There are some sounds to hear News Posted by Ian Symes on 7th August 2025, 12:56 As is now traditional in the post-TOS world, we have once again learned of a new Red Dwarf product via the medium of someone from the G&T community happening to spot it for sale somewhere. In this case, it was Si who alerted us to an audiobook release of the television soundtracks of Series 1-VIII. As someone who used to balance a tape recorder in front of the TV so that I could listen to my favourite episodes on my Walkman on the rare occasions I was forced to leave the house, I can definitely see the appeal. Whether it’s strictly a necessary purchase in an era when you can listen to the soundtrack to any episode, with bonus accompanying pictures, simply by opening up iPlayer on your phone, is another matter. The artwork is pretty neat, certainly more appealing than the forthcoming Bluray set. I always shudder when I see the cut-off-W-and-A version of the logo, but putting that aside, the background looks nice, the layout is optimal, and the chopped up publicity photos used are both from the correct era. It’s potentially a little jarring to have Rob Grant’s name up the top on the second set, when he actually wrote less than half of the episodes contained, but the alternative of including caveats and potentially having to name all the Series VII writers is much too convoluted. However, because the course of Red Dwarf announcements never runs smooth, I’m hugely distracted by the abysmal quality of the product description blurb. It has more than a slight whiff of AI about it, but regardless of that, whichever humans signed off on these clearly don’t give two shits for quality control. The Series 1-IV listing opens with: ‘Smeghead!’, ‘Gazpacho!’, ‘Marigold with blue?!’ Re-live these iconic moments and more as the laugh-out-loud TV soundtrack of one of the greatest TV comedies of all time is available to listen to for the first time as a download. The word “smeghead” is not an iconic moment, no matter how many exclamation marks you put on the end. At no point in the show does anyone say exclaim “Gazpacho!”, it’s either “gazpacho soup” or “Mr. Gazpacho!”. No inaccuracies in the third quote, but what a bizarre choice. Meanwhile, over on the Series V-VIII release: Smoke me a kipper and I’ll be back for breakfast! The crew of the deep space mining ship, Red Dwarf, return! Alphabetti Spaghetti! Duane Dibley and Ace Rimmer are here, along with a legion of hilarious new villains and heroes to hinder, help and generally create havoc for the beleaguered crew trying to get home. Jesus wept. The most iconic catchphrase of the series, and they go and blow it like a biggun. Also, THAT’S NOT HOW YOU SPELL DIBBLEY. We don’t ask for much, just for someone who actually knows the show to cast an eye over these things. We have fallen a long, long way since the Ellard years. He would never have allowed the concluding paragraph of these listings to go out. First airing in 1989, Red Dwarf was ranked 80th in 2019 by Empire magazine on a list of the 100 best TV shows of all time. It won an International Emmy Award in the ‘Popular Arts’ category and ‘Best BBC Comedy Series’ at the British Comedy Awards. Since airing, there have been 12 series of the show, a 2020 film (The Promised Land) as well as The Red Dwarf Smegmazine. I don’t know what’s more alarming – not knowing what year the series started, or the concept of a dedicated “smegmazine”. The comic strips in that are presumably much more graphic than the Smegazine. The sloppiness continues; the Series V-VIII listing claims that the writers are Doug Naylor and Danny John-Jules, while further down the page it credits Kim Fuller and Paul Alexander as writers for Series VII, but not Robert Llewellyn or James Hendrie, and no acknowledgement of Paul co-writing two episodes of VIII. In the main body of both listings, Llewellyn is missing one its Ls. Individually, these are mostly minor errors, but the sum of their parts leaves the whole project feeling slapdash. Nobody cared enough to give this a proper proof read. Why should we care about the release? Anyway. Both sets are released on 20th November. They cost a staggering £31.99 each on Audible, although Google Play are listing an RRP of £16 apiece, with a pre-order price of £14.50. I’m not sure whether I’ll bother, personally – if there was a physical release, I’d definitely get it, but spending money on something you don’t need, just for the sake of owning it, doesn’t have the same appeal with digital media. It would feel more essential if there turns out to be some added narration to aid comprehension of action sequences and physical comedy, but that would take both budget and effort, neither of which are abundantly available these days.
Come on, be fair, it must have taken them some effort to strip out all the em dashes and emoji laden bullet points.
