It's very heartening to see good reactions from you, fellow NW lovers, so let's not waste time in unveiling another collection. This time it's Blancmange, and again the bulk of it is taken from CDs - namely early 1990s compilations called "Heaven knows" and "Third course". It's supplemented for B-sides with some tracks from 2008 reissues which surprisingly sounded quite close in level.
There were two numbers, though, that I had to tamper with. Short version of "Vishnu" (single #6) was in, erm, short supply regarding the good sound quality - what I had sounded too loud, so I had to take matters in my own hands and did a fade-out of the brilliant rip done by the well-known DJ PaulT. Crazy thing is that quite a few overseas 7" releases used the full version of the track (at least judging by the label)! Another one was "Side two" - the B-side to 9th single. It's nowhere to be found on CD (and even vinyl rip) in 7" form so I faded-out the full version emulating the rip that was posted here quite a few years ago. If anyone have genuine vinyl rips you may consider PM'ing me, meanwhile I think it all turned out quite nice.
Blancmange were an intriguing act, both irritatingly catchy and quietly subversive, and they did great instrumentals - both atmospheric and aggressive, some rather ahead of their time, actually. I had quite a pleasure assembling their stuff here, hope at least some of you share my feelings.
I didn't include their indie debut as I thought I'd focus on their mainstream carrier, but a different decision is not impossible if there's a demand
Link:
https://mega.nz/folder/z0lSHB4Q#fKtJUXAkXBTRoiTwY9WyKQEnjoy!