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| 1. When I See You (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 2. Politics (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 3. Slave Trade (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 4. Could Be Her...Could Be You (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 5. Make Believe (Let's Pretend) (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 6. Don't Go Away (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 7. The Price (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 8. Oumma Aularesso (Animal Laugh) (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 9. Anything Is Good Enough (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
| 10. A Product Of... (A PRODUCT OF...) | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. In The Name Of Love (SET) | |||
| 2. Living In Europe (SET) | |||
| 3. Bouncing (SET) | |||
| 4. Tok Tok (SET) | |||
| 5. Good Gosh (SET) | |||
| 6. The Rowe (SET) | |||
| 7. Runaway (SET) | |||
| 8. Another Fantasy (SET) | |||
| 9. Fool's Gold (SET) | |||
| 10. Crazy Dog (SET) | |||
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Album Description
*Following the massive success of Edsel's Deluxe 2 CD Editions of "Quick Step & Side Kicks", "Into The Gap" and "Here's To Future Days, we now present the Thompson Twins' first two albums, "A Product Of.." and "Set", both bursting with bonus extra tracks, all making their first appearances on CD.
*"A Product Of...", originally released in June 1981, was released on their own T Records label, when the group featured six members, led by founder Tom Bailey. Never previously available on CD, this release features eleven bonus tracks, including their earliest singles as well as non-album singles sides and 12" extended versions, also on CD for the first time.
*Second album "Set" was issued in February 1982 with seven members in the line-up, which now included Joe Leeway and Alannah Currie. The album commenced with "In The Name Of Love", which when released as a single, was an instant hit in the UK. In the US it went to # 1 in the Billboard dance charts, where it stayed for five weeks. This led to the band signing to the Arista label and the "Set" album being issued in the US with the title "In The Name Of Love".
*Also never previously available on CD, this release contains eight bonus tracks, including the original 12" version of "In The Name Of Love", as well as the previously unreleased "Big Value" synthesizer remix, which Tom Bailey created as a template for the band's future direction. The remainder of the tracks are the extended 12" mixes and the non-album b-sides (including a live recording), also on CD for the first time.
*The attractive booklet features comprehensive annotation and the 7" and 12" sleeves.
*"A Product Of...", originally released in June 1981, was released on their own T Records label, when the group featured six members, led by founder Tom Bailey. Never previously available on CD, this release features eleven bonus tracks, including their earliest singles as well as non-album singles sides and 12" extended versions, also on CD for the first time.
*Second album "Set" was issued in February 1982 with seven members in the line-up, which now included Joe Leeway and Alannah Currie. The album commenced with "In The Name Of Love", which when released as a single, was an instant hit in the UK. In the US it went to # 1 in the Billboard dance charts, where it stayed for five weeks. This led to the band signing to the Arista label and the "Set" album being issued in the US with the title "In The Name Of Love".
*Also never previously available on CD, this release contains eight bonus tracks, including the original 12" version of "In The Name Of Love", as well as the previously unreleased "Big Value" synthesizer remix, which Tom Bailey created as a template for the band's future direction. The remainder of the tracks are the extended 12" mixes and the non-album b-sides (including a live recording), also on CD for the first time.
*The attractive booklet features comprehensive annotation and the 7" and 12" sleeves.
Product Description
2CD set of orig 1981 & 1982 albums PLUS 19 BONUS TRACKS incl non-album singles &12" extended versions
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having lapped up Edsel's original-master-tapes CD editions of "Quick Step" and "Into The Gap" (never been a big fan of "Future Days") I was always hoping they might risk the less commercial early material - and they've come up with the goods. Although individual packaging would've been nice, as neither of these albums are likely to sell anywhere near as much as the later pop material I can see why they've combined both into one budget reissue. At least they didn't try and cram both albums on 1 disc, but have given us both complete albums and the vast majority of related extended mixes/ b-sides etc (including some great rarities like the "Big Value/Super Synthesised" mix of "In The Name of Love" and the b-side tracks from the freebie 7" that came with some copies of "Set" LP).