Was that written by the person who was kicked out of a Peter Kay gig for shouting ‘garlic bread!’ repeatedly? (“I just can’t understand it, all I said was garlic bread. That’s my favourite joke of his“) Change the bulb!
No inaccuracies in the third quote Actually there is a small one! The correct quote is “Marigolds with blue”, plural, which the Smega-Drive has right, but it’s singular in the iPlayer subs. But I guess it’s forgivable compared to the others. (Also Danny might have just misspoken when he delivered the line, because marigold is a colour; marigolds are flowers.) I’m not sure whether I’ll bother, personally – if there was a physical release, I’d definitely get it, but spending money on something you don’t need, just for the sake of owning it, doesn’t have the same appeal with digital media. Oh, but what about for the sake of reviewing it? “New” Red Dwarf releases aren’t so common nowadays, can a fansite afford to turn down such a golden opportunity… ? OK, the answer is probably yes, but really the BBC should send you free review copies.
We would happily accept review copies if they were forthcoming, but we seem to have dropped off the list. We used to get everything up to and including the Series X DVD (all of which obviously I bought proper copies of anyway), but nothing since then. With the old cost of living the way it is, I’m already worried about having to pay for Sin Bin Island and the new boxset within a short space of time, let alone this on top.
We would happily accept review copies if they were forthcoming, but we seem to have dropped off the list. We used to get everything up to and including the Series X DVD (all of which obviously I bought proper copies of anyway), but nothing since then. With the old cost of living the way it is, I’m already worried about having to pay for Sin Bin Island and the new boxset within a short space of time, let alone this on top. Totally fair. Out of those three upcoming releases, the soundtracks are definitely the least interesting (and the only ones that are purely digital). If there turns out to be more unique about them and they’re not just the unedited audio from the TV episodes, then you always have the option of looking at them at a future date when there are fewer things with attached expenses coming out. This sort of thing does make me wonder about the possibility of occasionally doing a modest G&T Appeciation Crowdfunder, so that you’d just have a little more wiggle room to make these kinds of extra purchases that have site content potential but aren’t necessarily justifiable as personal expenses. (Unused funds could be put towards server costs, or you could just not crowdfund again until you’ve used up the amount.) I understand not wanting to cross that line though – it does create a sense of obligation even if there are no literal obligations attached.
(Also Danny might have just misspoken when he delivered the line, because marigold is a colour; marigolds are flowers.) Ah, but you know what marigolds (plural) also are? Washing up gloves! Which gives a new spin on Cat’s delirium.
I just woke up and I’m disoriented but I genuinely do not understand what this product is supposed to be.
I asked ChatGPT… Generate an engaging marketing description for a digital release of the television soundtracks of Red Dwarf Series I-IV. It should start with some iconic quotes from the show, leading into a summary of series synopsis, incorporating the names of the main characters and their actors, and teasers of some of the adventures contained within. End with some basic facts and figures about the show and its success. The whole thing should be no more than 2000 characters. The response: “Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast!” “It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere…” “I am not smegging Elvis!” Get ready to take a trip three million years into deep space with the long-awaited digital release of the iconic Red Dwarf soundtracks from Series I–IV. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or new to the adventures of the last human alive, this release captures the sonic essence of one of Britain’s most beloved sci-fi comedies. Set aboard the mining ship Red Dwarf, the series follows Dave Lister (Craig Charles), a curry-loving slob who wakes from stasis to discover he’s the last surviving human in the universe. His only companions? A hologram of his dead bunkmate, the insufferably neurotic Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie); a lifeform evolved from his pet cat, the preening and fashion-obsessed Cat (Danny John-Jules); and Holly, the ship’s gloriously senile computer (Norman Lovett & Hattie Hayridge). From battling genetically engineered lifeforms and outwitting rogue simulants, to being turned into a robot or lost in a parallel dimension where Lister’s a woman, Series I–IV contain some of the show’s most beloved and bizarre adventures — all backed by a uniquely British, synth-heavy soundtrack that defined an era. Now, for the first time, these soundscapes — from ambient corridors to crashing derelict ships — are available in pristine digital quality. Re-live classic moments like the Polymorph encounter, the despair squid, and the unforgettable “Rimmer Experience” with the music that brought deep space lunacy to life. First broadcast in 1988, Red Dwarf has won multiple International Emmys, sold millions of DVDs, and amassed a loyal cult following across the globe. With over 70 episodes, it remains one of the longest-running and most innovative sci-fi comedies of all time. Engage the drive plates. Crank up the volume. It’s smegging time. Not a million miles off, is it?
