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    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Posted By: Designol
    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Remastered Collector's Edition
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 446 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 176 Mb | 01:16:58 | Scans ~ 76 Mb
    DVD5 | NTSC | 4:3 (720x480) VBR | LPCM, 2ch, 1536 kbps | ~ 3.5 Gb | 00:58:16
    New Wave, Synthpop, Pop/Rock | Label: EMI | # 50999 2 67915 2 4, 2679 152

    The Golden Age of Wireless is the debut album by Thomas Dolby. Released in 1982, the album contains the pop hit "She Blinded Me with Science" in its later resequencings. Following the album's overall theme of radio are the songs "Airwaves", "Commercial Breakup", and "Radio Silence," along with songs about the modern world ("Windpower", "Flying North", "Europa and the Pirate Twins"). At the time of the original US release, the moody and cinematic tone—a major departure for most synthesizer-driven records—prompted Musician magazine's reviewer to declare it "The best damned synth-pop record ever, period." This version includes the original UK album tracks, in sequence, as tracks 1-9. Bonus tracks 10-14 were previously included on various re-issues during 1982/83/84. Tracks 16-19 are previously unreleased demo recordings. Also included with this release is a DVD containing a remastered version of the long-form performance video Live Wireless, recorded at the Riverside Theatre Studios, London. "Urban Tribal" also features a new accompanying vocal by Harper Robertson.

    Talk to anyone who was the right age in the early '80s for both pop radio and the dawn of MTV, and "She Blinded Me with Science" will inevitably come up. The most famous song from the reissued version of the album, it's a defiantly quirky, strange number that mixes its pop hooks with unusual keyboard melodies pitched very low and a recurrent spoken word interjection ("Science!") from guest vocalist/video star Magnus Pike. To Thomas Dolby's credit, the rest of the album isn't simply that song over and over again, making The Golden Age of Wireless an intriguing and often very entertaining curio from the glory days of synth pop. Part of the album's overall appeal is the range of participating musicians, no doubt thanks in part to Dolby's own considerable range of musical work elsewhere. "She Blinded Me with Science" itself features Kevin Armstrong on guitar, Matthew Seligman on bass, mega-producer Robert "Mutt" Lange on backing vocals, and co-production with Tim Friese-Greene. Elsewhere, Andy Partridge contributes harmonica, Mute Records founding genius Daniel Miller adds keyboards, and Lene Lovich adds some vocals of her own. The overall result is still first and foremost Dolby's, with echoes of David Bowie's and Bryan Ferry's elegantly wasted late-'70s personas setting the stage. If anything, The Golden Age of Wireless is the friendlier, peppier flip side of fellow Bowie obsessive Gary Numan's work, where the melancholy is gentle instead of harrowing. Dolby's melodies are sprightly without being annoyingly perky, his singing warm, and his overall performance a pleasant gem. Especially fine numbers include the amusing romp "Europa and the Pirate Twins" and the nostalgia-touched, just mysterious enough "One of Our Submarines." [This edition of The Golden Age of Wireless contains bonus demos and a DVD of live performances.]

    Review by Ned Raggett, Allmusic.com

    'The Golden Age Of Wireless' may not be a perfect record but so much of it is outstandingly original that it deserves a five star rating. I loved singles like 'Windpower', 'Radio Silence' and 'Europa And The Pirate Twins' at the time and this album has been on and off my playlist ever since. It is disappointing that the cover is spoilt by a large white square but the actual value of the content inside the box makes up for this in a big way. The original album has nine added tracks including interesting demo's of some of Dolby's earliest recordings ('Urges', 'Airwaves' etc). Not all of the extra songs are great though 'Urban Tribal' and 'Pedestrian Walkway' in particular being a bit weak. What they do do well however is show Dolby's enormous talent off in its development stages, experimenting, just like his 'Mad Professor' image would have you imagine. I would have liked the seven inch mix of 'Radio Silence' as an extra track as the album version is vastly different and would have made a great contrast but really, I am being a bit picky.

    The 'Live Wireless' DVD is also a delight and Dolby and his band put on a real stage show not just a performance. Behind the band you can see highlights of some of the original video's and I must admit it was a delight to catch a few glimpses of dear old Magnus Pike on 'She Blinded Me With Science' - he and Dolby were a match made in heaven! HA HA There is also a guest appearance by Lene Lovich that adds a crazy element to proceedings on 'New Toy' (a single Dolby wrote for her) and 'Puppet Theatre' interestingly turns out to be the song Dolby wrote for rap group Whodini - 'Magic's Wand' with different lyrics! With the sub plot of Dolby himself changing reels of film of the performances as a projectionist (he studied projectionism at college) for a cinema full of fans, the DVD (like Dolby) proves to be something a little different from the norm for a live recording.

    Finally, the CD booklet is also a winner featuring comments by Dolby that really give you an insight into what the songs are about and how the man thinks. So then, despite a few minor quibbles, this whole package is a winner and a delight for fans- forget about the white square on the cover and BUY THIS!

    Review by Antony May, Amazon.co.uk

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition



    Tracklist:

    01. Flying North (3:51)
    02. Commercial Breakup (4:18)
    03. Weightless (3:49)
    04. Europa And The Pirate Twins (3:19)
    05. Windpower (4:20)
    06. The Wreck Of The Fairchild (3:30)
    07. Airwaves (5:20)
    08. Radio Silence (3:51)
    09. Cloudburst At Shingle Street (5:47)

    Bonus Tracks:
    10. One Of Our Submarines (5:12)
    11. She Blinded Me With Science (3:42)
    12. Radio Silence (Guitar Version) (4:52)
    13. Urges (3:39)
    14. Leipzig (3:54)
    15. Urban Tribal (3:46)
    16. Therapy- Growth (Demo) (4:06)
    17. Airwaves (Demo) (5:21)
    18. Sale Of The Century (Demo) (2:53)
    19. Pedestrian Walkway (Demo) (1:28)


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    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition


    DVD Content:

    01. Introduction
    02. Europa And The Pirate Twins
    03. Windpower
    04. One Of Our Submarines
    05. Radio Silence
    06. New Toy
    07. Urban Tribal
    08. Flying North
    09. Jungle Line
    10. Puppet Theatre
    11. Samson And Delilah
    12. She Blinded Me With Science
    13. Airwaves
    14. Credits




    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition

    Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (1982) 2009 Expanded Remastered Collector's Edition