Having had my headphones die on me the other day, I can now confirm that CD1 of Chris Fortier’s Bedrock is the winner. That CD2 winner remains illusive…

    Mad_Cyril Well if everyone tslked about the best CD2’s out there, this thread would be pretty empty right now…😅

      Blasted off CD1 of GU13 this morning to get the engine going. Hasn’t aged a day really. Tremendous.

      Hearing Sasha play The Baseline Track in 1015 back in 99 on that system was a helluva moment. It was like doing 9gs in a F-15.

        So, what’s the best GU disc 1 and why is it Athens?

        Northern Exposure 2 - Disc 2 is more banging and more enjoyable than Disc 1.

          Yoshiesque Two - the Disc 1 is very well put together, but is mostly deep house. Although the intro to Disc 2 (Finally) needs to be skipped, it then builds to some excellent peak-time prog later on.

          LT42 Blasted off CD1 of GU13 this morning to get the engine going. Hasn’t aged a day really. Tremendous.

          Yes Liqui, yes!

            Disc 2 of Digweed’s Fabric - because even though it doesn’t exist, unlike the Disc 1 at least I didn’t waste my time and money on it.

            Have just been enjoying Cape Town disk two.

            hugopal Northern Exposure 2 - Disc 2 is more banging and more enjoyable than Disc 1.

            I usually agree with Hugo’s music takes but this one is as wrong as wrong can be!

                James Lavelle Romania Disc 2 better than Disc 1.

                Prove me wrong!

                You would have to time travel back to 2004 and fish it out of your bin.

                  I have such fond memories of Rhouses defending that release with such gusto. Less than a year later we found out that GU had gone bankrupt and that Barcelona was the first of several court ordered releases, the purposes of which were to generate capital to pay back the parties they ripped off, one of which was John Digweed.

                    zackster you’re surely only responding to try and justify your original post, either ignoring or being obtuse regarding any instances which might go against it.

                    And what of the aforementioned Yoshiesque Two?

                        Imagine being one of those people who collected all the ‘longbox’ editions and therefore had to put up with Lavelle - Bangkok on your shelves, as though you were into it.

                        hugopal NE Disc 1 (or East Cost in my world) is the best S&D mix of all time.

                        I’ve actually never heard Yoshiesque. I know it is highly rated by many on here.

                            zackster Both Yoshiesque’s are brilliant.

                            A far cry from the absolute embarrassment that was GU Moscow.

                              benson I don’t think so, but I could be wrong. Iircc the story was pieced together from various articles and quotes. Some notable moments I remember are as follows:

                              1. Puff piece on Andy Horseface being at the helm of GU. Hidden inside was a bit about James heading to Japan(?) to coach soccer. In retrospect he was clearly getting the fuck out of Dodge before the shit hit the fan.
                              2. Article in Dj or Mixmag about GU being acquired by Ministry of Sound. I think this was where most the concrete facts came from. Said they went bankrupt, money was owed ex ex…
                              3. Digweed was asked about working with GU again and he said something about them being boat buying wankers, and that he never saw a dime for Hong Kong or L.A.

                              There was definitely more, but those are the three things that stand out in my mind.