Today the opposite of tomato is (not for the first time) 'the jagged metal bad life'
Making it another double (& why not?), Public Image Ltd’s ‘Second
Edition’ was both their second album & the second-format release of the
original & iconic ‘Metal Box’ 3 x 12” single collection, which was an artefact I owned
back in its day, thus not requiring the investment in ‘Second Edition’ until
now, when it seems it should be another essential component of the vinyl LP
collection, & thus it recently came to pass when opportunity presented
itself.
I blogged some years ago about ‘Metal Box’ in relation to Simon Reynolds'
opinion regarding the format in which music is released playing a part in its
reception, with which I concurred & still do, very much so concerning this
particular suite of tracks: ‘Metal Box’ was & remains the prime physical
object-form via which to experience such remarkable music (even if it's many a long year since I was able to do so), with ‘Second Edition’
somehow diminishing its effect, if only slightly, but crikey the latter is
still a damn sight better than subsequent CDs or mp3s – these sounds were made
to be heard on vinyl.
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