(2022) The Heads - Under Sided [Deluxe Edition]
Review:
Originally released in 2002 on the Sweet Nothing label (SNLP/CD 11), Under Sided was recorded in 2001 at White House Studios in Weston Super Mare, with Martin Nichols engineering. The band had previously recorded tracks for Mans Ruin 10” at these studios. For the reissue, the original recordings were remastered for vinyl and CD by long-time Heads Masterer Shawn Joseph. The resultant 8 tracks, spread over 4 sides of vinyl are some of the best music The Heads have recorded. After a bit of a hiatus following their 2000 US tour / Peel session, the band regrouped and worked out the tracks for the album, relentlessly rehearsing for the recording. Very few shows happened in that 2001-2002 timeframe, band members were busy, earning a living, getting on with life and its day to day grind down., but they still had some riffs/songs there. The remastered album is being reissued as a 4LP + 2CD boxset. The extra 2LP features their Peel session from 2000, as well as a couple of compilation tracks (‘For Mad Men Only’ / ‘Born To Go’), and some unreleased demo versions, as well as 2 exclusive to this set CDS that feature nearly 150 minutes of Live recordings from their gigs on the Thekla in Bristol and rehearsal room tapes in 2001 and 2002.
Track List:
Disc 1
01 - Dissonaut (Remastered)
02 - Il Ratto, La Ram, Il Gallo Ed I
03 - Trilogy Part 3 (Remastered)
04 - Bedminster #1 (Remastered)
05 - False Heavy (Remastered)
06 - Vibrating Digit (Remastered)
07 - Energy (Remastered)
08 - Heavy Sea (Remastered)
Disc 2
01 - For Madmen Only
02 - Born to Go
03 - False Heavy (Peel Session)
04 - Fuego (Peel Session)
05 - You Took Me by Surprise (Peel Session)
06 - Neu 75 (Peel Session)
07 - Key Jam Short (Whitehouse Out-T
08 - Backwards (Whitehouse Out-Take)
09 - False Heavy (Band Demo)
10 - Vibrating Digit (Band Demo)
11 - Energy (Band Demo)
12 - Heavy Sea (Band Demo)
Media Report:
Genre: indie-rock, psychedelic rock
Country: Bristol, UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
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