EP's And Rarities

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 save fans 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 discourage newbie fans from trying the music. Since the music is My Bloody Valentine it's a big shame when the average fan can'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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Here's MBV's "Louder Than Bombs", and it's about time. It's ridiculous that the first 9 songs are so hard to come by, let alone the fact that I can only get the CDs from amazon.com (too hungry). My local CD/record store would charge upwards of $60 to order this in the from of a deluxe Japanese import. A quick check between both the Tremelo and Glider EPs and this revealed no major volume shifts. The mixes seem to be basically the same, although I think the new 'digital' one's sometime seem to contain a few pops here and there. Disc 2's last 7 songs are also rare, some unreleased. The new stuff is awesome and could've made for great EP material. I would recommend this to fans, especially if you don't have most of the songs anymore, like me. I think it makes for a good introduction and it's a nice set-up for "Loveless" as well - mind blown to pieces.

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".