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  1. Seems like it. Or maybe he did AFD and UYI at the same time? He has a podcast with his No-Man band partner and they recorded a trail for it in instagram - in the trail he said how remixing AFD got him into Guns N Roses and he now really likes the album, but the band rejected Atmos outright. Good to know thanks!
  2. Apologies if this is old news (in which case - mods feel free to move / delete this) but it was new news to me and a quick search couldn't find anything on this topic. Steven Wilson said on Insta today that he remixed AFD in Atmos but it will never be released as the band decided they don't like Atmos. I new about his UYI work but not AFD. Damn shame. I'd love to hear that. SW is a legend musically and his mixes are normally outstanding.
  3. That was good...! Very enjoyable fun moment, but why does Slash always sound ever so slightly out of tune these days? It's bugged me for a few years now.
  4. I am reminded of a Milton Jones joke: "I went on holiday to America last week, the hotel receptionist said to me "have a nice day!"; and I didn't so I sued them" 😂
  5. The artwork is fantastic. Haven't listened yet but will do when I get to work.
  6. Sons of Apollo was a very good band and that was one of a few downsides of Portnoy rejoining Dream Theater. This sounds better than the Scott album so will check it out more. I like Jeff Scott Soto. The first few Art of Anarchy albums though sounded like excellent singer and guitarist with a bum backing band. Possibly harsh but I never could get into it.
  7. Seems a genuine reason. Albeit I am not surprised. Hopefully they quickly announce it's still on and get a new date locked in. I see Usyk agreeing a fight in between though.
  8. Don't Damn Me is one of my all time favourite guns songs - solo I rank as top 5 Slash. Incredible.
  9. Zhang won that one from my perspective. Thought the decision was an appalling one. Reckon it will be a very tough test for Parker.
  10. Depending on your budget I’d highly recommend Rega Planar 1 or the Planar 1 Plus. The only difference is the “plus” has an inbuilt phono stage so you can plug it directly into powered speakers without needing to buy a separate phono (standard setup would be: record player, phono, amp, speakers - but if you buy a record player with inbuilt phono and then couple that with powered speakers you’re good to go). When I first got into vinyl for years I had that exact set up (Rega Planar 1 Plus) with a set of Edifier bookcase speakers off Amazon - sounded great. Whatever you do though I wouldn’t go too budget - the really cheap ones have such poor cartridges that they actually damage your records as the needles are poorly designed / too big and can permanently scratch the grooves (not to mention sound dreadful). Go with a proper vinyl if budget allows. Reach out if you get stuck or need help - there’s a vinyl thread on the forum 👍
  11. Wilder looked hopeless and should retire. AJ looked good albeit against average opposition. Bring on Fury v AJ in 2024 - we need some proper fights in the heavyweight division. This card has been excellent and hopefully is a sign of things to come.
  12. I have quite a bit of stuff. The most interesting I find is the It’s So Easy 12” 45rpm maxi single with the alternate mix of Mr Brownstone on it. I don’t own any bootlegs - never went there or had the urge, don’t know why.
  13. I caved and bought the vinyl boxset around 2 months ago for c. £295. It’s still unopened on my shelf but I’m pleased I have it. I missed out on the locked and loaded AFD box and regretted it a few years later.
  14. Apologies I typed that quickly and broke my own personal forum rule of criticism of opinions. I’m not suggesting you’re not being honest at all. It was just a phrase I misused. I think the song is great and agree it is deserving of an album spot - I just struggle to see how that would be possible given the poor production. I’m a big fan of Steven Wilson / Porcupine Tree and his production is always excellent (regardless of what you think of the songs), so it just annoys me that Guns could have such poor QC and / or standards on that front.
  15. It is good enough for an album, but not in the released version. The song itself is good, but the production, mixing and mastering are not great at all let’s be honest, and I think the band would struggle to place it, at least as released, alongside Hardskool etc and get away with it sonically. The album would sound like a mess. They should have re-recorded it from scratch as a fresh production with a decent studio engineer, producer etc.
  16. Poor. It’s a thin sound given the limitations of 7” anyway, but seems to be an average pressing, then once you add the poor mixing / mastering etc to that it’s just a bit muddy overall. Then you look at the artwork and realise they cocked that up as well. There is a very good song in there somewhere, but needed a different song structure, production, mixing and mastering. It should have been a 12” 45rpm.
  17. Review of the vinyl: Packaging - 3/10. Boring front cover and print quality even worse. It’s a poor resolution cheap job. Paper inserts as well (although that’s fairly standard for 7”). Song - 8/10. Not GnR’s best song but up there. Love the angry vibes of the chords in the chorus. Production - 4/10. A good song doesn’t make a good song, if you know what I mean. This could have been a 10/10 epic but just feels rushed and copied and pasted in the studio. The mixing is poor, I have decided I don’t really like the drum loops, and there’s just not a lot of thought gone into it. The intro could have been longer, the outro should have been extended to let slash shine more, and the dynamics need a bit of work. Mastering - 2/10. On my reasonably decent hifi set up it sounds like a muddy mess. I was listening to Johnny Winter from 40 years ago earlier and that sounds far better.
  18. My vinyl just arrived in the post. It was packaged terribly (just in an envelope - no shrink wrap or anything) and the vinyl itself also looks terrible - “Perhaps” on the front cover is pixelated and looks horrendous. Maybe it is supposed to be like that but never noticed it before.
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