Art Of Noise* – And What Have You Done With My Body, God?

BEWARE!! The Tortoise and the Hare is NOT the cassette version, zevulon "Agreed with DogWater, why this wasn't released in its full glory on AWHYDWMB,G can't be anything but a curator's missed opportunity. The transition here between the last M in L segments is unparalleled. A minor and perhaps only a thing for us w the cassette to notice/care about, but the cassette version remains the ultimate rendition of what is Moments In Love."

Fantastic set of what was released, and all the demos from their first two years with Trevor.
The only thing that seems to be missing (of released tracks) are the full-length versions of "Close up", & "Close up (hop)"--instead, all we get is the truncated versions that were released on the "That Was Close" cassette.

Indeed, this is the one for us longtime noiseniks!
p.s. think you can still get it off Amazon cheaper...

Ultra-chewable compendium of studio fodder from Art of Noise during the production of most of their groundbreaking electronic pieces. The finished recordings have become ubiquitous - and are regularly re-sampled and referenced by artists as diverse as Janet Jackson and The Prodigy - but the demos, alternative mixes and studio experiments, the very genesis of the Art Of Noise, have never been heard since. This album represents a search of the vaults of London 's recording studios - Sarm East, Sarm West, Angel Studios, Utopia and Mayfair , all of which hosted these early sessions.

In one sentence - this is their definitive manifesto.

A bit too late for it would've made it a great LP set of goodies prior to their debut-LP, however, it is a perfect object of digital beauty you'll ever likely to find these days.

And a perfect way to terrorize your neighborhood. The Art of Noise are deviant and sweet, funny and oblique... and they still manage to get away with it. Something truly delightful to be afraid of indeed.

This box set is the real deal - an extended version of the first Art of Noise LP with alternative versions, diversions, ideas and mixes along with some cassette only bits that a lot of people would not have heard... great material from the days before they started turning out some rather weak material after leaving ZTT! Lots of nice sleeve notes too with the group commenting on the various tracks. It's quite surprising how they seem to milk the same bunch of samples but still keep things sounding fresh and new and how their sound is still unique and endearing years later!
One strange thing I discovered about this is that one of there early tracks is a straight rip-off of a track from The Who - "A Time For Fear (Who's Listening)" is almost perfect copy of the opening to "Baba Riley", so perhaps it should be subtitled "(The Who's listening)", though they do state in the notes they thought it was someone else they ripped off and it seems they never got sued!

If something can fight against piracy, dear record companies, this is such a marvellous object. Not only does it gives the pleasure to have many versions, diversions and exclusive jewels, not to mentions digitally crisp versions of those rare and collectable items any AON lover has been hopping to get, but this is a BEAUTIFUL object. Made like a book, with a hardcover and the 4 cd displaying elegant images sticked behind of the front and back covers, but the rest is a very elegant and stylishly designed book with interviews of AON key commenting tracks and moments in music.

Yes, we do have already some of the material displayed there. Yes, the fact of having alternative version of the Who's afraid LP has its limits if you are not a desperate AON-spotter.
But I've never been happy with spending that much money for a record since a long time.
No. Not for a record, but for an object. A straight and direct diversion. An incidental art artefact. Or Not. Or yes. Or a Spanner in the work.
Art too can makes some noise, friends!