BOC: workshop

Rob Maerz ROBODUDE at AOL.COM
Wed Sep 27 13:41:56 EDT 1995


In a message dated 95-09-27 08:30:12 EDT, you write:

>On 26 Sep 95, Bryan Irby wrote:
>
>> Haven't seen anyone post anything about Workshop of the Telescopes
>> yet, so I'll say something brief:
>>
>> -Nice packaging: cover is inside slip of RBN vinyl (anubis on crypt
>> thing)

Original cover art would've more exciting...a mystical cover like BOC or T &
M would've done the trick...

>Lots of nifty pics, though.

yeah yeah...EB looks cool with the cape...

>
>> -Doesn't appear to be digitally remastered
>
>The early tracks do sound cleaner, though.

anyone notice a flaw in the "unreleased tracks"?  I think it may have been
Buck's Boogie where I thought I hoid a dropout...either that or I bumped the
CD player...

>
>> -Includes the following prev unreleased on CD (well, not officially)
>> tracks:
>>         Workshop of the Telescopes      (from '72 Bootleg EP)
>>         The Red & the Black             (from '72 Bootleg EP)
>
>Were we really ready for "clean" copies of these?  <g>
>
>>         Buck's Boogie                   (from Guitars that Destroyed
>>         the World)
>
>Notice the writing credits?  ;)

yes!  good eye!  wondering why the Cities on Flame version wasn't from Live
Bootleg...kinda odd to exclude 25% of Live Bootleg from this CD set...
>
>> Born to Be Wild (studio)        (B-side of live
>>         BTBW from OYFOOYK)
>
>First time I've heard this.  It's ... different.  Kinda neat.

I have this on the truck-stop cassette, which also has the single version of
Career of Evil...that version should've been used on this CD, so now I gotta
get On Flame With Rock n Roll to get that track on CD...
>
>> The bizarre inclusion of the SEE cover songs as "BOC's Greatest
>> Hits" mystifies me a bit, especially considering the fact that
>> there is only 1 (real) track from T&M, 1 from Mirrors (and not the
>> best one at that), and 1 from CErectus (again, why the Marshall
>> Plan..?).
>
>In Thee and Here's Johnny were, of course, the singles.

you have the entire Secret Treaties album on this CD except for Cagey
Cretins...no tracks from Imaginos of course...
>
>> I hope that this "Tyranny & Mutation" set is a real thing, with the
>> SFG material on it.  But then, who doesn't?
>
>Ditto.

Ditto : P
>
>WoT was about what I expected.  I can't say I'm disappointed, but I
>also can't say I'm blown away.
>
ditto....

all in all I think it's a good set...a fine set for a "passive" fan, w/ a
superb track selection...the live versions of Subhuman and Harvester were
excellent picks...however, here are my "peeves" about this set:

* Cities on Flame should've been from Live Bootleg, not from the first BOC
album

* Last Days of May was excluded from the set!  this is a tune that got
regular airplay on local radio circa Fire of Unknown Origin...don't quite get
why this was left off (well, there's alot of stuff IMO was left off, but I'm
trying to stay within the concept of this CD set...)

* the B side of the 12" Burnin for You contained live versions of Dr Music
and Flaming Telepaths, which were not on the set...

* Joan Crawford was left off...

It would be nice to see a video sidekick for Workshop of the Telescopes, as
well as seeing a "new" video (perhaps Born To Be Wild) promo for the CD set
itself...

I hope to see a "genuine" box-set in the future...SFG, unreleased tracks,
live tracks...and I nominate Bolle Gregmar to put this together!

RÖBÖ



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