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U.F.OFF - The Best Of The Orb
artist: The Orb
year: 1998
label: Island
catalog_no: cidd 8078/524 599 2
country: UK
discogsID: 485737
format:
2xCD
tracks:
1-1: The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Orbital Dance Mix) (8:10)
1-2: The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Seven Inch MK 1) (4:10)
1-3: The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix) (3:35)
1-4: The Orb - Blue Room (7" Mix) (4:01)
1-5: The Orb - Assassin (7" Mix) (3:41)
1-6: The Orb - Pomme Fritz (Meat 'N Veg) (7:12)
1-7: The Orb - Toxygene (7" Edit) (3:31)
1-8: The Orb - Outlands (LP Version) (6:10)
1-9: The Orb - Asylum (7" Edit) (3:56)
1-10: The Orb - Mickey Mars (7" Edit) (3:51)
1-11: The Orb - Towers Of Dub (Original Mix) (10:23)
1-12.1: The Orb - Pi (Part 1) (LP Version) (1:06)
1-12.2: The Orb - Oxbow Lakes (Unknown Mix) (8:38)
2-1: The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Live From Washington DC '97) (7:43)
2-2: The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Ultrabass II) (6:14)
2-3: The Orb - Pomme Fritz (Orb Remix) (6:25)
2-4: The Orb - Toxygene (Ganja Kru Remix) (6:27)
2-5: The Orb - Asylum (The Soulcatchers Mix) (7:12)
2-6: The Orb - Assassin (Chocolate Hills Of Bohol Mix) (1:15)
2-7: The Orb - O.O.B.E. (Pool Mix) (6:02)
2-8: The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld (Radio Version) (0:58)
2-9: The Orb - Blue Room (Ambient Mix) (10:00)
2-10: The Orb - Mickey Mars (Red X Mix) (9:16)
2-11: The Orb - Pi (Part 2) (Orb Remix) (0:27)
2-12: The Orb - Montagne D'Or (Der Gute Berg) (Vestax Mix) (6:27)




genres:
['Electronic']
styles:
['Downtempo', 'House', 'Dub', 'Techno', 'Ambient', 'Drum n Bass']
tags:
['Compilation', 'Limited Edition', 'Mixed']
notes:
Track 1-11 is also known as "Towers Of Dub (Ambient Mix)".

Designed at MadArk, London.

This is the 2CD version, limited to 15,000 copies. Disc One features only one previously unreleased track ('Mickey Mars'), the second disc has more rarities.
 
The finger on the sleeve belongs to Nick at Madark, but it's LX's ring.

Additional info:
1-1: Recorded live at Trancentral. Remixed at Berwick Street. 3,153,600,000 bpc (beats per century). Original version from [m=7119].
1-2: Engineered at Do Not Erase Studio, programmed at The Coach House. Labelled 'Dance Mix 2' and corrected in the tracklisting. Original version from [m=7119].
1-3: Original version from [m=7119].
1-4: Mixed at Matrix 4. Original version from [m=7221].
1-5: Programmed at Matrix 4. Mixed in Somewhere Studios, Tokyo, July '92. 
1-6: Recorded in Berlin & London 93/94. Mixed in No Name Studio. Taken from [m=7272].
1-7: Original version from [m=7401].
1-8: Recorded at Berwick Street. Programmed in Berlin at Lab Studios. Original version from [m=7119].
1-9: Labelled 'DJ Asylum' and corrected in the tracklisting. Taken from [m=7401].
1-10: Produced & mixed at Trident II. Previously unreleased.
1-11: Programmed at Sunsonic. Original version from [m=7221].
1-12: Consists of the track Pi, about 3½ minutes of silence and a hidden track: Oxbow Lakes (Unknown Mix). Taken from [m=7401].
2-1: Recorded live at the 9.30 Club. Original version from [m=7119].
2-2 Additional production & remix for Boys Own Productions. Original version from [m=7119].
2-3: Remixed at Back Passage '94. Original version from [m=7272].
2-5: Labelled 'DJ Asylum' and corrected in the tracklisting. Original version from [m=7401].
2-6: Mixed in Somewhere Studios, Tokyo, July '92. 
2-7: Programmed in Berlin. Mixed at Matrix 4 on carpets. Original version from [m=7221].
2-8: Recorded live at Trancentral, somewhere over the M23. Original version from [m=7119].
2-9: Mixed at Matrix 4. Taken from the Orb Mixes.
2-10: Produced & mixed at Trident II. Previously unreleased.
2-11: Remixed live August '98. Previously unreleased. Original version from [m=7401].
2-12: Previously unreleased. Original version from [m=7307].

Cat# on sticker is 524 599-2
Cat# on spine and back is 524 599 2

Publishing info:
CD1-1 & CD2-8: Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd/EG Music Ltd/BMG Music Publishing Ltd/Unforgettable Songs Ltd/Perfect Songs Ltd. ℗ 1991 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-2 & CD2-1: Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd/EG Music Ltd/BMG Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1991 & ℗ 1998 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-3 Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd/Copyright Control/EG Music Ltd/BMG Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1991 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-4 & CD2-9: EMI Virgin Music Ltd/Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd/Warner Chappell Music Ltd. ℗ 1992 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-5 & CD2-6: Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd/Purple Patch Music. ℗ 1992 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-6 & CD2-3: Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd/Flow Publishing/BMG Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1994 & ℗ 1998 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-7: Chrysalis Music Ltd/Polygram Music Publishing Ltd/Perfect Songs Ltd. ℗ 1997 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-8: Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd/Flow Publishing/BMG Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1991 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-9: Chrysalis Music Ltd/Polygram Music Publishing Ltd/Purple Patch Music/Flow Publishing/BMG Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1997 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-10 & CD2-10: Polygram Music Publishing Ltd/Chrysalis Music Ltd/Flow Publishing/BMG Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1998 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-11: Flow Publishing/BMG Music Publishing Ltd./Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd. ℗ 1992 Island Records Ltd.
CD1-12 & CD2-11: Chrysalis Music Ltd/Polygram Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1997 & ℗ 1998 Island Records Ltd.
CD2-2: Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd. ℗ 1991 Island Records Ltd.
CD2-4: Chrysalis Music Ltd/Polygram Music Publishing Ltd/Copyright Control ℗ 1997 Island Records Ltd.
CD2-5: Chrysalis Music Ltd/Polygram Music Publishing Ltd/Perfect Songs Ltd./BMG Music Publishing Ltd. ℗ 1997 Island Records Ltd.
CD2-7: Flow Publishing/BMG Music Publishing Ltd./Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd. ℗ 1992 Island Records Ltd.
CD2-12: Copyright Control/Flow Publishing/BMG Music Publishing Ltd./Orb Music/Big Life Music Ltd. ℗ 1998 Island Records Ltd.

This compilation ℗ 1998 Island Records Ltd. © 1998 Island Records Ltd. A Polygram company. The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Island Records Ltd.