Silence was one of my first bootlegs on CD.... it's pretty bad soundwise, indeed

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Also responsible for that horrible 1991 Ceremony recording of New York 1983. I remember playing it in Germany at a mate's house and he said, I can't believe how bad it is. I said that was the point, attitude etc. He laughed, You fucking mug.
http://www.enkiri.com/jo...cords_no_unofficial.html
The worst thing about Silence is that I didn't have much music and I was looking forward to revisiting the Technique tracks...
There was a better 89 one, Decadence, a double LP featuring live stuff and some rarities (typical Razormaid and a soundcheck of JD instrumentals). https://www.discogs.com/...Decadence/release/581280

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I may have missed it, but none of this artwork is done by Peter Saville is it?

have they just got to the point where they can't afford him any more?

The design work on this doesn't really grab me, but then the Be A Rebel 12" just literally had a blue sleeve.

Yeah, but there's a "hidden" artwork on the inner sleeve, which is pretty unusual for singles

i never opened mine.

it is an actual sleeve, or slipcover.

or really 2 sleeves.

i remember the pet shop boys did one for 'left to my own devices' for the cd single and the 12 inch.
https://www.discogs.com/...-Disco-Mix/release/79886






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Well yeah, I think I’ve never got round to buying a Blu-ray player because I don’t tend to buy many films. Most new films I’ll just rent and watch on demand or download or in the case recently with Tenet I actually bought the digital version of that to keep through my TV box’s store because I was assuming I’d have to watch it a few times to get my head round it. Thing is I paid £14 for it on the Virgin Media store but then next day I saw the DVD on sale in Asda for £10 and was kicking myself.Also, if I ever switch from Virgin Media I’d no longer have access to a digital version of a film I paid for. I think the only reason I bought a DVD player in the first place years ago was because New Order released the 316 DVD. Although I did used to like buying DVD singles back in the early 2000s. Well I guess I’ll buy a Blu Ray player if I can get one for around £70 and at least they also play DVDs as well.

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Haha! Yes i get your point.You got me there, yer bugger

No, there was a number of reasons i paid for Tenet but downloaded for free WW84.

I get a bit of guilt from time to time from grabbing everything for free illegally(I've noticed i use music streaming services like Amazon Music HD more these days than downloading from Soulseek for free) .So as Tenet was probably the biggest and most talked about film of 2020 i decided to pay for once.I had actually looked for it on Soulseek but the queues were ridiculous and i'd probably have been still waiting the next day and i wanted to watch it there and then one evening when i had a spare few hours.With Wonder Woman 84 i was perhaps not half as keen as i was with Tenet to see it that minute so joined a download queue and the next day it had downloaded.

Another reason is when i download films on my laptop i have to watch them on my laptop which obviously doesn't have as big a screen as my tv.Why don't i copy the film to a USB stick and then plug the USB stick into my tv you may ask.Well, believe it or not my Panasonic tv doesn't have a USB socket.It's a model from around the mid to late 2000s and just didn't come with a USB socket.I'm not familiar with how to hook up my laptop to tv .Need to get round to getting a new tv.So, i wanted to watch Tenet on my tv in bigger screen than my small laptop so for all the reasons i've mentioned that's how i ended up paying £14 for Tenet.

After all that i've still only watched Tenet once.Kind of got the basic gist (though don't ask me how to explain it) but need to view again to catch stuff i may have missed

I really like the Be. Rebel 12” sleeve.

Good idea to have the ‘real’ art work contained within the plain sleeve.

Looks really good with the grey vinyl

I'm definitely not a vinyl man, but got the 12" since there isn't any sign of the announced CD single

Five live albums in ten years? Five? I guess that's an achievement. Of sorts.

And people take the piss out of Hooky for releasing his live gigs....

Edited by user 16 February 2021 00:27:03(UTC)  | Reason: "But...I NEED another live version of Blue Fucking Monday!"

Oh. Hmm. I might have preferred to wait for the Blu Ray. Though I haven’t placed an order yet. I have Sky Arts in my tv package but not the HD one. Just having a look now at Pet Shop Boys’ Inner Sanctum concert film that was on Sky Arts last night.