David Bowie LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988)

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Bowie Fett, Jul 18, 2018.

  1. scobb

    scobb Forum Resident

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    or the excellent Swingin' Pig CD: David Bowie - Serious Moonlight
     
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  2. footprintsinthesand

    footprintsinthesand Reasons to be cheerful part 1

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  3. scobb

    scobb Forum Resident

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    I'm surprised to find myself quite enjoying Never Let Me Down 2018. I haven't liked any of the individual tracks but collectively it seems to work OK.
     
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  4. pobbard

    pobbard Still buying CDs

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    I used to have that. The Glass Spider disc in the new set should be an upgrade for the 1987 portion and I strongly recommend hunting down the Swingin' Pig version of the 1983 show, taken from a much cleaner, superior source. Huge upgrade.
     
  5. moomoomoomoo

    moomoomoomoo WhoNeedsRealityWhenThere'sMoreSleepToLookForwardTo

    Does anyone know if there's going to be a 24 bit download? Qobuz only has 16 bit, & HDT's "Top 4" on Facebook don't mention this one.
     
  6. mestreech

    mestreech Forum Resident

    In the Netherlands yes it's on Spotify. I'm now listening.
     
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  7. Ben Adams

    Ben Adams Forum Resident

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    Excellent. Well, at least I'll get to hear it tomorrow anyway. Bright light is that I finally got an Amazon shipping notice, and it'll arrive on Saturday - that's much better than waiting until Wednesday!
     
  8. snipe

    snipe Forum Resident

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    My box arrived from Bull Moose today. Haven't had a chance to open it yet, but it promises to be a fun weekend!
     
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  9. That clown of a business Amazon Australia have just sent an email saying they won't receive stock before 16 November.
    Showed it as shipping today until an hour ago and assured people caught up in the non supply of the Lennon box last week that they had enough stock of Loving The Alien to fulfill preorders.
     
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  10. Bowie Fett

    Bowie Fett Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    “Look Back In Anger” from Serious Moonlight.

    The whole show :love:
     
  11. SoundDoctor

    SoundDoctor Forum Resident

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    I'll get the vinyl breakouts in February, and if those are good, MAYBE the CD box. But right now, I have enough stuff to buy (and I haven't even listened to my Welcome To The Blackout vinyl yet).
     
  12. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

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    Spotify USA was on the job at midnight tonight Eastern. And nobody else is. Spotify has the whole enchilada, including NLMD'18, which I don't want to hear lossy, so "Dance!" it is!

    Tidal has redbook in their store for sale, but none of the hi-res stores are online with it.
     
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  13. Colinjpush

    Colinjpush Master of Rhythm and Pacing

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    Looking at the time durations on Spotify ... looks like "Magic Dance" is a 4:14 edit that appeared on the recent digital download version of Labyrinth, not the full 5:13 album version ...

    Well I'm not getting rid of my old ones (I wouldn't have anyway ;), thinking something like this would happen)
     
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  14. Tyler Chastain

    Tyler Chastain Forum Resident

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    NLMD18 is interesting. Remains to be seen if I'll listen to it a lot. Stoked they realized Bowie's want to revisit this album
     
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  15. OldSoul

    OldSoul Don't you hear the wind blowin'?

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    It's on Google Play.


    Listening to "Modern Love" right now. Doesn't immediately sound different than my '99 remaster. Maybe I'll have to do a back-to-back.
     
  16. Colinjpush

    Colinjpush Master of Rhythm and Pacing

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    As of right now, the best of the '18 NLMD is "Never Let Me Down" and "New York's In Love" for me, after only about a 30 sec sample of each track. I'm kinda disappointed in "Day-In, Day-Out," probably the only one of the new version that I wouldn't prefer over the original.
     
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  17. William Hall

    William Hall Forum Resident

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    The YouTube playlist is up as well.

     
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  18. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

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    Okay, it ain't happening tonight, but Tidal's got the new St. Vincent@ lossless, so I'm checkin' in again tomorrow when everybody WAKES UP!
     
  19. moomoomoomoo

    moomoomoomoo WhoNeedsRealityWhenThere'sMoreSleepToLookForwardTo

    For those in Europe, Qobuz has 16/44 also. It looks like there's either not going to be a 24 bit version, or it's going to be delayed like the full SDE of Sgt Pepper's was. 24 bit has kinda become my thing, & Bowie's one of my fav's even if this is one of his weakest periods, so I'm not real happy!
     
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  20. MHP

    MHP Lover of Rock ‘n Roll

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    Get ready for another 100 pages of negative raves over what people think is wrong and the eternal ‘I prefer the originals’-mantra.
    Nevermind the positives.
    There, I said it.
    Bye.
     
  21. urasam2

    urasam2 A Famous Potato

    Oh, the track I was most looking forward to was the 2018 new version of Never Let Me Down, but they've changed the chords and it's lost its charm for me. Boo.
     
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  22. scobb

    scobb Forum Resident

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  23. DesertHermit

    DesertHermit Now an UrbanHermit

    I preordered this and am yet to receive an email. It has not shipped but states delivery after 25 October. Such a ****ing joke :realmad::cussing:
     
  24. BlueSpeedway

    BlueSpeedway Curated Iconic Half-Speed Punk

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    I don’t think there’ll be vast pages of negatives, or of positives. The interest isn’t there for this period or this box set, unlike the previous boxes.
     
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  25. scobb

    scobb Forum Resident

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    According to Amazon au my lp set won't ship till November 21st but has a delivery estimate of 7th November till 10th December?
     

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