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Slade Remastered October 2006

    

These are the next set of releases

Both well put together

Ideal for a Slade nutz Christmas present!!!

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Firstly "Crackers"

A good cd for any Christmas party, which I think would be more of interest to other than

Slade fans (as there have so many versions of this, plus it has 5 tracks missing)...saying that

it's still good and worth a listen, and WILL get any one in the festive mood.

Most people asociate Slade with "Merry Xmas Everybody" and don't realise other songs they have 

released from this cd...."Let's Dance", "Cum On Feel The Noize", "Okey Cokey"

And "Get Down And Get With It",

There is also a very good version of Band Aids "Feed The World" included (which is well worth a listen)

This cd is not a Slade classic, but will get any one in the festive/party mood

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Secondly " The Slade Box 1969 - 1991 "

I thought  "THE LIVE ANTHOLOGY" was great but this set is AMAZING!, and a Slade fans complete package

containing 4 cds crammed with Slade classics (84 in total)....all for around £11

Also accompanied with a brilliant 70 page booklet, telling the story of Slade by Kieth Altham, with loads of photos (some I've never seen) before)

Plus their U.K. discography....... a well put together box set and gets 10/10 from me.

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CD 1

 

This cd  contains 20 tracks from albums..."Beginnings, Sladest, Play it loud, Slade alive , Slayed, Old new borrowed and blue" and 3 B - sides. Stylishly with Slades 6 number 1's on the first cd, and not spread amongst the other 3 cd's. The sound quality is very good and gives just over 75 minutes of listening, an enjoyable throughout, this cd shows why Slade went from 4 lads playing pubs, into "the band" that rocked this planet... and will never be forgotten. Ones to pay attention  to are "The whole world's", "I'm mee..." and the FANTASTIC version of "Born to be wild" (As far as I'm concerned this version knocks spots of the original by Steppenwolf).

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CD 2

 

This cd has 21 great tracks, 14 tracks (compiled from albums..."Old new borrowed and  blue," Flame","Nobody's fools" and "Whatever happened to Slade"), 4 singles and 3 B - sides. All combining to make 77 minutes of powerful and easy listening....from "When the chips are down" to "She did it to me". All tracks are crystal clear and sound better than when they were originally on vinyl. My favourite tracks on this cd are "Be", "It ain't love" and my very all time favourite "Gypsy roadhog"

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The Slade Box Booklet

The 70 page booklet enclosed( Written by Keith Altham), is fantastic and contains superb photos (some I've only seen since looking at this box set) There is "Slade Wall Of 45's" showing single covers from U.K. and other countries, The U.K. Discography(7" singles,12" singles, flexi, Cd  singles (though not many) and vinyl albums. My favourite part are the photos from "U.S. tour '74"

Photo's taken by Andrew Birkin.

   

   

I won't spoil it by showing more photo's.....Just go out and BUY IT!!!...You won't be disappointed.

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CD 3

This cd contains 21 tracks, 15 tracks (compiled from albums..."Return to base", " We'll bring the            house   down", "Till deaf do us part" and "The amazing kamikazee syndrome"), 3 singles and 3 B - sides. Just over 75 minutes of excellent music." Rock and roll preacher", "Till deaf do us part", and "A night to remember" are brilliant tracks. My only complaint is "Okey cokey" is included, (But it was a Slade release, peaking the charts at number 88, where other of these cd track releases undeservingly failed over okey cokey)

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CD 4

This final cd contains 19 tracks compiled from albums "The amazing kamikazee syndrome", "Rogues gallery", "Crackers" and "You boyz make big noize", 4 singles and 4 B - sides, 75 minutes of pure genius (I can't fault anything on this cd)."Ready to explode" gives me the impression it's Slades version of "Bat out of hell" (Meatloaf),"Run run away" has excellent drumming by Don, Love the bag pipe style guitaring (Reminds me of" Big Country", "Still the same" gives me the impression "Slade were trying to re - insure their fans they hadn't altered" the same as "We won't give in" to me meaning, they wont give up to the competition of other groups/ bands.  My final say on this cd is my favourite track is "Universe" and as far as I'm concerned it should have been a hit...maybe some one else should cover it...they got nothing to loose and who knows it may benefit them BIG TIME.

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