It would feel more essential if there turns out to be some added narration to aid comprehension of action sequences and physical comedy
Piss Poor for something pointless. Still if some people want to buy, doug rob and others deserve the royalties for the original genius of it all. So then G&Ters if, under Ian’s oh so believable prediction, these contain no new narration, i ask the question… What’s the most visual scene from I-VIII which to the ears only of a soundtrack first time listener that would make no sense whatsoever? It would have to be something that generates a lot of laughter or the plot hinges on it with no verbal discussion relevant to it wouldnt it. I can think of jokes like the skutter V up yours that are totally lost,
Piss Poor for something pointless. Still if some people want to buy, doug rob and others deserve the royalties for the original genius of it all. So then G&Ters if, under Ian’s oh so believable prediction, these contain no new narration, i ask the question… What’s the most visual scene from I-VIII which to the ears only of a soundtrack first time listener that would make no sense whatsoever? It would have to be something that generates a lot of laughter or the plot hinges on it with no verbal discussion relevant to it wouldnt it. I can think of jokes like the skutter V up yours that are totally lost, Boxer shorts scene in Polymorph?
The artwork is pretty neat, certainly more appealing than the forthcoming Bluray set. Shots fired, Dave.
Piss Poor for something pointless. Still if some people want to buy, doug rob and others deserve the royalties for the original genius of it all. So then G&Ters if, under Ian’s oh so believable prediction, these contain no new narration, i ask the question… What’s the most visual scene from I-VIII which to the ears only of a soundtrack first time listener that would make no sense whatsoever? It would have to be something that generates a lot of laughter or the plot hinges on it with no verbal discussion relevant to it wouldnt it. I can think of jokes like the skutter V up yours that are totally lost, Boxer shorts scene in Polymorph? Of course it springs to mind immediately. But that much laughter, talk about it being a shape changer, lister dialogue about getting his boxers off and rimmers, “you’ll bonk anything” I think at least conjures a picture of such a bizzare scene involving removing undies and why.
The final punchline of justice doesn’t work? or is there an arrgh or a clang on that? If they do have anything extra in audio detail, you can listen for 7.99 (or 8.99 maybe) a month which gets you into a lot of audible stuff. With a free trail you can check them out with and cancel etc. But i agree they probably wont. Manuel is quite good on the fawlty towers ones back in the day.
This bit will be riveting: Ditto the Kryten hand scene in Terrorform. You start off with one half of the conversation spoken allowed. And then none of it.
Who is this for? There is definite appeal to being able to listen to a TV show as an audiobook, especially one that’s heavy on dialogue. That’s why there have been so many releases like this for classic Doctor Who – and not only the serials that are lost either. However, as you say it is crucial that there’s some added value if they’re going to be charging this much for it. Ideally both added narration and cuts to make purely visual bits not just seem like gaps, but at least one or the other. Otherwise you might as well just rip the audio off the DVDs for free and listen to that on your commute. If they do have anything extra in audio detail, you can listen for 7.99 (or 8.99 maybe) a month which gets you into a lot of audible stuff. With a free trail you can check them out with and cancel etc. Very good point. If you’re eligible for a free trial, you can use your first credit for one of the soundtracks and then get the other for the member price of £7.99, both for keeps. So it is viable to get them cheaper.
The artwork is pretty neat, certainly more appealing than the forthcoming Bluray set. Shots fired, Dave. In fairness Ian was probably talking about the initial Blu-Ray artwork and not the totally different completely transformed revised version. Jokes aside though, I do actually really like the artwork for this new audio release. It feels like something that could actually have been made at the time, but also nice and shiny and modern. I would buy them if they were CDs.
This bit will be riveting: Ditto the Kryten hand scene in Terrorform. You start off with one half of the conversation spoken allowed. And then none of it. All good points & yes the hand scene is a fail, so they don’t even explain the resolution of the life form onboard do they verbally.
The artwork is pretty neat, certainly more appealing than the forthcoming Bluray set. Shots fired, Dave. “Can I have a H please Bob?” “Certainly. What H is a complete and total smeghead?”
The ending of Justice is going to sound like Lister talking to himself on the bog just before dropping a massive shit.
Glad to hear it wasn’t just me that recorded the audio of episodes onto tapes. I also owned officially released audio versions of the first two series of The League of Gentlemen. Those bits of writing are so bad I couldn’t even bare to read them after the first one and a half extract.
