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Beat Dis: The Very Best of

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With only 'Enter the Dragon' and 'Clear' being the only albums available to buy these days (Lord Lucan is easier to find Than a copy of 'Unknown Territory'). This album is the only way of getting hold of SOME tracks.

However, it is missing some of the best tracks created by Tim Simenon eg. Love so True (and the Depth Charge mix), Winter in July (original), Megablast (original).

That said, this album is worth it if even only for a copy of Air you Breathe, but the claim of 'The Very Best Of...' is a bit cheeky!

but we need a re-release of Into the Dragon - I wore my original tape out back in 1989 playing it over and over, fantastic. Unfortunately, I cannot find another copy anywhere in the UK, and have to rely on a promo vinyl copy which, being cut only one side, has only half the album on. Best of will have to do for now, but melting my speaker cones with Megablast will have to wait, again

I purchased this album for one track "Winter in July" took a chance on the mix being the original version, it isnt, if you want that track you need the original 7" mix, or something similar.

I am not a die hard fan, so this wasnt for me,, but if you are looking for a greatest hits then it would do the job...but like most I wasnt aware that Bomb The Bass had many hits!!

I don't know why this CD doesn't have Megablast: Hip Hop on Precinct 13 - perhaps there's copyright issues involved. Either way it deals a mortal wound to this compilation which rates very much as "some of the best". The previous reviewer here notes how difficult it is to find Unknown Territory as opposed to Into the Dragon. I've been on an eight year crusade to find a copy of Into the Dragon, only recently completed (phew!) because Sony have re-released it (hooray!), which should mean that Amazon should be selling it soon. It could mean they re-release Unknown Territory as well. For some reason Bomb the Bass albums have been deleted from production rather shortly after their initial release - Into the Dragon was long gone in 1992, but it looks like the long wait is just about over...

So in short - wait for Amazon to start selling Into the Dragon, and join in the prayers for the re-release of Unknown Territory - both of those easily eclipse the material here.

I seem to be destined to be repeatedly disappointed by Bomb the Bass. I bought the 'Unknown Territory' album in 1991 entirely on the strength of 'Winter in July', which I felt to be one of the strongest singles for many a year. But despite the presence of such notables as Tull's Ian Anderson, there was nothing of the same quality or remotely similar to that superb single.

I bought this compilation last week, because it was cheap and because I'd had 'Unknown Territory' stolen in a burglary. Alas, the whole thing sounds terribly dated. The version of 'Winter in July' isn't even the classic single.

I had always assumed that Tim Simenon, the brain behind the band, must play the bass. But the band's entry in the 'Rough Guide to Rock' says that Simenon is a non-musician, a DJ trained in the ways of the studio engineer. The problem for a non-musician such as Simenon is that he's only as good as the tracks he samples ... and often considerably worse. (I know Eno also classifies himself as a non-musician, but he's just being very modest about his ability on the synthesizer.) Voice samples taken from 'Thunderbirds' and various DJs, which once sounded innovative, now sound tired. (I expect in a few years I'll be feeling the same about the more recent 'Reich Remixed' album.)

The best track on this album is #4, 'The Air That You Breathe' from 1991, which is closest in style to both 'Winter in July' and Seal's debut album.