Didn't Hugo already remaster these?

He's probably made a better a job of it and all...

A pity Babies I and Razz are not included. But it's all just bells and whistles, hopefully it leads up to a proper physical box with unheard songs/recordings for us.

Are Ansaphone (non-demo) and That Boy's Evil the only B-Sides not on streaming, as they were left off the deluxe editions?

Pip wrote:

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From the video screenshots on Twitter it looks like an AI upscale rather than a genuine remaster from the original film/VT materials.

Would be nice to think they would be able to find the original film elements for some videos (Babies, Razzmatazz, This Is Hardcore etc) and re-transfer them for a genuine upgrade, but I'm highly doubtful.

The main issue I have with these 'upscales' as they often remove throw the baby out with the bath water by smoothing out details (particularly on faces) and introducing artefacts by oversharpening edges to a ridiculous degree. Plus too many people don't understand the importance of interlacing and frame rates.

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 Stealing Hugo's whole thing, then - he's already put a lot of work into reproducing tons of Pulp videos in higher fidelity. I doubt a rival AI upscale of Pulp could create any better results than what he's already done.

If it's a genuine remaster then fantastic, if it's not then don't pass it off as one. Especially as you're absolutely right, AI upscales generally look like dogwank.

Eamonn wrote:

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Are Ansaphone (non-demo) and That Boy's Evil the only B-Sides not on streaming, as they were left off the deluxe editions?

-- Edited by Eamonn on Friday 2nd of June 2023 03:26:01 PM

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B-side versions of Tomorrow Never Lies and Cocaine Socialism; the extended versions of Live Bed Show and The Fear; the alternate mixes of Disco 2000 and A Little Soul; the acoustic tracks from the Pete Aherne show; F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. live; the 'bad cover versions' of Sorted and Disco 2000; and all the dance mixes, many of which are absolutely great, including a few only ever released on vinyl... there's a fair amount that isn't currently available. The deluxe editions also featured slightly edited versions of Your Sister's Clothes and The End of the Line version of This Is Hardcore, hopefully the proper versions of those will be rereleased. I'll be really interested to see what happens with the multi-format singles, whether we get CD1 and CD2 releases, or all the tracks in a new EP release. If I were doing it, I'd throw in all the international B-sides as well... and the radio edits!

I've seen the official remaster for Lipgloss, and, indeed, it's completely an AI upscale... i compared their remaster with mine's and god... (now with the experience i can do it better for this video) the official don't looks HD at all, it's a weird
thing... and it looks very artificial. I'm working on remasters like a year, so, i learned lots of tricks so now i can do it even better than the first time. In fact, i will make a NEW one, to see a real comparison between their's and mine. It would be CRAZY if universal figures out my work and we can do someting together but we all know this will never happen.

PD: i take advantage of this moment to say that i'm looking for more VHS tapes for remasters, more details, email me

hugomrtnzz wrote:

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I've seen the official remaster for Lipgloss, and, indeed, it's completely an AI upscale... i compared their remaster with mine's and god... (now with the experience i can do it better for this video) the official don't looks HD at all, it's a weird
thing... and it looks very artificial. I'm working on remasters like a year, so, i learned lots of tricks so now i can do it even better than the first time. In fact, i will make a NEW one, to see a real comparison between their's and mine. It would be CRAZY if universal figures out my work and we can do someting together but we all know this will never happen.

 

PD: i take advantage of this moment to say that i'm looking for more VHS tapes for remasters, more details, email me

 

-- Edited by hugomrtnzz on Saturday 3rd of June 2023 08:16:37 AM

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 All this must take you ages! Great commitment and the results are superb. Thank you for doing them.

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We're rooting for you!

I hope you don't get copyright-striked instead...

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 I didn't mention my yt channel so they don't know anything, i sent them a Google Drive link with lipgloss 4K 50fps test

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Wow, I thought Hugo was remastering videos in some kind of artificial intelligence program.

-- Edited by Anna on Sunday 4th of June 2023 06:46:38 PM

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Yes i do, but i know how to control it in order to have the best possible results

lipglossed wrote:

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Announced on Twitter!

Pulp on Twitter: "Does this turn you on? All your favourite Pulp singles from the @IslandRecords period are coming to your favourite streaming platforms. Lipgloss EP available now & remastered video coming soon. A new EP will be added each week. https://t.co/QPhOPWinyI @UMRecordings @UMG https://t.co/mxlwNEsQjU" / Twitter

The video isn't up yet but will be soon. And the single is already on streaming services! Listed as 'Lipgloss EP', includes cover art and both of the B-sides.

A new one will be added each week...

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 I dont suppose there will be a physical set of these.  I have all the CDs from back in the day, but vinyl would be interesting.