Talk Talk - Asides Besides [EAC-FLAC] [RePoPo]

******************************************************************************* Talk Talk - Asides Besides ******************************************************************************* CD: Talk Talk - Asides Besides [Disc One: The Longer Versions] YEAR: 1998 01. Talk Talk [Extended Version] [0:04:34.47] 02. Today [Extended Version] [0:04:33.48] 03. My Foolish Friend [Extended Version] [0:05:30.07] 04. It's My Life [Extended Version] [0:06:19.23] 05. Such A Shame [Extended Mix] [0:07:00.72] 06. Such A Shame [Dub Mix] [0:06:33.40] 07. Dum Dum Girl [12" Mix] [0:05:23.50] 08. Without You [12" Mix] [0:05:55.15] 09. Life's What You Make It [Extended Mix] [0:07:01.18] 10. Living In Another World [Extended Remix] [0:08:58.27] 11. Pictures Of Bernadette [Dance Mix] [0:08:06.23] 12. Hapiness Is Easy [12" Mix] [0:07:02.15] CD: Talk Talk - Asides Besides [Disc Two: The Extra Tracks] YEAR: 1998 01. Talk Talk [Demo Version] [0:03:28.15] 02. Mirror Man [Demo Version] [0:03:30.32] 03. Candy [Demo Version] [0:04:24.65] 04. Strike Up The Band [0:02:45.30] 05. ? [0:04:08.65] 06. My Foolish Friend [0:03:19.60] 07. Call In The Night Boy [Piano Version] [0:03:49.50] 08. Why Is It So Hard? [0:04:04.63] 09. Again A Game... Again [0:04:11.67] 10. Without You [0:03:26.00] 11. Dum Dum Girl [US Mix] [0:03:39.63] 12. It's Getting Late In The Evening [0:05:45.65] 13. For What It's Worth [0:05:21.67] 14. Pictures Of Bernadette [0:05:03.50] 15. Eden [Edit] [0:04:21.65] 16. John Cope [0:04:39.00] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLMUSIC REVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Review by Chris Woodstra Asides Besides can certainly be seen as a cash-in release to coincide with Mark Hollis' first solo release and the reissue of Talk Talk's EMI catalog, but rarely does such a calculated industry move result in such a treat for fans. Over two discs, Asides Besides essentially ties up all of the loose ends for the band. Disc one is probably the least essential, bringing out all of the 12" remixes, which are of marginal interest, though all are superior to those found on the unauthorized History Revisited. Disc two however, reveals no shortage of prime rarities beginning with three demos from 1981 ("Talk Talk," "Mirror Man" and "Candy"). A handful of singles are included -- the not-so-rare single, "My Foolish Friend," the ultra-rare "Why Is it So Hard" (from the film First Born), the U.S. remix of "Dum Dum Girl," and the edit of "Eden" -- but the real gems are the B-sides, which are anything but "throwaways." In fact, the B-sides are not only in most cases as strong as the ones that made it onto the albums, but they also indicate the more experimental direction the band would take later on. Asides Besides may be of interest only to diehard Talk Talk fans, but for that audience this collection is absolutely essential. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXTRACT FROM EAC LOG FILE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008 EAC extraction logfile from 11. June 2009, 8:32 Talk Talk / Asides Besides [Disc One: The Longer Versions] Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H55N Adapter: 0 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 102 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface Gap handling : Not detected, thus appended to previous track Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : Yes Command line compressor : F:Archivos de programaExact Audio CopyFLACFLAC.EXE Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008 EAC extraction logfile from 11. June 2009, 9:12 Talk Talk / Asides Besides [Disc Two: The Extra Tracks] Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H55N Adapter: 0 ID: 0 Read mode : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction : 102 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used output format : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s Quality : High Add ID3 tag : Yes Command line compressor : F:Archivos de programaExact Audio CopyFLACFLAC.EXE Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ (A REQUEST) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's usual to post comments only to attack a torrent which doesn't work in your configuration. It's normal, after a few hours/days downloading and expecting a release, to feel deceived if it doesn't work properly, and expressing this is legitimate. I've often found one comment (negative) on a movie/CD downloaded by 2000+ people, and since that single negative feedback, people simply stop downloading and therefore, sharing. But a few times it was due not to the torrent itself, but to some issues on the downloader side (not updated codecs, misused tools...), and that's unfair for the person who took the time to share it for free. IF YOU FIND THIS RELEASE DESERVES TO BE RECOMMENDED TO OTHERS, HELP BY DROPPING A LINE AFTER YOU'VE CHECKED IT. This way, You'll help in keeping the torrent alive, almost as much as keeping it in your HDD until a 1:1 ratio is reached. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

janjappie (2009-06-14)

:) Thanks!