Hi there! Got slowed down by the lack of Internet connection so only unveil the new installment now, hope no-one's offended
Here's another band that I had a hard time getting into, both vocally and musically, there was always something off, I could never understand reasons for their success. With the years mounting, though, I feel I started to understand them better. Funnily enough, it's the B-sides that I gravitate towards - the songs are generally better than those on albums while the experimental tracks are among the best I heard from the decade, I pity the fact they only did a handful of them.
For years I tried to collect their singles in various forms - but while late 1980s and onwards are fully covered by CD releases, their previous ones are few and far between for some strange reason. You'd think such a hugely successful band will be readily available - but oh nooooo! In fact this is another faulty collection - I could never find a decent copy of "
Ideas as opiates" as released on the B-side of "Mad world". One of their biggest and most-well known hits, and yet no rip of its vinyl release anywhere - howzat?! So it's you people I reach out to, please help me out
Otherwise it's pretty much all there, and the interesting thing is that there were next to no international variations in B-sides - what was released in the UK was simply copied everywhere else. Quite a difference from the late 1970s - early 1980s when the B-sides could differ from country to country wildly.
Link:
https://mega.nz/folder/j8NGhBRB#_vvTDZTfL68mQi9jx7t55gEnjoy!