quoted 2 lines Could somebody give me some info on the double CD version with the
> Could somebody give me some info on the double CD version with the
>bonus CD? Is it any good, and is it mostly new material from the R&S folks?
Sheesh, I just posted this to this list a mere 5 days ago ...
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As for "In Order To Dance 5" itself, it's fantastic. The main double-CD has
some excellent tracks (though why Renaat chose "Phi*1700" from the mu-Ziq 12" I
can't understand) and I was very happy to find out that some of the
lesser-known acts were just as exciting as the known (I am particularly
impressed by the Speed Jack, Teste, 69, and Sensurreal tracks at the moment).
The limited edition version CDS contains 6 tracks (Wild West, 69, Minimal
Vision, Sun Electric, Ken Ishii and Link a.k.a. Mark Pritchard of Reload/G.C.).
As much as I love Sun Electric, Ken Ishii and Reload/G.C., none of these tracks
on the extra CDS are really essential. (The extra tracks are available on the
LP version and with the lucite version.)
As far as the lucite version goes, it's really neat ... but for a 1/10th of
the price you can get the same music and there's a 2-D picture of the lucite
thingy on the cover of the 2CD case anyway :-) So save your cash.
I bought the ltd. ed. 2CD+CDS version, but if you're on a budget, save yourself
$5 and get the regular version. You're not really missing out on much ...
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To answer your question about "is it mostly new material", define "new" :-)
Of the first two "regular" disks, there is one track (Carl Craig) that says
"Previously unreleased"; there are 3 tracks (The Source Experience, Kenny
Larkin and CJ Bolland) that say "Taken from the forthcoming album <name> on
R&S". That leaves 19 tracks that are "Taken from <an existing release>".
On the bonus disk, only the Sun Electric track is "Previously unreleased".
The other 5 tracks are "Taken from <an existing release>".
If you mean "new" as in "from their most recently released recordings", on the
other hand, I'd say most of them are pretty recent, yes.
Don't argue, just buy it! :-)
- Greg