Same sort of "vibe" but definitely a different remix.

Well, if you want to hear Satisifed, and some TV Themes, head over to the official site:

theothertwo.co.uk/

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Nick King wrote:

Well, if you want to hear Satisifed, and some TV Themes, head over to the official site: theothertwo.co.uk/

Not only can you hear them, but you can download all 6 of those tracks for free, just clicky on the down arrow in the player - I'm no O2 expert here, but I think they are all otherwise unavailable, some TV soundtrack stuff there. Most excellent!
CTB

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CTB wrote:

Nick King wrote: Well, if you want to hear Satisifed, and some TV Themes, head over to the official site: theothertwo.co.uk/ Not only can you hear them, but you can download all 6 of those tracks for free, just clicky on the down arrow in the player - I'm no O2 expert here, but I think they are all otherwise unavailable, some TV soundtrack stuff there. Most excellent! CTB

Oh yes - that's probably unintentional, so I'll do that straight away!

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The download links were working last night when I went to bed, but they're not working now. Did anyone manage to grab them all and is willing to share?

i used downloadhelper for firefox,worked great,love these songs

They are still available to download,maybe it depends on your location? Either way,nice one.

£50 Note wrote:

The download links were working last night when I went to bed, but they're not working now. Did anyone manage to grab them all and is willing to share?

PM sent

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mp3 at 128

bc2323 wrote:

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Well, considering they've yet to be released, and aren't supposed to be downloadable...

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Well, "Culvers Edge" is lovely (but then I love the song they made from it as well) and "Jonno and Sean" is fantastic! I missed the chance to download them though, looks like Soundcloud only allows 100 or so downloads. Oh well.

bc2323 wrote:

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr mp3 at 128

Why don't you email them and ask for your money back?

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Well, Soundcloud has let me download the tracks now, and mighty fine they are. "Jonno and Sean" sounds even better blasted out loud. Those complaining about the sound quality must be in a super picky/moaning mood.

If anyone has the ear of those involved, please pass on thanks.

I've been listening to them off the site for the past few days - great stuff - only this morning realised they are downloadable - brilliant! Got the 6 now - they'll be on constant now till i get the remasters from LTM for the next birthday.

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http://www.last.fm/user/CuanaD

http://www.last.fm/music/D-plus

Bought the lot for the bonus disc, which was worth it.

Shame that America's Most Wanted wasn't there.

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www.myspace.com/digitalwaters

theothertwo.co.uk/2010/05/summers-here/

updated

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Nice. At least some clue as to why Satisfied didn't make it on the remasters; US licensing issues most likely. We can stop moaning (briefly) now

Be good to hear what else they're going to chuck up on the site.

Granada wrote:

theothertwo.co.uk/2010/05/summers-here/ updated

Yep, 2 new tracks up there, Sawdust and Autosound; both downloadable....

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Nick King wrote:

Michael Monkhouse wrote: Shame on LTM who did such a superb job on One True Passion! Erm, it was probably Steve & Gillian who gave the tracks to LTM... Anyway, I really like the CD's - they sound a lot clearer to me (although I'd obviously need to see graphs! ), and I like the bonus CD...

be careful, what you ask for!
(well somebody beat me to the punch this time!)

i just got superhighways.. and though it
sounds decent (i don't have the original for
comparison)..

the sound is incredibly brickwalled, and lots of
levels are pushed up really high.. ugh...

later
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I was pretty disgusted with the brickwalled sound on last years LTM reissue of Superhighways.

I just found an original Japanese issue of the disc on eBay (1999 disc with 2 bonus tracks) - does anyone know if the mastering is better on these original discs i.e less compressed?

OK I have answered my own question by purchasing the 1999 Japanese version of Super highways.

First here is the laughable mastering of the 1st track on the horrible new LTM version of the disc:-



OMG this is almost 100% brickwalled. LTM should be ashamed of themselves. This disc will give you a headache in very short order. I remember when I asked James Nice about this he said "this is how the disc is supposed to sound" ?!

Anyway onto my recently purchased used example of the Japanese "Super Highways" - here is the same track analysed :-




..ah that's a little better - we have at least some dynamic range. While this disc is still not exactly a paragon of good mastering - it is far better than the horrible LTM disc.

I asked LTM last year to re-do this release (especially Super Highways), because of that IDIOTIC LOUD BRICKWALLED remaster from januari 2010. I never got a reply ofcourse. As if they 'knew what they were doing' (!).

Well, they're 'wrong' on this one.

I know 5 people who bought this last year and all 5 are dissappointed in it in a very big way. Especially because there's not a chance in the world to get the original one from 1999 (which I tried myself for 10 years!).

Yes Luke the 1999 UK disc does seem to be rare. I was lucky to stumble on a Japanese 1999 copy. I listened to this Japanese disc from start to finish earlier tonight and it sounds fine. What a pleasure to hear this great album again. I couldn't make it past the first few tracks on the LTM remaster as it was so painful to listen to.

Adam Tate wrote:

Yes Luke the 1999 UK disc does seem to be rare. I was lucky to stumble on a Japanese 1999 copy. I listened to this Japanese disc from start to finish earlier tonight and it sounds fine. What a pleasure to hear this great album again. I couldn't make it past the first few tracks on the LTM remaster as it was so painful to listen to.

After the first listen via expensive Sennheiser-headphones, I got a headache for the rest of the day from the LTM "remaster". I never touched it since ...

You were right Adam, the guy who did the "remaster" IS a cretin.

"Super Highways" [1999/London Records/3984-27817-2/Made in Germany]
Track 1 "You Can Fly"

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