Japanese Bonus tracks
http://skream.jp/news/2018/02/manic_...se_edition.php
[CD 1] ※全形態共通 1. People Give In 2. International Blue 3. Distant Colours 4. Vivian 5. Dylan & Caitlin 6. Liverpool Revisited 7. Sequels Of Forgotten Wars 8. Hold Me Like A Heaven 9. In Eternity 10. Broken Algorithms 11. A Song For The Sadness 12. The Left Behind <JAPAN BONUS TRACKS> 13. Holding Patterns 14. Mirror Gaze 15. International Blue (The Bluer Skies Version) [CD 2] ※デラックス・エディションのみ 1. People Give In (Demo) 2. International Blue (Demo) 3. Distant Colours (Demo) 4. Vivian (Demo) 5. Dylan & Caitlin (Demo) 6. Liverpool Revisited (Demo) 7. Sequels Of Forgotten Wars (Demo) 8. Hold Me Like A Heaven (Demo) 9. In Eternity (Demo) 10. Broken Algorithms (Demo) 11. A Song For The Sadness (Demo) 12. The Left Behind (Demo) 13. Concrete Fields 14. A Soundtrack to Complete Withdrawal |
So there are actually in practice four 'b-sides': Holding Patterns, Mirror Gaze, Concrete Fields and A Soundtrack To Complete Withdrawal, with the Bluer Skies Version of International Blue as a place filler.
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So Holding Patterns didn't get renamed/shelved! Interesting to see how that turns out :)
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What is the best way to get ahold of this as a non-Japanese speaker? How much do these versions cost?
Cheers! |
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"James has played me one track that does sound great, which is called 'Holding Patterns', but other than that, this was meant to be our summer off" |
Looks to be about 33 pounds, and somewhere like cdjapan is usually a good bet. Japanese releases are expensive but usually lovely.
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Fingers crossed these getting a digital release or something in the west. The band's been good about supplying their Japanese bonus tracks to the rest of the world after Lifeblood, but given the complete lack of single packages this time I'm a little concerned.
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Yeah, I expect the bonus tracks will turn up on (legit) download sites before too long.
As I always point out when people start asking about importing, beware of getting hit by the extra VAT and handling fees if you are thinking of importing to the UK (and many other countries). Amazon.co.jp offer a pre-paid option that avoids nasty surprises later, though they don’t have the 2-disc RIF when I looked the other day (they are selling the standard 1-disc with bonus tracks). But that £33 from CD Japan could be more like £50 before you know it with the extra bits and pieces. |
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Just baffles me that's all, we've got Philip Hammond, Liam Frost and Boris Johnson giving it all this about how we're going to be swimming in post-Brexit trade deals, while essentially penalising customers in this way. Alright, this isn't even a drop in the ocean but I won't get me hopes up about any bigger deals. |
Okay, so anyone hear these? What do you think? What are they like?
Anything would be nice... I hear there's a clip of Mirror Gaze up somewhere? |
You can listen to the clips by scrolling down this page.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SIC...prod-SICP-5685 |
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Oh wow, first listen of Mirror Gaze in full is awesome. :heart:
Now to try and decipher that chorus. lol. Edit: Inlay should help! Edit2: Not so much! |
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Haven't heard the tracks in full yet, just from the samples but Holding Patterns is quite nice on first listen, reminds me of Melancholyme with the stop/start thing.
Mirror Gaze has a bit of JCEQT about it, really like it! Even from the extract it should have made the album alongside A Soundtrack To Complete Withdrawal. |
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Although I do think they have some words that will help deciphering the actual lyrics. It's a fun bonus game! |
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But Mirror Gaze is just ... oh... Manics, what are you doing not putting that on the standard UK release??! Shaking my head! |
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It does repeat some lyrics and I know that annoys some people, but still... really really good IMHO. I'm sure some people will hate it still. lol. |
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Put the lyrics up for Mirror Gaze in the RIF Lyrics thread...
Highlights: "I got the monkey sitting on my neck" :lol: Chorus: "Beyond all this Oblivion runs Beyond all this There lies a place for us Beyond my eyes There is a mirror gaze" :heart: |
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Miller Gays??? I like the samples :) |
I wonder if Japanese translations of English are as frequently funny for the Japanese as theirs are for us? I hope so.
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How is the mix and master quality on Mirror Gaze? Is it a full quality album track like Soundstrack To Complete Withdrawal, or a b-sidey thing like Whatever Happened To The Blue Generation? Can't tell from the clip...
I hope it's full quality because the verse melody and beginning sample are so strong. I really want to replace In Eternity and Broken Algorithms with Soundtrack and Mirror. That would make RIF a real contender... but b-side mixing and masters, for me, mess up the tracklist if audio quality dips. |
Is it okay to put these tracks on YouTube? I've put a few vinyl only tracks on and they've not been taken down, but JDB Lost Again said it can't be played or something
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Put em up, put em up!!!
(I have no idea if they'll be taken down, probably, eventually, but I really need to hear those bad boys... I'm gonna get banned ain't I? :D What's the sitch with youtube anyway. Most of the stuff there is some sort of grey area... loads of b-sides and rarities though...) |
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Sounds really great to me. Does this help at all? (waveform of my ALAC rip from the CD). https://s1.gifyu.com/images/MGsrcsht800px.jpg You can see the general shape... the quieter verses, it's not brickwalled. It sounds huge to me, but it's not overly complicated - a bit of proggy organ in places but mostly just (lovely) electric guitar and some acoustic bits, and some big layered vocals in the chorus. Generous echo/reverb. If you like the clip, then yeah, it's that, without the compression mush and then some lovely layered/harmonised vocals in the chorus. Quote:
What do you think of the tracks? I'd love to see someone else's opinion of Mirror Gaze especially! I am going mad or is it really as amazing as I think it is? :D I'm conscious of making too much of it and people deciding to spend the (ludicrous amount of) money to import it then be all like 'oh Porco you made me waste my money you utter... '! |
Sounds great but also sounds like it would stick out in this glossy tracklist if there's an unfinished quality to it.
In other words, probably a great experience but won't join the traclist instead of Broken Algorithms to take RIF up from a 7 point album to an 8 pointer... |
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What do you think of the tracks? I'd love to see someone else's opinion of Mirror Gaze especially! I am going mad or is it really as amazing as I think it is? :D
I'm conscious of making too much of it and people deciding to spend the (ludicrous amount of) money to import it then be all like 'oh Porco you made me waste my money you utter... '![/QUOTE] Both lovely tracks, love the verses in mirror gaze, I hadn't heard holding patterns as I didn't get the single, so that was new to me aswell, I wasn't gonna buy the CD, but I couldn't wait, wish they'd let us know if they was gonna be released digitally here like with Futurology, bought that Japan version, then they was B-Sides to the single, was quite annoyed 😄 |
Well that didn't go right
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I know what you mean about the tracks being released later... but I still think it's nice to have them all together. I do still hope they get a wider release soon for everyone else's sake. |
If anyone wanted to pm me to discuss the Japanese tracks, I'd very much appreciate it...
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I'm also in the mood for popcorn if people feel like sharing....
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Mmmm popcorn....
I would love some too please |
Total fan of that popcorn...
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Love popcorn...
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