The basketball boner scene in Pete will be great with no video. The time wand scene will likely be funnier without the shitty performance.
That’s where your imagination comes in! That was the whole joy of listening to the recorded tapes as a kid, it was like the episodes are playing in your head. Obviously, the “joy” I speak of is a “results may vary” kind of deal when we’re talking about series 8 but still.
Also Danny might have just misspoken when he delivered the line, because marigold is a colour; marigolds are flowers.) Ah, but you know what marigolds (plural) also are? Washing up gloves! Which gives a new spin on Cat’s delirium. Are you thinking of Cat burbling on about paisley stripes etc. in Dimension Jump? The marigolds line is from Queeg. He is literally talking about a pair of rubber gloves.
Piss Poor for something pointless. Still if some people want to buy, doug rob and others deserve the royalties for the original genius of it all. So then G&Ters if, under Ian’s oh so believable prediction, these contain no new narration, i ask the question… What’s the most visual scene from I-VIII which to the ears only of a soundtrack first time listener that would make no sense whatsoever? It would have to be something that generates a lot of laughter or the plot hinges on it with no verbal discussion relevant to it wouldnt it. I can think of jokes like the skutter V up yours that are totally lost, Having recorded the things onto audio myself in the 1990s, it has to be the ‘Taranshula’ scene in Terrorform. I had to narrate that one myself!
Glad to hear it wasn’t just me that recorded the audio of episodes onto tapes. I also owned officially released audio versions of the first two series of The League of Gentlemen. Those bits of writing are so bad I couldn’t even bare to read them after the first one and a half extract. Weren’t the LOG tapes the radio series, as opposed to the TV Series though? So they were made for that format. And we’re different, too? With Mr. Ingleby and all that?
Glad to hear it wasn’t just me that recorded the audio of episodes onto tapes. I also owned officially released audio versions of the first two series of The League of Gentlemen. Those bits of writing are so bad I couldn’t even bare to read them after the first one and a half extract. Weren’t the LOG tapes the radio series, as opposed to the TV Series though? So they were made for that format. And we’re different, too? With Mr. Ingleby and all that? No, I’m talking about the CDs that were literally just the audio from the TV shows. Each series had its own release.
Can’t wait for them to be released as official downloads for the first time, assuming they haven’t already. “Are you a local?”, “Wife!”, “Nine Maverick bars!”
The hair-eating virus from Pete is another that’ll have the audience seemingly just laughing at some terrible music. The climax of White Hole will be exceptionally dull. Of course none of this will be an issue because they know the only people who’ll buy these are fans who’ll know the TV series inside out.
The climax of White Hole will be exceptionally dull. I don’t know, White Hole was one of the episodes on my home-made compilation Red Dwarf Gold, and it worked OK. The sound effects combined with Rimmer’s little bits of commentary, followed by the debrief afterwards, do a reasonable job of conveying the basics of what happens. But you’re right, there’s going to be dozens, possibly even hundreds of moments where things won’t make sense without editing and/or commentary. Even a dialogue-heavy, low action episode like Duct Soup has the moment at the end where they drop down into the same room they set off from, and Kryten turns the map the other way round. The more I think about it, the more this seems like a terrible idea. Unless they surprise us with brand new narration to smooth everything over – which surely they would have mentioned in the blurb if they were doing that – they’re asking people to pay at least £29 (or to get a subscription to a premium service and then pay a little extra on top) for a series of stories that will make little to no sense in and of themselves. I really fear that they’re just going to be putting out unedited audio rips of videos that are available online, legally, for free.
Not sure it’s been pointed out yet but if we’re chronicling all of the errors with the blurb then the “Alphabetti Spaghetti” quote is on the wrong set as well
There was also a point about it taking 4,000 years to turn around that sounds like this is still going on and wasn’t resolved before the end of episode 2.
That little detail is the biggest giveaway of AI involvement, for me. I can’t see a human deciding that this tiny detail, mentioned in one line of dialogue and completely irrelevant to the rest of the series, needs to be included in the blurb, but not bother double checking the year of the first broadcast, or making sure the iconic quotes were correct.
I’m going to buy them, and then listen to them, along with the I player which im going to watch on a seperate i pad with the sound off and describe the pictures to myself outloud as i go along… while driving.
