dos dedos 2012

[VMNP]

[RolexTharsus]

Would like to hear all of those out of curiosity, suppose if any have to be cut it would be Demon as the Vlieevils version was more polished?

Just out of interest OHM, how much involvement do the various band members have for approval? Is there massive negotiation or is it just a case of email them and ask if it's OK to use the tracks?

[Mad Bastard]

Yeah, would love to hear the whole lot as well. Sorry if it's been brought up already, but is the version of Zero Return you've got the same as the one that surfaced in '96 on the Future Music or is it a different version?

I hope the Auslander Drone Ranger mix gets on there as well, being vinyl only to date.

[Onket]

[VMNP]

I notice that Easy wasn't among the list, shame that.

[poprock]

I'm excited. Of all the reissues, this is the set of 'missing' tracks I most want to hear. I have the old live recordings of some of the post Dos Dedos songs, but am dying to hear studio versions.

Really glad these tracks have been dug out, it would have been easy to just stick some of the Two Fingers remixes and covers on there instead.

[VMNP]

Fully agree with you there.

Ohm , is there plans for anything after DDMA or will this mark the end of Cherry Red's involvment with the PWEI back catalouge?

[perceptionnexus]

yay, great news! thank you ohm!

[Onket]

[Ohm]

My mistake, 'Easy' is there too. It's got a peculiar drill solo or something on it. Good tune.

We might do some kind of comp of the bonus tracks, but I'm not sure. In terms of the band's archive, I think this is just about it. A few remixes and versions aside, but thats about it.

With regards the band's involvement, I try to give everyone the chance to be as involved or not as they want to be. Adam's been invaluable, the main source of tracks, information, cuttings and so on, Clints been interested too and the others fairly casual about it all, which is fine by me. So far, only one track was vetoed, which was the original demo of "Karmadrome" which nobody was hugely keen on. Otherwise, tt's been a pleasure. I can't say I've counted, but I think by the time DDMA comes out we will have released maybe forty odd previously unheard or never before on CD tracks, which is very obliging of the band compared to some artists.

We get the odd one who doesn't want any of the 'behind the scenes' material heard, will only permit the polished to perfection stuff, which I've never really understood. To me, recording is a progressive process, and the demos and alternate takes shine new light on the finished product. Manys a Friday afternoon I've wasted listening to those "Story Of Strawberry Fields" bootlegs, all the way from Lennon playing the intro on a melodica in an American hotel room in about '64 through to the finished master. Fascinating stuff, to my mind.

Aaaanyway, I'll confirm all the details when we're all agreed.

Richard