This is the second instalment in the occasional series of rambles about stuff I want and in all likelihood, can't afford. And quelle surprise, it's another box set of records!
Hitting the shops later this month, the 26th August to be precise, is 'The Legendary Adventures of a Filter King', a collection of Carl Craig's releases under his '69' moniker, which include what is widely regarded as some of his best material.
The box set contains all of the original 69 EPs: Sound on Sound; Lite Music; Pungtang; and 4 Jazz Funk Classics , the first ever release on Planet E records. In addition to this there is also a bonus Disc with two previously unreleased versions of "If Mojo Was A.M." and "Poi Et Pas."
What’s all the fuss about then? 4 EPs you already own and a single bonus disc?
Well, apart from the lovely packaging, each track has been re-mastered at Berlin's Dubplates & Mastering studios, there are only 500 copies in total, and 100 of those come with a limited edition tee-shirt by San Francisco designers Nice Collective (whoever they are).
The down side and why this package on my ‘unobtainable’ list, is it costs £150 with tee and £130 without. Re-mastered in a nice box or not, that is a lot of dough.
But they ARE re-mastered…
And it IS a nice box…
ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!
Well, if like me, you might not be able to resist the allure of this package and fancy investing in one of the 500 copies (and it will be an investment…unless you trash them doing drunken spin backs) , rather than wait for the 26th to come round, you can pre-order now from Phonica and Rub-a-Dub, amongst other places.
To whet your appetite, here's awesome 'Ladies and Gentlemen', which quite simply one of the greatest techno records of all time.
3 comments:
maybe it's my obsession with originals and my lack of care about box sets, but this thing just pisses me off. everyone should have gotten these in the last few years when they all got repressed/reissued for cheap. also, D&M can be way into over compression to suck out all dynamic range and make your shit sound loud. not into it all the time.
But it's in a nice box. And there's a bonus disc. Maybe a t-shirt too...
thanks that sounds fab. carl craig needs more love! (never can have enough)
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