Advantages: HDMI Out, DIVX support, mp3 support Disadvantages: Too many buttons on the remote! Slow eject button response.
This stylish and reasonably priced DVD player from Cambridge Audio retails for approx £150. For a DVD player with HDMI (Digital) out, that is one of the more reasonable priced models on the market at the moment.
The player will take a moment to recognise disks, but once it has found which format the disk is, I have found playback to be flawless. It can play normal DVDs (PAL), also DVDs from the USA (NTSC) and DIVX encoded video. Although I have not tried it, it can apparently play disks with mp3 music on them.
If you need to set the unit up beyond just plugging in cables, then the basic on screen configuration is straightforward.
You will need to refer to the manual for the advanced configuration of the unit (if you have a complicated or non-standard HiFi setup). Just connecting this unit up in the most obvious manner - SCART ...
Advantages: Good lyrics if read (struggle to understand them!), raw vocals Disadvantages: Repetitive riffs and tin drumming
The Complete Anthology of The Germs is a decent punk album from LA punk outfit The Germs. I have a tendency to favour US proto punk or UK punk over US bands particularly ones outside of New York. The Germs are a decent band though and come across as a snarling version of the Ramones. Playing fast and heavy, critical aspects of the album include poor production, the repetitive guitar riffs and the "dad's gone mad in the kitchen with the spoons and pans" style of drumming but there's more to the band than that.
Troubled vocalist Darby was a vocal chap and wrote decent lyrics which were then snarled out in a sneery way, to add to the confusion he also seems to stuff hundreds of words into a line. The band was supposed "to put punk into perspective" though the vocalist mentioned numerous times to fellow band member Pat Smear that he ...
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Product details
Title
Germ Free Adolescents [DVD Audio]
Performer
X-Ray Spex
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Punk Rock
Release Date
16/08/2004
Original Release Year
2002
Label / Distributor
Silverline / Essential Music/Cinram Logistics
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
676628810194
Catalogue Number
2881019
Additional notes
Album Notes
This is a DVD-Audio disc. The DVD-Audio content can only be read by a DVD-Audio player. The Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS audio tracks provided on this disc will play on a standard DVD player. The late-1970s UK band X-Ray Spex is notable for a number of reasons. Chiefly, it was one of the very few early British punk bands with female members. Another of the group's distinguishing characteristics is their decidedly un-punk use of saxophone. Most importantly, though, X-Ray Spex's first effort, GERM FREE ADOLESCENTS is a thoroughly engaging record. Fronted by Marion Elliot, who called herself Poly Styrene in those days, the Spex managed to capture something that many punk rock bands missed. They always sounded like they were having a really great time. Many of the lyrics deal with appearance and perception ("Identity," "I Can't Do Anything," "I Am A Cliche"), and most are quite funny, sung in Elliot's proudly unschooled, nasal voice. The music is based on standard-issue buzzing punk guitar and propulsive drumming but also features Rudi Thompson's clever, aggressive sax. Though the CD mysteriously re-sequences the track listing of the original vinyl, it more than compensates by adding four bonus songs--including both sides of the band's brilliant debut single, "Oh Bondage, Up Yours" This album defines one glorious moment in a musical revolution and is required listening for anyone with an interest in punk rock from the late '70s. DVD Features: Region 0 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English MLP 6-Channel - 96 kHz - 24 bit
Album Reviews
Spin (p.108) - "[I]t's the roots of Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and an up-and-coming art-punk garage crew near you."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Oh Bondage Up Yours
2.
I Am A Cliche'
3.
Day The World Turned Day-Glo
4.
I Am A Poseur
5.
Identity
6.
Let's Submerge
7.
Germ Free Adolescents
8.
Age
9.
Obsessed With You
10.
Genetic Engineering
11.
I Live Off You
12.
Art-I-Ficial
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