Artwork is traditional booklet format, rather than the fold-out poster, and I prefer this as it won't get creased - and the liner notes give enough information about both albums to satisfy most fans (old and new).
But there is a catch...this time round Edsel are a little vague about how they are sourced/mastered (CD 'Mastering' only, no reference to sourced from Master Tapes - except the Big Value remix which refers to Tape - or any Remastering). There is a reason for this - most of the bonuses (at least) on CD1 are from vinyl, and unfortunately obviously so in the case of the early 7" only material. This was initially a bit of a shock, bearing in mind the other Thompson Twins releases, and the pressings are not always the best quality. On CD2 the first few bars of "In The Name of Love" include rumble that sounds a bit like vinyl source, and there are occasional split/distorted hi-hat/crashes on other tracks, so this could be the case here too. However the extras on this disc are much generally much better sound quality than on CD1.
These are early and hence rougher recordings, so transfer to CD was never going to be easy, but potential buyers need to make up their own minds before parting with their vinyl originals. Importantly the mastering is sympathetic, and doesn't kill the music by trying to filter out all of the vinyl surface noise, where it exists.
So 5 out of 5 for issuing these albums on CD, with so much extra material, but 3 out of 5 for not making it clear what source formats were used. Hence average 4 out of 5, as this 'Product' is still good musically!
I too would like "Close To Bone" and "Big Trash" (with all the extras available) issued, maybe also as a double like this (as that will make the package more attractive to fans who haven't heard their later material before they went more dance-orientated). But from Master tapes please :-)
Artwork is traditional booklet format, rather than the fold-out poster, and I prefer this as it won't get creased - and the liner notes give enough information about both albums to satisfy most fans (old and new).
But there is a catch...this time round Edsel are a little vague about how they are sourced/mastered (CD 'Mastering' only, no reference to sourced from Master Tapes - except the Big Value remix which refers to Tape - or any Remastering). There is a reason for this - most of the bonuses (at least) on CD1 are from vinyl, and unfortunately obviously so in the case of the early 7" only material. This was initially a bit of a shock, bearing in mind the other Thompson Twins releases, and the pressings are not always the best quality. On CD2 the first few bars of "In The Name of Love" include rumble that sounds a bit like vinyl source, and there are occasional split/distorted hi-hat/crashes on other tracks, so this could be the case here too. However the extras on this disc are much generally much better sound quality than on CD1.
These are early and hence rougher recordings, so transfer to CD was never going to be easy, but potential buyers need to make up their own minds before parting with their vinyl originals. Importantly the mastering is sympathetic, and doesn't kill the music by trying to filter out all of the vinyl surface noise, where it exists.
So 5 out of 5 for issuing these albums on CD, with so much extra material, but 3 out of 5 for not making it clear what source formats were used. Hence average 4 out of 5, as this 'Product' is still good musically!
I too would like "Close To Bone" and "Big Trash" (with all the extras available) issued, maybe also as a double like this (as that will make the package more attractive to fans who haven't heard their later material before they went more dance-orientated). But from Master tapes please :-)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After only having these two albums as my own needle-drop digital (from the original albums) for many years, I was elated to find that CDs of them were finally coming out. I got them, but found that something was off and compared them to my versions only to discover that mine sounded much better. What went wrong with Edsel's remastering process I don't know.
At least these CDs have a number of remixes and singles not previously released on CD, and those I'll have to be happy with. As for a definitive digital remastering of the albums, we'll have to wait until some future date...
At least these CDs have a number of remixes and singles not previously released on CD, and those I'll have to be happy with. As for a definitive digital remastering of the albums, we'll have to wait until some future date...
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
There have been a variety of remarks made relating to this latest Demon Edsel release of Thompson Twins material and in particular a scathing review from a one-time supplier to the company. I hope the following will address a great many of the points raised.
Unfortunately beyond those for the original albums, very few tapes from this period of the Thompson Twins career are known to exist. This situation has no doubt been brought about by the fact that the recordings were originally made independently, then subsequently purchased by Arista who later merged with BMG. They then merged with Sony (no doubt meaning yet more rejigging of tape archives and probably more confusion).
