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Haven't heard 'Private Press' but you can't fuck with 'Endtroducing'. I've been listening to it since i was fifteen, and it just gets better with age. Got my third copy the other day, motherfuckers keep stealing it. I can't blame them though.

If I could impart anything to the youth of this board, it would be to get this album.

That Spanishbomb girl better not try an hate...

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I love all of DJ Shadow's albums and some of his best songs are on Entroducing but my favorite album has got to be The Private Press.

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I also lost my entroducing, but it is an amazing album nevertheless

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Yeah, that fuck can't touch Endtroducing.

His 89 bullshit will be through if he hears it.

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Isn't it called "The Private Repress", or am I talking about a different album, that also seems to kick ass. It was a Japan only release.

Private Repress [IMPORT]
DJ Shadow


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846

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Yeah, The Private Press and Private Repress are to different versions of the album.

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His recent remix of Keane is fucking awful, but Endtroducing and The Private Press are untouchable.

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DJ Shadow is a breath of fresh air in a media world filled with twerps. nice :)

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[quote=Kid Presentable]you can't fuck with 'Endtroducing'. (/QUOTE]

That's right

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no they're totally different albums. 'The Private Press' has a limited edition version with the "Pushin' Buttons (MPC Workout)" featuring cut chemist & nu-mark, and some other goodies. 'The Private Repress' is a sort of B-sides collection album, much like Preemptive Strike, and it has remixes of songs on the Private Press as well as unreleased stuff, B-sides, etc. It was not sold in the USA, only in foreign markets. I believe there's something about it on the FAQ of his website.

aaaand.... Endtroducing is the shit, the bomb diggity, whatever word tickes your fancy, its amazing. I haven't listened to the Private Press as much, but I don't like it as much as Endtroducing.

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I only listened to the samples (I don't download) of Endtroducing and The Private Press but if those samples are actually representative of the entire song, then i want to grab these two albums.* All those sounds/effects/samples, sometimes combined with a sort of humor, is a really cool combination. The music seems moody but without being almost depressing (DJCam's Mad Blunted Jazz album [also from 1996], which I like a lot, is this way so i have to be in the right mood to listen to it).

Kid Presentable: Who's "they" and how do they keep stealing your CD?

* 30 second samples can trick you into thinking somethign's good & I've been burned by this effect before. The most recent example is Smoker's Delight by Nightmares On Wax which I bought last week. IMO it sucked & I sold it back four days later and even deleted it from my Windows media player playlist. Most of it sounded like that smooth jazz crap that pollutes doctors' waiting rooms nowadays and the few songs that were very good.........at the beginning of the track (and in the samples), had the same piece of music monotonously repeated through the entire track--zzzzzz. I guess the album's title wasn't kidding about how to best enjoy the music contained within. :rolleyes:

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Car Boot Soul is Nightmares on Wax best album by a long shot. Check that out.

Also, there is no excuse for not owning Endtroducing...

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Parkey: at my age most of the people I hang out with have mostly stopped getting into new music, so I'm not exposed to this type of stuff as much as I would like (i.e. hearing it in their homes/cars/etc) so it takes me awhile to discover new AND good music.

Last week I was lucky enough to run into a knowledgable(!!) employee at a national chain store who was nice enough to let me hear about 10 different albums from bands like NOFX and The Vandals and some ska stuff.....which were his own CDs he brought in from his car. Very decent of him. (y) Because of that 45 minute lsitening session, now I have more CDs to buy. Punk In Drublic is a great album title........ :)

BTW: thanks for the Nightmares reccomendation--I'll check it out. FYI: I just bought Thievery Corporation's new album The Cosmic Game and it was worth buying (unexpectantly, Eric Hilton used to be in a punk band!).

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Fair enough chief! Music is harder to come by all the time I find, especially with the fragmentation of the scenes and the way in which I hear stuff.

May I suggest signing upto these sites;
Speakers Push the Air (you'll find me on there...)

and the wonderful online store;
Boomkat (that place is chock full of aural goodness!) (y)

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DJ Shadow is some really good stuff. The kind of stuff he makes is the entire reason I say sampling laws need to be a lot more lax. The way he makes something completely new from a whole bunch of other records is just really amazing if you ask me.

Definitely at least cheack out Endtroducing. The Private Press and The Private Repress are pretty awesome albums as well, although they don't quite reach the depth that Endtroducing does. Still though, they're solid albums.

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Psyence Fiction is a must if you're into Shadow. So is the Brainfreeze mix he did with Cut Chemist.

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I love DJ Shadow, I love this remix of Heat, Cops and Robbers great song, I also love this shit he did for Unkle, also this Mashin' On The Motorway is a great song.

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yeah....also his IN tune and On time DVD/CD is a must have....

i have a ton of his work including Entroducing (i can boast that i got it in 96 too :D ), private press, pre-emptive strike.....

definately check out Diminishing Returns. it's a live old-school obscurity hip hop mix he did on BBC radio......sick.

his Live in Austin mix is great...

he just has SOOOOO much work out there that people aren't aware of....

brain freeze, product placement....

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agreed.....Krush, Cam.....cut chemist

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Brainfreeze Parts 1-2 and Product Placement Parts 1-2 are must-haves. Me and my friends were laughing that Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist have a single song, that is in fact half of a longer song, that is longer than the entire Green Album by Weezer. And i love weezer, so no disrespect. Those two, thogh, BF & PP, are simply incredible. The full list of samples can be found on the DJ Shadow samples list, which keeps movin around the web for legal reasons. Regardless, brainfreeze is seriously like the best driving music ever.

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NOW turned so bad they even have their stuff on Lunnpoly adverts now...

I'm with you on Krush, the boy certaintly has the skills!

May I also suggest people take a look at the Q-Bert Megamix of Shadow's stuff; Camel Bobsled Race. It comes as the second disc in Pre-emptive Strike mind...

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DJ Shadow is king, but let's not forget about RJD2, his Your Face Or Your Kneecaps is up there with Brainfreeze and Product Placement.

Just back from Hamburg where I picked up the DJ Shadow / Cut Chemist live DVD, but I can't decide when I should watch it :\

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So I scooped the 'Product Placement' DVD/Cd combo, what a lucky prick I am!!!!

Very nice...

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shadow's got a joint on the new CAGE album "Hell's Winter" comming out this summer

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that's a shame....cage is fucking boring as hell.

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Cage is a poorly rapping Necro.

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my entroducing vinyl is fucked up so that the needle always skips in one spot and plays the same part over and over again. they should give me another damn copy.

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I bought this album last month and just wanted to add my opinion of it: yes, it's very good (all the more flamboyant adjectives have already been used so that will have to do :) ) and it was totally worth the asking price. Thanks to Kid Presentable for starting this thread. (y)

I'm not like an expert on hip-hop, but IMO this sounds more like a rock + hip-hop album, with maybe a bit of prog rock thrown in here and there. I love how the drum set (drum machines?) is so prominently featured--this is a CD that is really fun to listen to LOUD.

My favorite tracks so far are "The Number Song", "Changeling", "Mutual Slump" & "Napalm Brain", though that's relative because I think all the tracks are good.

Really good stuff.

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All the better for being built off sampling.. (y)

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Speaking of DJ Shadow, I just downloaded his bootleg concert One Night In Bangkok and it kicks ASS.

It's mostly a jazz/funk mix with some great rap songs over top.

Brilliant.