The Bolshoi - Bigger Giants (1990) [Reissue, 1999]

Posted By: gonzalo76

Date: Nov. 6, 2009

Album Review:

'Bigger Giants' is a re-release of the hard-to-find 1985 EP 'Giants'. The original had 6 songs and was never released as a CD on its own; you could get it on cassette and vinyl. However there is a CD version of 'Friends' that includes 5 of the 6 songs from this EP - good luck finding it. The reason this is "Bigger" is that 6 additional tracks are added including a long version of "Happy Boy". These are nice to have but I doubt any are better than the original 6.

Album Details:

Artist: The Bolshoi
Album: Bigger Giants
Label: Beggars Banquet
Catalogue #: BBP 2021 CD
Matrix: 0AW75 <5149> BBL86 ADFL
UPC: 5012093008622
Format: CD
Type: Album, Reissue, Compilation
Country: UK (Made in England)
Release Date: 1999
Original Release Date: 1990
Number of Discs: 1
Language: English
Time: 53:17
Rating: 3 stars (allmusic.com)
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Goth Rock, New Wave, Alternative Rock

Tracklist:

01. Fly - 3:54
02. Sliding Seagulls - 4:53
03. Hail Mary - 4:11
04. Giants - 4:59
05. Happy Boy - 4:29
06. By the River - 5:45
07. Sob Story - 4:08
08. Boxes - 3:33
09. Holiday by the Sea - 4:43
10. Amsterdam - 2:56
11. Crosstown Traffic - 3:39
12. Happy Boy [Long Version] - 6:08

Credits:

The Bolshoi:
Trevor Tanner - Vocals, Guitars
Nick Chown - Bass, Vocals (bckgr)
Jan Kalicki - Drums
Paul Clark - Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)

Music: The Bolshoi
Words: Trevor Tanner (except 10 by Jacques Brel and 11 by Jimi Hendrix)

Published by Beggars Banquet Music Ltd / Momentum Music Ltd.
except 2, 4, 6, 9 - Copyright Control, 10 - Carlin Music, 11 - Interworld Music.

Tracks 1-6 originally issued on a Mini-LP 'Giants', SITUM 15
Tracks 7, 10, 11 issued on A 12" Single, SIT 38T
Tracks 8, 9, 12, issued on a 12" Single, SIT 40T

℗ 1985 © 1990 Situation Two

Original artwork by Jan Kalicki and Valentine Studios
Photography by Royston

Lineage:

SilverCD -> EAC (Test & Copy Image & Create CUE Sheet > Uncompressed / Secure Mode / Offset Corrected / WAV 1411 Kbit/s / 44100 Hz / 16 Bits / 2 Channels) -> FLAC frontend -> FLAC (compression level 8) -> AvaxHome

Extra info:

- Cuesheet files included (WAV & FLAC).
- EAC extraction LOG file included.
- Codec used for lossless compression: libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
- Samplerate: 44100 Hz Stereo / Bitrate: 16 bits.
- MD5 checksum included.
- Full artwork, 300 dpi, jpg format in highest quality.
- All tracks accurately ripped.

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 5. November 2009, 12:21

The Bolshoi / Bigger Giants

Used drive : ATAPI DVD A DH20A4P Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

TOC of the extracted CD

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2 | 3:53.62 | 4:53.33 | 17537 | 39544
3 | 8:47.20 | 4:11.00 | 39545 | 58369
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6 | 22:26.52 | 5:45.10 | 101002 | 126886
7 | 28:11.62 | 4:07.38 | 126887 | 145449
8 | 32:19.25 | 3:32.45 | 145450 | 161394
9 | 35:51.70 | 4:42.67 | 161395 | 182611
10 | 40:34.62 | 2:55.43 | 182612 | 195779
11 | 43:30.30 | 3:38.65 | 195780 | 212194
12 | 47:09.20 | 6:07.50 | 212195 | 239769

Range status and errors

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Filename E:\AVAXHOME\The Bolshoi - Bigger Giants.wav

Peak level 96.6 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 08C85864
Copy CRC 08C85864
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

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Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [D7E5A256]
Track 12 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [C100CB8A]

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

Accurate Rip Log

[Verification date: 05/11/2009 14:56:54]
[Disc ID: 0017d2f7-00ddeec0-a10c7c0c]
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FLAC Log

WAV to FLAC

flac 1.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Josh Coalson
flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details.

The Bolshoi - Bigger Giants.wav: 100% complete, ratio=0,629
The Bolshoi - Bigger Giants.wav: Verify OK, wrote 354732174 bytes, ratio=0,629

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FLAC Test

flac 1.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Josh Coalson
flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details.

The Bolshoi - Bigger Giants.flac: testing, 100% complete
The Bolshoi - Bigger Giants.flac: ok

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Fingerprints

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Cuesheet

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REM DATE 1990
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Bolshoi Discography:
Friends
Lindy's Party
Bigger Giants
A Way: Best of The Bolshoi

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