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Sir Didymus wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:09 pm

So, I guess the staggered release put paid to the idea of a soundtrack album...

Wasn't that standard back in the day though? Before the internet and spoilers, films didn't necessarily release simultaneously around the world.

Kes wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:37 pm

If they're not, then I don't know how they're going to fill up SIX discs. I think they're pretty much gauranteed.

I was thinking the same thing, but then I thought the NotW set was guaranteed to contain a live show from the period!

Yeah, if all the single edits and 12" remixes aren't on this, they really are taking the mickey.

The concerning part for me is that they chose songs like My Baby Does Me and Rain Must Fall over that material...so how much better can some of it really be? haha Doesn't always work like that though. "I Go Crazy" is arguably better than some of the songs that made it onto The Works . Most of The M...

adatr wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:20 pm

I asked him to check with the Universal Rep if he had more details and I will be back in the shop this weekend as all he has was those entries as line items on a spreadsheet from Universal.

Thanks for the info, hopefully you can dig up some more!

Recently found this version of There Must Be More to Life Than This. I quite like it, actually! Figured we could also share our thoughts on the short lived collaboration between these two great performers. I think there was definitely something magical happening. It's a shame the llamas scared poor...

Love that song. One of the few films where I actually sit through the credits (at least the first bit with all the sketches).

WeeMann wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:17 pm

I sincerely hope you're talking about Rory, not Noel.

Yes!

It wasn't supposed to be an exhaustive list

Still a bloody good guitarist and there's stuff he can do I've never heard anyone else accomplish (certainly not with the same finesse), but there are definitely 5 or more objectively better guitar players in history. Just off the top of my head - Knopfler, Gilmour, Moore, Clapton, Van Halen, Gallag...