You enter a rental car / airbnb / mate's flat / whatever... there is no cell reception or FM single. Which one you reaching for?
GU 007
Balance 005
Random Mixed Comp Poll Made Without Prejudice or Agenda
GU007 sounds very dated nowadays.
Perfecto Fluoro stands up much better as a historic Oakey comp.
Actually, Balance 005 sounds very dated too, in that it was a snapshot of a brief period when James Holden was ‘listenable’.
As soon as i sit down in the rental car, i slide my drivetime anthems cd in the player and go straight for ace of spades, z!
Lack of Disk 2 option will be the death of this thread.
Bloody hell. Not again. I always wonder when people start this particular thread, do they ever think, have we done this one before? And they think, no, this is worth a punt. Those with concussion that is.
I suspect Zacko might be fishing
All we’re missing is Jonathan Yeah to write an honest appraisal of both discs for the full groundhog day effect.
Disc 1 of Balance 005 is fantastic, I was so surprised at how good it was at the time. Still holds up. But disc 2 is a bit weak, albeit with a few great tracks.
GU007 is an all time classic though. Not fussed about the mixing etc, it’s all about the great tracks on both discs .
Always thought 007 was a mix of some good tracks badly put together. Sure I remember hearing Oakey fucked up the mix so bad they had to get some guy in the office to do it, which sounds about right.
Never listened to the balance mix as the essential mix was enough to put me off listening to him ever again. He clearly didn’t know what he was doing. Have been tempted to listen to it after the comments on here, but when some of those people really rate 007 it does make me think I’d be wasting my time.
Balance 5 was amazing at the time. Agree it has aged somewhat but still a great example of the mixed comp genre
Mad_Cyril Disc2 on GU013 is better.
Weeds.