Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-81
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Artist: Delta 5Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-01-24
Music Label: Kill Rock Stars
Soundtracks:
- Mind Your Own Business
- Now That You've Gone
- Anticipation
- You
- Try
- Colour
- Delta 5
- Make Up
- Triangle
- Innocenti
- Train Song
- Final Scene
- Singing the Praises
- Shadow [Live][#]
- Circuit [Live][#]
- Journey [Live][#]
Music reviews of Singles & Sessions 1979-81
Music Review: Delta 5 finally on CD, though unfortunately on the KRS label
Rating: 2 Stars
I've only had a few experiences with the Kill Rock Stars label, and neither have been good. They are notorious for releasing CD's mastered from vinyl sources, many times sounding worse than what you could achieve at home with the most rudimentary equipment. This CD is not much different, though not as god awful as their Essential Logic CD.
"Singles and Sessions" is really nothing more than the three singles Delta 5 released on the Rough Trade label, as well as a selection of radio sessions and live tracks. The six Rough Trade songs have clearly all been mastered from vinyl. You have the standard clicks and pops that were missed by their cheap auto pop removal, which damages the music. You also have the ever-present turntable rumblings. The radio sessions and live songs came from tapes, probably because there was no cheap shortcut around that since they didn't ever exist on vinyl.
As others have pointed out, there is far too much missing from this CD, but then I'm not too concerned because if they licensed the Pre/Charisma material, they'd have just mastered those from records as well. I'll make my own CD and be happy with it.
Delta 5 is often hailed as Post-Punk legends. While I appreciate their unique style, dueling basses and dual female vocalists, most of the songs were pretty good, though few were stunning. Ironically, the bands best songs, "Power lines" and "The heart is a lonely hunter", were released as their final single in 1982, after a dramatic line up shift. Had they continued to record a second album, I can only assume it would have been brilliant.
This CD does contain a couple songs from radio sessions which were not ever officially released. Of those, "Singing the praises" is the best. While it was pretty good, it wasn't enough for me to hold on to this CD. I parted with it via eBay, and vow never to purchase another CD released by Kill Rock Stars. Message to KRS, and any other cheapskate or lazy indie label: MASTER TAPES, MASTER TAPES, MASTER TAPES!
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