Author Topic: 80s Electronic Anthems (Read 6738 times)

Hummers · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 December, 2009, 01:34:05 am »

I bought a triple CD called The Edge of The 80s which was superb and had more of the tracks you would hear in the indie clubs at the time.

John Foxx & Underpass is a classic.

None that I have seen around have Empire State Human by the Human League or Hard Times.

H

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 December, 2009, 01:44:04 pm »

Quote from: Hummers on 29 December, 2009, 01:34:05 am

None that I have seen around have Empire State Human by the Human League or Hard Times.

IIRC, Love Action segued into Hard Times, so maybe it's possible to get it that way, especially the 12" version. I was listening to that on Spotify just the other day...

Empire State Human is excellent but a bit more rarified, seeing as it predates Dare and the downhill direction HL took thereafter.

redshift · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 December, 2009, 01:44:27 pm »

Just buy the original albums...

Oh, that's right, that paradigm has shifted hasn't it?

border-rider · « **Reply #28 on:** 29 December, 2009, 03:17:48 pm »

Quote from: Hummers on 29 December, 2009, 01:34:05 am

None that I have seen around have Empire State Human by the Human League

I've got that by dint of transferring the vinyl LP to CD some years ago. A very fine record

I did Reproduction, Travelogue and Penthouse and Pavement at the same time but I see that they're available as CDs so I might splash out.

alecstilleyedye · « **Reply #29 on:** 29 December, 2009, 05:32:29 pm »

Quote from: Mal Volio on 29 December, 2009, 03:17:48 pm

Quote from: Hummers on 29 December, 2009, 01:34:05 am

None that I have seen around have Empire State Human by the Human League

I've got that by dint of transferring the vinyl LP to CD some years ago. A very fine record

I did Reproduction, Travelogue and Penthouse and Pavement at the same time but I see that they're available as CDs so I might splash out.

and all on spotify too…

border-rider · « **Reply #30 on:** 29 December, 2009, 05:36:15 pm »

But only as MP3s. I'll rip the CDs to FLAC format. Mine gentle ears doth abhor MP3 sound quality on a decent hifi.

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #31 on:** 29 December, 2009, 05:58:38 pm »

Which is exactly what I'm listening to as I type. Flacs into a Squeezebox, then opticalled into an outboard DAC, then via XLR into a monster amp and out to my EB Acoustics EB 1. Tends to sort the wheat from the chaff.

I'm really enjoying listening to these tracks. Some if not most I've never heard on a decent hifi. I'm quite staggered by the difference in audio quality between the tracks. Yazoo sounds beautifully engineered, whereas Duran Duran is a horrid mess. Too Shy was sublime (I put that in especially for MV, who has probably been rubbing his willy when Joy Division came on)

rogerzilla · « **Reply #32 on:** 29 December, 2009, 07:13:04 pm »

Is the download from MOS DRM-crippled, and what's the bitrate? If it's DRMed or less than 192k, I'm not interested.

citoyen · « **Reply #33 on:** 29 December, 2009, 08:05:49 pm »

Quote from: redshift on 29 December, 2009, 01:44:27 pm

Just buy the original albums...

Oh, that's right, that paradigm has shifted hasn't it?

I'd need to win the lottery to be able to upgrade all my old music from cassette and vinyl. I could convert all my old vinyl by hooking a record player up to my PC, but that seems like such a chore. These compilations are a good compromise.

d.

citoyen · « **Reply #34 on:** 29 December, 2009, 08:08:17 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 29 December, 2009, 07:13:04 pm

Is the download from MOS DRM-crippled, and what's the bitrate? If it's DRMed or less than 192k, I'm not interested.

The iTunes download is non-DRM AAC at 256kbps. Don't know about you but that suits me just fine. I have to agree with VV that Yazoo sound incredible. Good old Vince Clarke. Makes you wish there was some early Depeche Mode on the compilation.

d.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #35 on:** 29 December, 2009, 08:17:59 pm »

This seems like far better value than the download, unless you must have it NOW:

Ministry of Sound | Various Artists : Anthems Electronic 80s (3CD)

£10.75 on three CDs including delivery.

