| Disc 1 - 78:49 | Disc 2 - 75:32 |
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1. Believe In Me 2. We Gotta Get You A Woman 3. Wailing Wall 4. A Long Time, A Long Way To Go 5. Be Nice To Me 6. Hope I'm Around 7. I Saw The Light 8. It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference 9. Cold Morning Light 10. It Takes Two To Tango (This Is For The Girls) 11. Sweeter Memories 12. Marlene 13. Couldn't I Just Tell You 14. Torch Song 15. Hello It's Me 16. Zen Archer 17. Sometimes I Don't Know What To Feel 18. Does Anybody Love You? 19. I Don't Want To Tie You Down 20. Just One Victory 21. An Elpee's Worth Of Toons 22. A Dream Goes On Forever 23. The Last Ride |
1. Useless Begging 2. Izzat Love? 3. Freedom Fighters 4. Real Man 5. Fair Warning 6. Love Of The Common Man 7. Cliché 8. The Verb "To Love" 9. Love Is The Answer 10. All The Children Sing 11. Can We Still Be Friends? 12. Bag Lady 13. Fade Away 14. Compassion 15. Tiny Demons 16. Influenza 17. Chant 18. Bang The Drum All Day |
According to credits, the tracks are remastered ("Mastered by Andy at Masterpiece"). I think they've done a pretty good job, especially with nice fade outs on the "tricky" ones from AWATS and Todd which have no gaps on the original recordings. "Hello It's Me" even has included the false intro and the "There goes Todd....Yipes" ending. There is no mention of "20 bit sbm".
The packaging, however, has got to be the big selling point here. The jewel case is a single width, with swing out holder for the 2 discs, and comes in a separate slipcase. The cover of the slipcase and CD booklet are the same, a picture of Todd holding a bundle of dynamite, with a lit match and a grin on his face. "Go ahead. Ignore me." he taunts. A miniature version (1 1/2 inches high) of the same S/A? promo poster is printed in the CD booklet.
The back of the slipcase uses the S/A? cover artwork, over which the 41 titles are printed. The back of the booklet has the Todd multi-coloured (I use the British spelling, since this is a UK recording :) ) hair cover photo. The CD case back cover is a smiling Todd, eyes closed, looking to the side, donning the "KNUT" Viking helmet now owned by Kurt Scheinpflug. Images reminiscent of the comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" form a semi-circle above Todd and the titles are also printed over all. The photo is most likely one from Michael Crombleholme who originally presented Todd with the helmet (Mike receives photo credit, along with Lisa Osta, in the booklet. Curiously, a Michael Crumbleholme, also gets thanks. Gee, a typo perhaps? :) ) Finally, the inner CD back cover is a close up shot of the body of the "Fool" guitar. Since the CD holder swings out, the picture is not obscured. A portion of the guitar's end is cut off, however, though most of the detail artwork is present.
Turning to the CD booklet itself, it's 12 pages (including front and back covers) and includes a newly-written TR bio (by Paul Lester) adorned with epithets such as "Godlike Genius," "...ultimate recording artist. Not the biggest, just the best," and "Apple Mac da Vinci."
Miniature photos enhance each page including images from "Runt," a small reproduction of the AWATS postcard, another small image of the RA build-it- yourself cardboard pyramid, images from the TEPTAE video, and a tiny RA promo poster. Plus, the covers of all the TR and Utopia Bearsville releases,with the UK "Another Live" cover featured instead of the much-maligned US "cartoon" cover.
And, to top it all off, a separate 1/4 size "Todd" poster, with all the names. You'll need a magnifying glass to read 'em, and some of the lighter names are illegible, but if you've never had the original, it's the next best thing. On its back are larger reproductions of all the Bearsville TR/Utopia covers on an S/A? cover background.
Sure, you've got 'em all already, but the completist will want this collection as well. Toby's Silver Moon Music is offering them for $25.95 plus S&H, so check him out first!
