Since this was published in 2004, at least half of these have been re-issued in 2LP format – but with mixed results. Sometimes the labels will just dump the CD master onto two platters, rather than mastering it properly, if the comment section of train-spotting, audiophile sickos on Discogs is to be believed.
The real tragedy is that even with the recent Critical Beatdown re-release, the second LP is all of the bonus tracks so we don’t get to benefit from any three songs per-side luxury. Even things like the first Tribe Called Quest album doesn’t benefit, as I played ‘Footprints’ on my beaten-up old version on one deck and the 2LP pressing on the other, only to discover that the single LP was a bit louder?! Turns out you have to track down the bleedin’ UK ‘We Can Get Down’ / ‘Clap Your Hands’ EP to get a version suitable for public airing in your local speakeasy.
Taken from Elemental Magazine, Vol. 6 Issue 60.