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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent complement for the recently remastered versions of Killing Joke's Night Time, Brighter...1000 Suns and Outside the Gate albums, as this release contains many tracks sorely missing from them and which have until now been unavailable elsewhere on CD. Probably for dedicated Joke fans only, this compilation makes up for the rather hit-or-miss offerings previously available (such as the Wilful Days CD).
We Joke fans continue to be seriously catered for as of late, and I appreciate the cheapness of this CD bearing in mind we all thought it was only ever going to be 'download only' and I had therefore all ready bought it online. After all, music fans do enough double-dipping nowadays as it is (vinyl, CD, remastered CD....). As an expanded breakdown:
1. Eighties (Serious Dance Mix)
2. Blue Feather (Dub)
3. A New Day (Dub)
4. Love Like Blood (Extended 12" Mix)
5. Kings and Queens (Right Royal Mix)
6. Blue Feather (Extended Mix)
7. Eighties (Coming Mix)
8. Dance Day
9. Wardance (RAF Mix)
10.Sanity (Roman Mix)
11.Ecstasy (Extended Mix)
12.Adorations (Instrumental Mix)
13.Love Like Blood (the 86 remix)
14.Stay One Jump Ahead (Extended Mix)
15.America (Dub)
Just one point of note: the Eighties (Serious Dance Mix) is a shorter (6.02 mins) version and not the 6.32 one from the original 12" (let alone the excellent 8.00 version as found on the Wilful Days CD). Shame they couldn't have included the original version, or indeed Wardance (Naval Mix) and the Knaves Mix of Kings and Queens. I've still to hear this last one after 23 years! However these are minor quibbles for what really is a superb collection that gathers ;) together most of the previously unreleased (at least on CD) b-sides and remixes from the Joke's mid to late 80s period.
Roll on a definitive round-up of the Pandemonium/Democracy era remixes. Double CD anyone?
(The booklet includes a short history of the band, some liner notes about the tracks on the CD and most poignantly dedicates the release to the terribly premature loss of Paul Raven, one of the two outstanding bassists for the band.)
We Joke fans continue to be seriously catered for as of late, and I appreciate the cheapness of this CD bearing in mind we all thought it was only ever going to be 'download only' and I had therefore all ready bought it online. After all, music fans do enough double-dipping nowadays as it is (vinyl, CD, remastered CD....). As an expanded breakdown:
1. Eighties (Serious Dance Mix)
2. Blue Feather (Dub)
3. A New Day (Dub)
4. Love Like Blood (Extended 12" Mix)
5. Kings and Queens (Right Royal Mix)
6. Blue Feather (Extended Mix)
7. Eighties (Coming Mix)
8. Dance Day
9. Wardance (RAF Mix)
10.Sanity (Roman Mix)
11.Ecstasy (Extended Mix)
12.Adorations (Instrumental Mix)
13.Love Like Blood (the 86 remix)
14.Stay One Jump Ahead (Extended Mix)
15.America (Dub)
Just one point of note: the Eighties (Serious Dance Mix) is a shorter (6.02 mins) version and not the 6.32 one from the original 12" (let alone the excellent 8.00 version as found on the Wilful Days CD). Shame they couldn't have included the original version, or indeed Wardance (Naval Mix) and the Knaves Mix of Kings and Queens. I've still to hear this last one after 23 years! However these are minor quibbles for what really is a superb collection that gathers ;) together most of the previously unreleased (at least on CD) b-sides and remixes from the Joke's mid to late 80s period.
Roll on a definitive round-up of the Pandemonium/Democracy era remixes. Double CD anyone?
(The booklet includes a short history of the band, some liner notes about the tracks on the CD and most poignantly dedicates the release to the terribly premature loss of Paul Raven, one of the two outstanding bassists for the band.)
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For a completist, the tracks here are welcome. For those coming to the Joke (and the recent Rage Against The Machine Christmas number one had distinct echoes of them to these ears) it might be best to start elsewhere. It has some interesting sonic doodlings, but the abiding feeling with me is, why bother tampering with the original versions, as the rmx versions don't tend to enrich them inordinately. File under 'interesting curio'.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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'Rmxd' is a compilation of KJ remixes and extended versions from their 1984-1988 period, which is targeted specifically for the likes of myself, the overindulgent KJ completist.
There's nothing here that will particularly set your aural senses alight with a new found fervour for the KJ of old. However, there are certainly a few interesting alternate versions of their 80s favourites to contend with, especially from their 'Night Time' period (1984-85), while the differing versions of a New Day (including Dance Day) and Blue Feather are certainly welcome. I've also always had a soft-spot for the Ecstacy mix offered-up here, however, some of the remixes are perhaps surplus to requirements and can certainly overstay their welcome. In all honesty, I probably won't be returning to this CD a great deal in the future as it's nonessential Joke, but it's nevertheless good to give these mid/late-80's mixes the chance of an outing after so long.
One hopes that a comprehensive compilation of all KJ's B-sides, EP and non-album tracks (in their original versions) is in the pipeline, which could undoubtedly result in a double-CD of truly great music. In the meantime, if you're not a die-hard fan, then this probably is'nt for you, but for the rest of us Jokesters this still remains an interesting if not altogether inspiring diversion.
There's nothing here that will particularly set your aural senses alight with a new found fervour for the KJ of old. However, there are certainly a few interesting alternate versions of their 80s favourites to contend with, especially from their 'Night Time' period (1984-85), while the differing versions of a New Day (including Dance Day) and Blue Feather are certainly welcome. I've also always had a soft-spot for the Ecstacy mix offered-up here, however, some of the remixes are perhaps surplus to requirements and can certainly overstay their welcome. In all honesty, I probably won't be returning to this CD a great deal in the future as it's nonessential Joke, but it's nevertheless good to give these mid/late-80's mixes the chance of an outing after so long.
One hopes that a comprehensive compilation of all KJ's B-sides, EP and non-album tracks (in their original versions) is in the pipeline, which could undoubtedly result in a double-CD of truly great music. In the meantime, if you're not a die-hard fan, then this probably is'nt for you, but for the rest of us Jokesters this still remains an interesting if not altogether inspiring diversion.
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