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Title: Great album - still a classic
Review: This is a great album, a short sharp punch that contains everything that was good about early punk. It has politics, ethos and humour in spades. However, I do still have the vinyl alternative tentacles version of Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death album and must say that this Manifesto release on 180gr vinyl could be considered somewhat flat in comparison. While the packaging is excellent and worthy of the "Deluxe" tag I feel that the mix does NOT give the music space to breathe. This is punk rock and the bass and drums is where the dynamic of the music is most heard and on this release it's all a bit homogenised or flat sounding. However, getting an original version of this album is all but out of the question these days so this is as good as we've got available and I'm happy to have it. The songs are great but they could have made this on 120gr vinyl and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference - a waste of 60grams of vinyl - but still a classic.
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