The beginning of Stoke isn’t going to make any sense at all, is it? The flying croc, the message in the sky, the Germans with subtitles.
i’ve never understood the music cue for the blue midget dance. the story doug seems to be telling on the doco is that they had some perfectly good music, but danny thought it was naff and replaced it with the hip and cool asda advert we got instead the intimation seemed to be that danny’s idea of ‘cool music’ is actually musical theatre cues and therefore the complete opposite have i got that right?
But Doug’s idea of perfectly good music in those episodes was to have sex scenes scored like Bill & Ted were air-guitaring their approval.
Releases like this fascinate me in this day and age. It’s not difficult now to rip audio tracks from digital copies. I brought the Blackadder audio CDs some years ago and though series 3 worked fairly well, series 1 in particular was nonsensical. I know the episodes so well that I could fill in the gaps, but I wonder how someone coming to these for the first time would feel. But as Blackadder is (for the most part) very verbose, it got away with it. The Only Fools & Horses audios were selected, early 30 minute episodes that were pretty self-explanatory. Unless these are going to be like the classic Doctor Who soundtracks (coupled with narration to explain the action), I can actually see these being a disaster once you get into series V and VI. It’s so visual, moments like the ‘taranshula’ scene wouldn’t work at all. And I imagine the first exposure to ‘Backwards’ through audio would be a disorienting experience. BBC Studios may as well spend some money on audio descriptions on iPlayer and then release the audio to those…? I’m just not sure who this release is for.
I think the target audience is me when I start work before the store opens and I’m allowed to wear earbuds for two hours.
BBC Studios may as well spend some money on audio descriptions on iPlayer and then release the audio to those…? I’m just not sure who this release is for. I really don’t think the appeal is that unfathomable. As has been suggested (literally by Moonlight as I was writing out this reply), it’s targeted at people who would enjoy getting to re-experience their favourite episodes of Red Dwarf in contexts where they’d usually only be able to listen to podcasts or audiobooks. Yes, iPlayer with audio description would technically provide the same or similar content, but would you be happy to just leave your phone fully unlocked and livestreaming video in your pocket for the duration of your morning jog? What about while driving? A proper audio release is just a less awkward thing. Yes, you could in theory get around the issues by downloading an audio described feed from iPlayer (if it existed), converting it to mp3 and putting it on your device, but you could do that with the video version too, and digital releases of that still exist. It’s possible that they are planning to add the extra narration, if this has it, as audio description for iPlayer, but using it in a commercial product as well makes it less of a money sink. Whether it’s actually good value or likely to be successful is another matter of course, but it’s definitely not pointless.
I’m just not sure who this release is for. The fandom. Its likely incredibly cheap to produce for a quick buck.
Any moment now this will spontaneously devolve into the return of that butter thread from like 12 years ago.
I’m going to buy them, and then listen to them, along with the I player which im going to watch on a seperate i pad with the sound off and describe the pictures to myself outloud as i go along… while driving.
I can do that thing that’s supposedly impressive where you can name a song instantly from hearing a split second of its intro, I wonder how quickly I could recognise episodes. I heard one second of helicopter noises coming from my roommate’s phone and immediately went “Unknown Soldier, Breaking Benjamin” and he was like “what the fuck”. The secret is it’s not hard.
SmegOrRama – Guess whether the quote is from Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers or Arthur C. Clarke’s hard SF novel Rendezvous with Rama.
SmegOrRama – Guess whether the quote is from Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers or that show all those Simpsons writers fucked off to right around the time it started to really go downhill.
SmegOrRama – Guess whether the quote is from Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers or that show all those Simpsons writers fucked off to right around the time it started to really go downhill. The Critic? (he said contrarily)
SmegOrAMa – Guess whether the quote is from Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers or a thing someone’s mum said once.
Just wanted to add… after almost a week I have finally read the title of this post with the correct Kryten cadence. Just call me thickie Holden.
Just wanted to add onto the brief discussion about Audible – I’ve noticed that these soundtrack releases will be coming to Libro.fm as well, and Libro have a deal – at least for the time being – where you get 3 credits for your free trial month, which means a new member could get both soundtracks and still have a credit left over. Obviously it might still not be worth it if the soundtracks are genuinely just unedited, ungarnished episode rips, but you can’t say fairer than free. Plus Libro.fm memberships are cheaper than Audible’s equivalent membership, they give part of your money to an independent bookshop of your choice, and the company doesn’t seem to be run by monopolistic tax avoiding cunts. I was motivated to move over in the wake of the whole Harry Potter audiobook announcement. Hopefully the app is good.
