Neither is 'Thieves Like Us Instrumental 'in that case.

i like it, its an excellent song,

and this instrumental would make a good start for an extended version,
to add the vocals back into..

hmmmmm........

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update a very quick and dirty attempt
to add some lyrics back.

the instrumental is 6 bpm faster than the album version,
so the vocals sound sped up.




later
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Edited by user 28 November 2022 16:23:49(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

My as well post this while we're here (two tracks)

Edited by user 05 December 2022 10:52:22(UTC)  | Reason: YT vid added

Just noticed this myself.

Hooky mentions that the sleeve was sealed in tracing paper and you had to rip the sleeve open. He mentioned this back in one of his Jack chats a coup,e of years ago.
Don’t think that’s correct is it? Unless the first prints were like that? I think the sleeve was just a wraparound, wasn’t it? No damage required?


Also, it might just be me, but there’s something weird in the way Gillian is sitting that makes her arms look really short.
Anyone else think this?

You didn't get the tracing paper outer sleeve? Like in the images here, which make the outer images of Steve and Gillian less clear than the inner sleeve images of Hook and Sumner?
No track listing for you on the back? No "Order New" titling on the front?

Yes it had all the above but didn't have to be ripped open. Should have said tracing paper sleeve.

It's quite possible his memory is being influenced by Factory's sandpaper sleeve for the return of the Durutti Column album.

"A very Factory thing to do..."

Edited by user 16 December 2022 04:17:08(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

No. Hook's memory is faulty here (as usual). The tracing paper was never joined or perforated. It folds neatly inside the cover and the photo credits are printed on the flap tucked into the back. I'm amazed they'd let a (former) band member state an incorrect fact like that in the video, unless the thinking is "don't correct him, leave it in there to make him look silly."

Edited by user 16 December 2022 07:11:02(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Well, I doubt that any of the other three have even seen Hooky's contribution to pull him up on it.

It seems likely that the producers made the error, and I think it probably is a mistake rather than something deliberate. It's probably that the person creating the video, or interviewing Hooky, didn't know he was wrong. After all, the people behind the video possibly have never owned or seen the original vinyl LP (possibly too young, given that it's almost 40 years ago).

I mean, look at me, I'm as much of a super-fan as you're likely to find, and even I was a bit sketchy on the fine details of this release (I knew it was tracing paper, but doubted the 'ripping' part).

(Incidentally, I have never owned a vinyl copy of the LP. I had the standard cassette first, then the linen box variant, then the original Factory CD and finally the Rhino collectors CD when that was released years later).

Thanks. Will look out for that issue in town tomorrow. Bit odd they didn't save a BLT demo til the Brotherhood box

There’s a couple of tracks available on Spotify.

Love Vigilantes (TV pitch instrumental edit) and The Perfect Kiss (Writing Session Recording).

I see this post every time I load this page of the thread

I think an important distinction to make regarding the vocals on "Love Vigilantes TV Pitch Instrumental" is that they're a melodic element to the song. Barney's voice on "Thieves Like Us
Instrumental" is more like a voice sample. I would consider "Murder" an instrumental, for instance, even though it contains voices.

Yeah, the "Come in". I forgot about the "Oohs". Definitely not an instrumental! The same goes for "Turning Point' by Electronic.