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[ieafs]

Earlier this year, electronic master Aphex Twin repressed his classic Selected Ambient Works Volume II on vinyl. Soon, reissue label 1972 will be revisiting some of his other albums as well, as they plan to drop new vinyl pressings of his LPs ...I Care Because You Do (1995) and Richard D. James Album (1996).

Both of these vinyl versions will arrive on September 18. Much like the Selected Ambient Works Volume II repress, they don't look to have any bonus material, but instead offer fans a chance to finally pick up these albums, whose vinyl versions are long out of print, without paying out some high eBay prices if they missed the records the first time around.

The seminal Richard D. James Album is arguably Aphex Twin's most revered work, and a press release notes that it "employs electronic sounds, pulsating rhythms and non-musical samples to convey the author's feelings on childhood innocence."

The re-release is listed as a single LP, so we're guessing this means the extra tracks culled from the Girl/Boy EP included on the North American version of the album are not included on this reissue.

As for ...I Care Because You Do, the album marked the end of Aphex Twin's first analog era, as he switched to digital after that. It is said to occupy "a middle ground between Phillip Glass and the Wu-Tang Clan." It's more than an hour in length and will be split across two records.

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[impotentwhitecapitalist]

fuck em

[Anchio Arch io Son Pittore]

Bwah ah ah ah... that's funny!

[anonymstol]

I want to believe!

[oscillik]

I bet these are pressed from the CD masters too...

[Deer]

Stop reading after "Electronic master Aphex Twin" .

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

Edited by YO303, 26 July 2012 - 02:24 AM.

[ThatSpanishGuy]

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

Did you even read the OP?

I ain't wasting my money on this either, don't see the point

[Deer]

Did you even read the OP?

Stop reading after "Electronic master Aphex Twin" .

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

no

[Joyrex]

I wonder who 1972 is paying (WARP or Warner) to reissue these... surely WARP would be better off reissuing these themselves...?

[sweepstakes]

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

Huh? It sounds/looks good to me. Can't seem to find that thread or remember what the consensus was on it, but I'm happy with that purchase.

I plan to at least buy ICBYD.

[Joyrex]

Stop reading after "Electronic master Aphex Twin" .

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

You apparently missed the whole SAW II reissue, which was not a 'Russian hoax' - these are legitimate reissues.

[MarinaStewart]

Stop reading after "Electronic master Aphex Twin" .

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

You apparently missed the whole SAW II reissue, which was not a 'Russian hoax' - these are legitimate reissues.

Well there must be a reason why Warp don't reissue them by themselves. I would be happy to have at least the EPs in a boxlike edition like the Autechre EPs. Maybe in wax. Ventolin would be a dream as a double feature with the remixes on vinyl for a good price.

[ThatSpanishGuy]

Stop reading after "Electronic master Aphex Twin" .

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

You apparently missed the whole SAW II reissue, which was not a 'Russian hoax' - these are legitimate reissues.

Well there must be a reason why Warp don't reissue them by themselves. I would be happy to have at least the EPs in a boxlike edition like the Autechre EPs. Maybe in wax. Ventolin would be a dream as a double feature with the remixes on vinyl for a good price.

This will inevitably happen someday - maybe next year, maybe in 20 years, but it'll happen

[oscillik]

Stop reading after "Electronic master Aphex Twin" .

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

You apparently missed the whole SAW II reissue, which was not a 'Russian hoax' - these are legitimate reissues.

Well there must be a reason why Warp don't reissue them by themselves. I would be happy to have at least the EPs in a boxlike edition like the Autechre EPs. Maybe in wax. Ventolin would be a dream as a double feature with the remixes on vinyl for a good price.

This will inevitably happen someday - maybe next year, maybe in 20 years, but it'll happen

Yeah, after the release of those 6 albums that are waiting in the wings...

[chassis]

I bought the SAW II reissue for 15 quid, if I can get ICBYD for the same price I probably will.

Dont see what the big deal is anyway.

[Deer]

Stop reading after "Electronic master Aphex Twin" .

These are probably just another Russian hoax (like that SAW II repress with the ridicolous album art )

You apparently missed the whole SAW II reissue, which was not a 'Russian hoax' - these are legitimate reissues.

By hoax i meant cheap knockoffs.

[chassis]

Why do people hate reissues so much.

Warp are clearly ashamed of IDM, thats why the put out things like My Best Fiend.

Edited by chassis, 26 July 2012 - 02:06 PM.

[Deer]

Why do people hate reissues so much.

People don't hate reissues, they hate cheap russian knockoffs mastered from CDs and with a weird album art

Edited by YO303, 26 July 2012 - 02:09 PM.

[chassis]

Why do people hate reissues so much.

People don't hate reissues, they hate cheap russian knockoffs mastered from CDs and with a weird album art

Had the same artwork mate.

[Deer]

It was SAW I not saw ii ..sooorry.


But i'm right about them using CDs to remasters the vinyl reissues, these guys don't have the original masters. If its not from WARP its gonna be shit.

[chassis]

Ye you're right about the masters.

My hearing is shit anyway, so I didnt buy it for the quality. I bought it to have a copy of an album I like in a physical format to enjoy and not pay some fucking outrageous price.

[modey]

If the reissue of ICBYD sounds even remotely like the original pressing, then it'll be worth getting, for sure. My original pressings of ICBYD and Amber are the most beautiful sounding IDM records I own.

[mcglockers]

I hope they do a better job than the SAW 2 effort. Squeezing ICBYD onto one LP reeks of penny pinching though.

Surely this would have been a no-brainer for warp to do something quality. I don't get it.

[Joyrex]

I hope they do a better job than the SAW 2 effort. Squeezing ICBYD onto one LP reeks of penny pinching though.

Surely this would have been a no-brainer for warp to do something quality. I don't get it.

They're not:

"As for ...I Care Because You Do, the album marked the end of Aphex Twin's first analog era, as he switched to digital after that. It is said to occupy "a middle ground between Phillip Glass and the Wu-Tang Clan." It's more than an hour in length and will be split across two records."

I agree though - WARP could use the original masters, remaster those to sound even better than the originals, and come out with a super-deluxe package with new unreleased outtakes ala Surfing on Sine Waves and I would be:

[psn]