The lack of tapes gave us no option but to master from original vinyl copies for some tracks. Mastering was done at a highly respected UK mastering house used by Page and Plant, The Kaiser Chiefs and Paul Weller amongst others.
The only tape boxes shown in the package are for the tapes that were available and that we baked and were then remastered from for this release. We included pictures of the boxes because we feel fans like to see engineer credits, dates, places and so on. To say we didn't remaster from original tapes to save money as some have suggested is totally incorrect. We make every effort to ensure that the sound quality is the best it can be given the tools at our disposal for any particular project.
In response to the suggestion that some bootlegs are of better quality I beg to differ and would also like to point out that the artists, writers and producers will all be paid from our reissues unlike the bootlegs.
In an ideal world all tapes would have been available but history is littered with imperfect situations and we here at Demon would rather this music was available on CD legally than not at all albeit with some imperfections.
Unfortunately beyond those for the original albums, very few tapes from this period of the Thompson Twins career are known to exist. This situation has no doubt been brought about by the fact that the recordings were originally made independently, then subsequently purchased by Arista who later merged with BMG. They then merged with Sony (no doubt meaning yet more rejigging of tape archives and probably more confusion).
The lack of tapes gave us no option but to master from original vinyl copies for some tracks. Mastering was done at a highly respected UK mastering house used by Page and Plant, The Kaiser Chiefs and Paul Weller amongst others.
The only tape boxes shown in the package are for the tapes that were available and that we baked and were then remastered from for this release. We included pictures of the boxes because we feel fans like to see engineer credits, dates, places and so on. To say we didn't remaster from original tapes to save money as some have suggested is totally incorrect. We make every effort to ensure that the sound quality is the best it can be given the tools at our disposal for any particular project.
In response to the suggestion that some bootlegs are of better quality I beg to differ and would also like to point out that the artists, writers and producers will all be paid from our reissues unlike the bootlegs.
In an ideal world all tapes would have been available but history is littered with imperfect situations and we here at Demon would rather this music was available on CD legally than not at all albeit with some imperfections.
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going back
This wonderful collection takes me back to my sons' youth when they were great fans and played the records EVERY day. Ah nostalgia!
Published 17 months ago by Mrs. Carole Forbes
Early Thompson Twins Treasure
I have been waiting forever for these brilliant but hard to find first two albums from the Thompson Twins to be reissued. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by JC
The best Twins' stuff by far...
Ignoring the remastering business... these tracks are legendary, evocative, redolent and other interesting words that capture some genius that went West as the commercial demons... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2010 by S. Gibbs
Historically interesting, but tough to love. Partially sourced from...
These albums have been deleted for years, so it's nice that someone went to the trouble of getting them released at a bargain price with loads of bonus tracks. Read more
Published on 22 May 2009 by Mike the Fish
At Last!
Yes it could be pure nostalgia. Yes my judgement could be clouded by happy memories BUT what a fantastic rawness, what energy, what imagination and what great value. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2009 by Mr. P. J. Sewter
Some More Thoughts
I appreciate Johnny Chandler's views on why and how this release was mastered but, as I too was disappointed with the quality of a so-called "official" release, I would like to... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2008 by W. Crewdson
Another Excellent Product from Edsel
As a casual Thompson Twins fan that had never heard this material before, I have to say that it sounds excellent. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2008 by B. Weeks
Three Cheers For Edsel...hip hip....
By diggedy they've done it again! If any label decides to re-release archive material and they need a template of how it should be done then they could do worse than look at this... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2008 by Coincidence Vs Fate
EDSEL RECORDS HAVE STRUCK THOMPSON GOLD AGAIN
Edsel have done the right thing here. Combining the first two albums onto a double CD and selling it for the price of a single CD. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2008 by Martin Clarke
Bad Decision
Edsel have made a bad move here by combining the two albums. They should have been released as seperate albums, I will not buy this combined issue. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2008 by blackie_gray
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