Conspiracy [Remastered] - King Diamond

Advantages: Remixed, Remastered and Extended
Disadvantages: Import only at present

...When 'Diamonds' first appeared as a soundtrack album it was a threadbare affair, rushed into release before John Barry had even completed the score. In their bid to capitalise on the pre-release frenzy of Connery's return to the 007 fold, the marketing bods at United Artists did Mr Barry a great disservice and we were landed with an album bereft of some great cues and themes. Instead, the original release largely featured background music composed for Bonds exploits in the Las Vegas Casinos. More than 30 years on, EMI Capitol are setting the record straight with a remixed, remastered and extended release of the 'Diamonds' score. What's more, much like the DVD release, we get deleted and unused cues too. The album runs to 21 tracks and to around 70 minutes, with every track getting the full treatment. While the track names remain... Read review

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Advantages: It's Bowie
Disadvantages: Another version to buy!

...does have a very naughty couplet “inside every teenage girl is a fountain, inside every young pair of pants there’s a mountain”. This like looking at an artist’s sketch book, this the idea but I will do this instead. Diamond Dogs (K.Tel edit) (4.37) this is a unique edit of the title track to fit the 1980 best of catalogue number (NE1111). I still have the advertising poster for this along with other posters in a box in the loft ka-ching! Candidate (2.37) (Intimacy mix) the album track re-mixed for the soundtrack of the film “Intimacy”. Rebel Rebel (2003) completely reworked for the “Charlie’s Angles” “Full Throttle soundtrack, this arrangement is the opening live track on the Reality Tour DVD. This is a 1999 re-master using a 2004 transfer which has again improved... Read review

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Advantages: Newfloridian's Album Of The Year
Disadvantages: It's so so addictive

..." The change of pace and style is all the more dramatic after the last track. Here we have Diamond as the bluesy jazz singer. There are refrains from the saxes and squeaks from the horns. This is another song of a love and a relationship gone bad. 8. What's It Gonna Be 4* (04:04) "Lonely gets you nowhere Only gets you zero I may not be a hero But I'm the man you need" Another change of pace brings us to this folksy ballard with its slowish bouncy rhythm. Again I keep hearing suggestions of 'King of the Road' in Neil's gravelly lower registers. 9. Man Of God 4* (04:21) "Singing for Him is like touching the sky I don't need to know why I just know that it is Each time I sing out I want to rejoice Cause when I hear my voice I believe that it's His" Neil moves into evangelical mode praising the Lord and extolling his faith... Read review

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