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Thread started 04/18/13 1:10am

thedance

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Small Club '88 - Sabotage vs Thunderball ?

Hi - about the very old, classic boot "Small Club":

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I have a few questions (I only own the version from X-records)..

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How would you compare Sab's and Moonraker's release ?

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- Are they both tracked well.. ? (tracked: I mean the songs aren't combined). question

- Cover art, I guess they are both great, with the cd-booklet etc.. question

- Sound wise...? I guess Sabotage is superior, but isn't the sound great too, on Moonraker.. question

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I am listening to the X-Record's version right now music

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What a f*cking great recording................. heart

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the X-record version -- great sound, imo, but the tracking of songs is just terrible...

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Reply #1 posted 04/18/13 1:20am

thedance

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and 1 more question,

how would you rank the Thunderball version, compared to those others mentioned above.. question

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Reply #2 posted 04/18/13 4:42am

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0 replies?

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I guess the old freaks in the house - those with knowledge -- has left the Org - maybe even long time ago...? eek

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ok, then let me make my question a bit more easy:
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The Thunderball cd version compared to the Sabotage... how are these 2, soundwise. question

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- is the sound on Thunderball really bad - or ok - good - maybe even great...?

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Reply #3 posted 04/18/13 8:00am

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X Records, hands down!

I just used Sound Forge to resequence the tracks properly and it's perfect...

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Reply #4 posted 04/19/13 4:43pm

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I also have the X Rekords version of Small Club which I always thought sounded fine.

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Reply #5 posted 04/20/13 12:24am

thedance

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djThunderfunk said:

X Records, hands down!

I just used Sound Forge to resequence the tracks properly and it's perfect...

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thank you 8up and DjThunderF.

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I might make a similar resequence of the songs too,

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I guess Audacity can do that as well.

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I still would like to hear:

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how is the sound on the Thunderball version... compared to "the others"??

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Reply #6 posted 04/20/13 12:37am

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thedance said:0 replies? . I guess the old freaks in the house - Maybe those have only the X recording :-)My version is getting old and tired. Am used to that tracking and never gave it a thought. That soundforge reseq tip is a good one.
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Reply #7 posted 04/20/13 3:20am

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Who's singing will? It's would...

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Reply #8 posted 04/20/13 8:14am

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I have the Thunderball & Sabotage, iirc they both sound great, but not "better than" X Records. The sequencing is better on both, but I fixed that. Since they didn't sound "better" to me, I stuck with the classic that I got back in the day.

I also have the original 3LP vinyl set.... it's SWEEEET!

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Reply #9 posted 04/20/13 9:39pm

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djThunderfunk said:

I also have the original 3LP vinyl set.... it's SWEEEET!

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Hi again, yeah I agree, and I own this 3LP vinyl also. It's really great. cool

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Reply #10 posted 04/20/13 9:47pm

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some of my vinyls incl "Small Club" 3LP -->

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Reply #11 posted 04/20/13 9:53pm

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Reply #12 posted 04/21/13 8:10am

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THAT's the one!! wink

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Reply #13 posted 04/23/13 12:45am

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I don't think that there are any significant differences in sound quality between the numerous versions of this gig. I have not personally heard the Thunderball version, but the others sound quite good. I can't recall ever hearing a bad copy if I'm honest.

My first copy of this gig was also the version on 'X' Records, but on double cd, not vinyl. These days I rarely play a cd, so if I want to listen to this show, it's usually the Sab version that I listen to.

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Reply #14 posted 04/23/13 12:50am

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^ thanks TDG, for your reply. biggrin

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I would love to get my hands on the Sab version, but it seems difficult.

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I own the X-Records version and soon the version from Thunderball.

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My only reason to buy it once again is the terrible sequencing/ tracking of songs on the X-records version.

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