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Titolo: Art Bears box

A R T   B E A R S : The art box 
6 CDs [ pounds - OFFER ONLY PRICE]
STOP PRESS: SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION CHRISTMAS SUBSCRIPTION OFFER. 
To mark the 25th Anniversary of the Art Bears we will be releasing a 6
CD box containing:
1. The three original releases, properly re-mastered, - when we did
them before, the technology was much poorer, and we didn't know what
we were doing. Now we do. Stunningy re-mastered by Bob Drake from 24
bit transcriptions of the original tapes and in newly designed
Digipacks, same cover art, of course.
2. Art Bears Revisited -A double CD of re-mixes, re-workings and
(mostly) new pieces made from the Art Bears multi-track masters by
JOHN OSWALD, THE RESIDENTS, CHRISTIAN MARCLAY, FRED FRITH, CHRIS
CUTLER, BIOTA, OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/GROUND ZERO, BOB DRAKE JON ROSE,
OSSATURA, WARRIC SWINNEY/KALAHARI SURFERS, WHEN, THOMAS DIMUZIO, ANNIE
GOSFIELD ROGER KLEIR,ANDREA ROCCA, VITOR RUA, JOCELYN ROBERT,MUSCI/
VENOSTA/ MARIANI, MASSIMO SIMONINI, HERB HEINZ. MARTIN ARCHER, YASUSHI
UTSUNOMIYA, JON LEIDECKER/WOBBLY,STEVAN KOVACS TICKMAYER andBRIAN
WOODBURY.
6 years in the making, this is an amazing catalogue of imagination and
great music.Digi-packed with a cover art by EM Thomas, who did all
three original art bears covers and containing Art re-mixes in the
booklet as well as comprehensive information. This double also
contains Collapse from the Ralph Records single, All Hail from the
Recommended Sampler and one previously unreleased and unfinished track
completed by Fred Frith and Chris Cutler for this release.
3. A free extra CD only available with the box (there are reasons)
containing further re-workings by John Oswald, Bob Drake, Fred Frith,
Biota, Yasushi Utsunomiya, as well as live Art Bears tracks and a Duck
and Cover cover.
4. A thick book of artwork, articles, notes, interviews and commentary
on the material, the work process, the tour and the band in general,
with photographs, documents and artwork.
It's priced so that if you buy the box it's the same as buying 3 new
CDs in a shop [60 €], effectively making the other 3, the book and the
box free. And, trust me, the re-mastering is infinitely superior to
the previous CDs so, If you like those bears, you will want the new
versions. And by subscribing, you help us pay the enormous bills for
this outsize project.
This offer - for a special numbered edition with extra subscription
only material is for ReR adherents only and has to close on November
31. Soon after that you should receive your Box. Just in time for
Xmas.
www.rermegacorp.com
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Dice Bob Drake:
"This is a lot of tracks remixed/edited/reconstructed by dozens of
different people including me, Jon Rose, Fred Frith, Tom Dimuzio, Anne
Gosfield, Biota, Jocelyn Robert, and lots of others. If you know and
enjoy the Art Bears you may find this fun and interesting to listen
to. This month I will also be remastering the original two-track mixes
of the three Art Bears albums for "the definitive" CD release. If you
like these albums you may have noticed the CD versions don't sound so
good..."
"...and now just completing the remastering of all the Art Bears
albums. There is no doubt these will be the "definitive" versions of
the Art Bears on CD, the sound quality is excellent and detailed. The
analog master mix tapes were transferred fastidiously to 24 bit
digital format using one of the current top quality A/D converters.
Those who love these albums will be happy to know I have NOT
compressed, treble-boosted, de-hissed, bass-enhanced, or any of those
other things that generally alter the character of the sound too much.
All the work I have done is extremly subtle...because I am one of
those people who loved this stuff when it first came out and I want to
present it as it was meant to be heard directly from the mix tapes."
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