I’ve never used Audible, but after buying something on Amazon a couple of years ago I’ve received the same unappealing introductory offer worded in an impressive variety of ways in my spam folder on a regular basis. I’ve resisted the allure so far.
In yesteryear I would have recommended it as the only place you could get the unabridged Red Dwarf audiobooks digitally, but now you can get them on iTunes too, so…
How will the chase in Back To Reality be on this? Are you going to get the transition from the hallucinations to them running round and round in circles in Starbug? Or will it just seem like a chase on audio with no obvious reason to laugh at, eg, speed bumps? At least until such time as they realise they’ve all been hallucinating. I suspect it has provided more entertainment laughing at the concept of it on here than it will be bought, downloaded and enjoyed.
I’ve been a member of Audible since before Amazon acquired it in 2008 (surprised it’s that long ago…!) and it’s a good platform, lots of good extra stuff that comes with membership. Plus there’s some good exclusives like the Alan Partridge podcast. Also worth noting you can get audiobooks (and ebooks) from your local library via apps like BorrowBox so, technically, you should be able to listen to them for free though you’d probably have to request them.
I explicitly get my audiobooks via Google Play as they usually allow you to download a copy to keep without DRM (and will list as such on the store page). Buying is owning.
Pirating is also owning. But physical media is better. That’d be a right faff with audiobooks, though… getting flashbacks to the days of walking around town with a portable CD player in my coat pocket but having to hold it steady as I walk so it doesn’t skip.
Pirating is also owning. But physical media is better. That’d be a right faff with audiobooks, though… getting flashbacks to the days of walking around town with a portable CD player in my coat pocket but having to hold it steady as I walk so it doesn’t skip.
Another point, Audible usually has a “sample” button beneath its books that plays about 5 minutes of it for anyone looking at the page. Presumably these will appear for these at some point, so most questions people have should be able to be answered without anyone having to buy them.
That’d be a right faff with audiobooks, though… getting flashbacks to the days of walking around town with a portable CD player in my coat pocket but having to hold it steady as I walk so it doesn’t skip. You rip the CDs and put them on your 18 year old mp3 player.
I do worry that this will contribute to the epidemic of young people loudly playing the audio tracks of 90s sitcom episodes on the bus.
I do worry that this will contribute to the epidemic of young people loudly playing the audio tracks of 90s sitcom episodes on the bus. Better than playing 70s sitcom episodes On The Buses.
Pirating is also owning. But physical media is better. I’m a big collector of physical media, but no, DRM-free digital downloads are fine as far as media preservation goes. DRM-free also reduces the friction for piracy, though in those cases maybe you SHOULD feel bad if you can actually afford it.
I totally get why get physical media is king, but I’m just not bothered when it comes to books (audio or physical). I usually read about 120-150 books per year and I will probably only ever revisit 2 or 3 of those so I’m happy to pay for a service that allows me to get them with DRM but a bit more cheaply at the expense of not really “owning” them because, if they were physical books, I’d probably have given nearly all of them away after finishing them anyway. Obviously it’s slightly different with audiobooks but the chances are I’ll never listen to them again, anyway.
Yes, but that doesn’t justify the DRM in the first place. My Google Play purchases aren’t mandatory as downloads.
Better than playing 70s sitcom episodes On The Buses. You can always count on me to make full use of the hot new meme formats of… (when was it? Let me check)… (no, that can’t be right!)… 2007??
We’re all here posting on a fan site comments section and forum, that basically makes us all eligible for bus passes.
There are samples of both releases on Spotify. Seems like it is just the unedited audio then. https://open.spotify.com/show/6exKksR8gw9fydbbrRZVfH?si=406dbf592d2843cf https://open.spotify.com/show/7ittCVRM6H7EqBP5araccY?si=a338da5cefce4647
Well, that’s disappointing. The fact that the samples are just the default “the 5 minutes at the beginning” rather than a curated choice doesn’t exactly exude love and care either. I guess it’s not technically impossible that they did edit the scenes where extended silences happen (which these opening scenes aren’t), but holding my breath on it seems like a bad idea.
A quote for the release perhaps: “Makes no sense at all” – Doug Naylor. https://youtu.be/R4X4Taxll7c?t=891
