Just Perfect


The The - Perfect
Ripped from a 12" vinyl single released on Epic Records (A13 3119) in 1983 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. Another chap who isn't normally known for doing things by the book is Matt Johnson. I originally ripped this a few years ago but always thought it could be improved ....so here we are. If there is demand I have also ripped my original vinyl copy of Soul Mining to the same quality.

A1 Perfect
B1 The Nature Of Virtue (Version 2)
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  1. Blogmeister30 July 2016 at 11:27

    https://mega.nz/#!aYwRiaaY!vMZLcfl5xInF07ho3gU3rUctS18h-pnbBw2_MAaYiQE

    Gone in 2 weeks

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  2. jgmoney30 July 2016 at 15:28

    yes please

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  3. Paulus30 July 2016 at 16:20

    I've always preferred the alternative version of 'Perfect', which I think was given away with some copies of Soul Mining (is that right?), driven by a heavier beat and with (even more) bitter vocals. I wonder if you heard Johnson's recent remastered version of 'Soul Mining', digitised using his 'Dubbed from Disc' process. The process seems laborious, fetishistic even, but the result was lovely.

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    1. konrad31 July 2016 at 08:19

      Question...does that digital version in any way accurately reproduce the original sound quality of the vinyl? I have both the original, and a Japanese pressing of that album. I bought the cd when available, and was sorely disappointed with the (lack of)...shall we say, resonance? of that version. I even went so far as to rip my Japanes vinyl copy and re-digitize/clean it...result was nearly identical to the cd version.

      Very interested in your impression of this new version compared to the original vinyl.

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    2. Blogmeister31 July 2016 at 08:24

      I'd be interested too. I'll put up the original vinyl album in the next few days and hopefully we can compare

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    3. konrad31 July 2016 at 08:33

      By the by...best The The single ever released was the original 12" version of Uncertain Smile. A masterful pop song, if ever it could be correctly rendered digitally.

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    4. Blogmeister31 July 2016 at 08:39

      Watch this space!! ;-)

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    5. konrad31 July 2016 at 08:57

      A Matt Johnson fan after my own heart...

      You may or may not agree with me, but everything post Soul Mining period by Matt is shite....not a single candle flame to be held up to what came before. It was sad for me at the time, I had the same disappointment with Julian Cope's solo work after Teardrop Explodes, or Stan Ridgeway's work after Wall of Voodoo...most disappointing...especially as compared with some of the work by other contemporaries as singer/songwriters (Peter Murphy, Gavin Friday...both spotty, agreed, but miles ahead).

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  4. Blogmeister30 July 2016 at 16:26

    There was a limited run of Soul Mining with a free 12" single of Perfect plus two other tracks. I never picked up a copy until after that run was deleted. The re-recorded version of Perfect is on the original cd, which I also have.

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    1. grrrdn31 July 2016 at 09:23

      I have always preferred that second version of Perfect too... much stronger and more direct. But the tracks on the b-sides of the singles, from this period, are really interesting. They originate from Matt's shelved 'Pornography of Despair' album from 1982, remixed/reworked at the behest of his manager. Then Matt recorded 'Soul Mining', so the 'Pornography of Despair' tracks ended-up being used as b-sides instead. Several of them were also included on the cassette release of 'Soul Mining' as a set of 'extra tracks', which is where I first heard them... 'The Nature of Virtue' being a particular favourite of mine. It's a pity that all of this 'extra' material has never been properly compiled and reissued, because a brilliant set of tracks in itself, in some ways the perfect complement to 'Soul Mining'.

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    2. konrad31 July 2016 at 09:49

      Agreed. The original intent of Pornography of Despair, should have been released. If not then, then now!

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  5. Anonymous31 July 2016 at 03:31

    you mean "was" not "is" - poor sod passed away not that long back...

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    1. Blogmeister31 July 2016 at 05:45

      Who passed away?

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    2. konrad31 July 2016 at 08:34

      Just did a search...not seeing that Matt has passed...

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    3. grrrdn31 July 2016 at 08:57

      The brilliant artist Andrew Johnson, aka Andy Dog, sadly passed away earlier this year. As far as I am aware Matt is still very much alive and kicking.

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  6. W.1 August 2016 at 16:00

    Matt Johnson was great - he may still be but the last thing that I saw he had was a couple of soundtrack and I didn't feel drawn to them.

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  7. FuriousPig1 August 2016 at 23:50

    Armageddon Days Are Here Again is one of my all time favourite tracks. Sadly nobody else seems to mention it when talking The The though.

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