However, the only tracks I'd like but don't already have are:

Cars
Fade To Grey
Are Friends Electric?
West End Girls
Smalltown Boy
Shattered Dreams

Hummers · « **Reply #36 on:** 30 December, 2009, 04:43:09 pm »

Empire State Hummers - "With constipation, my size increased".

Oh happy memories.....

I found the Hard Times/Love Action on YouTube.

Love Action remains my favourite Human League tune.

H

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #37 on:** 30 December, 2009, 08:00:06 pm »

Oh, I can't decide whether to buy it or not. I have a ridiculous number of 80s compilations already. Then again, I'll be having a 40th birthday party next year and what else are we going to dance to?

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #38 on:** 30 December, 2009, 10:08:24 pm »

It is very good, well worth a tenner from play.com. I'm enjoying stuff that I used to think was shite. Mind you, you can be lost in the aural bliss of Yazoo, Japan, and Heaven 17 when all of a sudden a turd like Kim Wilde Kidz in America pops up and spoils your evening

rogerzilla · « **Reply #39 on:** 30 December, 2009, 10:12:40 pm »

I have three words to add to that (well, two words and a model designation).

Love Missile F-111

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #40 on:** 30 December, 2009, 10:14:55 pm »

Shoot it up. Wasn't there some story about Sigue Sigue Sputnik considering selling the gaps between tracks on their album to companies as advertising space?

Nearly all my 80s pop knowledge comes from Smash Hits, so that might not actually be true.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #41 on:** 30 December, 2009, 10:17:33 pm »

I heard that one too. They were hyped beyond belief, then the single came out and everyone was, like, WTF?

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #42 on:** 30 December, 2009, 11:15:09 pm »

I hated it at the time, so I was intrigued to see if I'd like it now..... I don't, it's like a three minute intro, a song that never gets going.

Tewdric · « **Reply #43 on:** 30 December, 2009, 11:33:29 pm »

I despised all this stuff at the time, being a died-in-the-wool officianado of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Rainbow and the occasional band who were still actually going like Iron Maiden.

I saw Maiden twice in concert circa about 1984 and had a great time.

Years later, on a flight back from a diving holiday in Sharm el Sheikh, Bruce Dickinson flew the plane, signed my in-flight brochure and (at my request via a note passed via the cabin crew) tannoyed the happy result of the 2005 Wales/England 6 Nations rugby game which we had been in the air for.

The public announcement desisted from the friendly implications of bestiality and lack of proper parenting that the handwritten note implied. I treasure it to this day.

Nowadays, of course, it's all cool as heck and I'm just off to play.com...

redshift · « **Reply #44 on:** 31 December, 2009, 10:55:45 am »

I was fortunate enough to like both rock and electronic music. That made me prog-fodder too. Truly my cup runneth over.

MSeries · « **Reply #45 on:** 31 December, 2009, 11:05:39 am »

Quote from: Kirst on 30 December, 2009, 10:14:55 pm

Shoot it up. Wasn't there some story about Sigue Sigue Sputnik considering selling the gaps between tracks on their album to companies as advertising space?

They did, it happened. SSP were very very bad. They played at my Uni, the gig where a punter threw a bottle onto the stage, a member of the band threw it back and hurt someone. It all ended in a high profile court case. The gig was very very bad.

Wasn't one of the band formerly in Generation-X ?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #46 on:** 31 December, 2009, 11:48:42 am »

Tony James, Janet Street-Porter's sometime squeeze.

Domestique · « **Reply #47 on:** 31 December, 2009, 11:51:01 am »

I am just playing this album now. I bought it for my sister but it never got here in time for xmass.
I am sure she wont mind

Moloko · « **Reply #48 on:** 31 December, 2009, 12:12:28 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 31 December, 2009, 11:48:42 am

Tony James, Janet Street-Porter's sometime squeeze.

Magenta Devine was the band's promoter.

Giorgio Moroder producing the songs. Not sure if it's true but the main driving beat on 'Love Missile' is supposed to
be the beat from 'I Feel Love' having been tweaked and played backwards.

Anyway, there's lots of Bladerunner in there.

Jaded · « **Reply #49 on:** 01 January, 2010, 02:43:16 am »

As in 'I'd love to run a blade across your throat'?

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