EP's And Rarities

It is said by some aficionados of My Bloody Valentine that the band was at their peak in the concentrated form of the four track E.P. Certainly it gave the band still searching for a truly new voice the chance to experiment (see the brilliant irritating/sublime 'Glider' or the way the ambient interludes of Loveless are introduced on the Tremelo E.P.) Besides some of their best songs/tracks never made the albums (think 'Slow', 'Glider' and 'Swallow'). This handy and nicely priced double-cd collection immediately completes the picture with the four classic E.P.s and some interesting rarities of which the hauntingly beautiful 'Instrumental no.2' is a true gem. A must have for lovers of adventurous rock.

This may be the most logical release of the year.Besides the music being outstanding, "Slow" is my favorite MBV song ever, this release will savefans a ton of money.When a cd/vinyl sells for $50 and up, it may not stop the hard core fan but it certainly will discouragenewbie fans from trying the music. Since the music is My Bloody Valentine it's a big shame when the average fancan't get access to it, other than crummy you tube videos.Now you can own all the E.P. for a fraction it would cost for the originals.Thank you for making this a great music year.

finally the reissue ,still have these 12" s (remember them kids) up in the attic couldnt part with them ever ,so its great to finally be able to play them in one go, 90 minutes almost!, digitally with no scratches hissing etc ,truly wonderful shoegazing stuff thats still sounds great all these years later ,all the best of the creation years also some rarities nicely packaged my only critisism why is the glider weatherall mix missing ?recommended

This compilation has been threatened for as long as I can remember. Finally it is here and it doesn't disappoint. But neither does it totally blow me away. Having owned all of the EPs since their original release (as the title says, between 1988 and 1991), there's not much new here but the remastered tracks do seem brighter and clearer than on my (rather scratchy) vinyl copies. Of the extra tracks, it's really good to hear "Sugar" properly rather than from a flexi-disc, and the three unreleased tracks (the first 'new' MBV material in 20 years) are a joy to behold.But three tracks are missing from this compilation for true completeness and five stars. The (laughable but still weirdly enjoyable) Andrew Weatherall remix of "Soon", and more importantly two of their cover tracks; "Map Ref 41°N 93°W" from the Wire covers compilation "Whore" and "We Have All The Time In The World" from the "Peace Together" compilation.

Nice to have these songs collected together with remastered sound.

Although You Made Me Realize is probably the best EP ever released, all of it is indispensable. It really moved music on to a whole new level.

Classic after classic. Great price for double cd. Captures all their eps and bsides etc from their early 1990s purple patch

really good job. A+.top quality product.i really recomend the cd and the store.fast shipment and protection for the product.

Tutti i brani pubblicati su EP dai MBV, più alcuni interessanti inediti. Ascoltando i brani in sequenza si può percepire lo sviluppo dello stile del gruppo e la sua espansione (vedi ad esempio la quasi etnica "Swallow") Il giusto compendio alla collezione di opere della band, fianco a fianco a "Isn't anything", "Loveless" e il recente "m b v".

Tried to get my hands on this for a long time, worth the wait. An essential for any MBV fan for sure.

This is a compilation of the EPs from the era that "Isn't Anything" and "Loveless" were made. While I probably like Loveless more than Isn't Anything, I prefer the songs from the first disc that are closer to the Isn't Anything time period. They seem a bit less rushed and more natural. At this point, the first disc seems to have a better start-to-finish goodness, whereas the second disc I skip around on a bit. I do agree that a little more info would have been cool to have in the booklet, but MBV doesn't seem to be the type to do that.Overall, if you like Isn't Anything and Loveless, you will probably really enjoy this. This probably isn't a good place to start for a potential MBV fan, in my opinion. I think it's better to digest their first two LPs beforehand, and form an opinion of them. It's nice to have a bit more variety from MBV in my collection now. Like others have said, this is a much cheaper and more convenient way to get these EPs that are expensive and hard to find.Compared to their first two full length albums, I'd probably rate this at 4 stars. But when just thinking about my feelings of this music compared to music in general, it's definitely 5 stars. I recently rid myself of almost all my cds that I have been collecting for years. I now have a small stack of less than 20 cds and this is one of the ones I kept.

pour patienter, rien de tel que se replonger dans les EP de My Bloody Valentine et gouter au genie de Kevin Shield. La qualite sonore est bonne, pas une miette a jeter.

Pues eso, imprescindible compañero de viaje para todos aquellos que conocieron a MBV a través de alguno de sus dos álbumes, "Loveless" y/o "Isn't Anything". Si no le doy las 5 estrellas es porque, tras la recopilación de EPs, este album se completa con temas de desecho y rarezas que no hubieran pasado el corte, y de hecho no lo pasaron, ni siquiera como cara B de un single. Además, ya lo comenté con la reedición de Isn't Anything, la parquedad de estas restauraciones en lo que a diseño y formato se refiere no hace justicia a uno de los mejores grupos de los 90. Kevin Shields debería haberse preocupado algo más de estas cosas, aunque sólo fuese añadiendo en el libreto unos míseros créditos de los distintos EPs aquí recopilados y de los músicos y productores participantes. Por lo demás, algunos de estos EPs, como por ejemplo el primero de ellos, "You made me realise", es casi tan bueno como cualquiera de sus LPs.