From Ross Balmer Sent Wed, Sep 29th 1999, 13:12
Spanners is a bit weird in that although it's one of my favourite albums as a whole, I found there are no real stand-out tracks for me. So when I came to make up my "Best of Black Dog/Plaid" compilation I was hard-pressed to include anything from it. Here's what I have chosen so far from what I have As One - Reflections on Reflections - 01 - Shambala (reflected by Balil) Black Dog - Peel Session - 01 - Shadehead Black Dog - Temple Of Transparent Balls - 07 - Sharp Shooting On Saturn Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork - 07 - Gellab Black Dog - Black Dog Productions ep - 02 - Atypic - Otaku Balil - Parasight - 01 - Rosery Pilots Plaid - Undoneson EP - 01 - Undoneson Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork - 09 - Dang Spot Black Dog - Black Dog Productions ep - 01 - Balil - Flux Balil - Parasight - 03 - Parasight Black Dog - Parallel - 10 - VIR2L Black Dog - Bytes - 11 - Balil - ¾ Heart Black Dog - Parallel - 06 - Vanttool Plaid - Undoneson EP - 02 - Spudink Black Dog - Spanners - 11 - Nommo Black Dog - Temple Of Transparent Balls - 02 - Cost II Reload - Auto Reload EP (Volume 2) - 02 - Le Soleil et La Mer (Black Dog Productions Remix) I've managed to get it down to about 1' 48" so hopefully it will squeeze onto 2 cdrs. Any suggestions about what I should include or omit? d0ktor -----Original Message----- From: Nick Zavriev <xxxx@xx.xx> To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:13 PM Subject: Re: (idm) black dog recs? >> i picked up a copy of black dog's "bytes" yesterday (3 bucks at the local >> used cd store - score for me, baby!) and was happily surprised to find >> that it kicks ass. sounds pretty much like "proto-plaid" which i guess is >> to be expected. can anyone recommend something else by them? how does >> "spanners" compare? input appreciated. > >Spanners is even better. Some may say it's even better than Plaid, several >tracks are really brilliant. Unfortunately other Black Dog releases are not >as good as these two albums IMO. Their third album on Warp, "Music For >Adverts" also has some nice tracks, but they are too short to make the whole >album sound interesting. > >Nick. >