Why don't you try Audacity? It's free. But I'm not sure Audacity support USB input. I suppose you can't use stereo input with your record player? 

It's definitely best if you can do a simple USB to USB. If you have to use a 3.5mm line out you can get hum.

Make sure the levels/volume in Audacity don't top out (start hitting the lines at the top), as that will give you distortion.

Personally I wouldn't worry about Wav vs Flac vs MP3 for something like this, you won't be able to tell the difference as long as the MP3 is at least 192 (320 to be safe).

-- Edited by HoltbyCity on Saturday 28th of February 2026 08:06:59 PM

Finally picked-up the vinyl from Rough Trade this afternoon.

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Enjoyed these - Marrying For Love seems an updating of sorts of Modern Marriage. The intro instrumental is a little reminiscent of Save The Whale by Jarv Is... albeit quicker. At times the lyrics are hurried to fit the lines. I quite like the calypso-esque rhythm. Chorus is near Jarvis' upper range, maybe could have been taken down a semi-tone or two. Enjoyed the repeated title line pay-off of the final part, strong melody and made me want to listen to the song again whereas I wasn't sure a minute earlier in the track.

Cold Call On The Hotline - wonderful to hear simple but nagging synth riffs pushed to the front of a Pulp song. Ansaphone is one of my favourite Pulp songs so this chimes quite nicely. The multi-tracked vocals and cheap keys backing of the chorus reminds me of Blur b-sides circa 1994/'95.
Lyrically, we know Jarvis is quite comfortable utilising double meanings, puns and wordplay. This is stretched across a whole song on this occasion. You could argue that such trickery makes the narrator come across as a clever-clogs rather than someone being emotionally direct and honest (I think the comic writers Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith can be guilty of similar in their Inside Number 9 - "ha ha, another witty pun or in-joke") but I think most of these do work in thw context of the entire lyrics. 

Ultimately, they work best as B-sides, I can't see them striking the tone of most of the songs on More. But how wonderful to hear playful Pulp. I want MORE!

thanx for all the reviews, while we streaming only people are being left on the side of the road.

Its also possible they are delaying it a bit on streaming not to interfere with Begging for Change. Maybe after march 6 ? 

-- Edited by andy on Monday 2nd of March 2026 11:53:24 AM

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Just got mine. Listening for the first time now.

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Man Comes Around we've already talked about it, I like it but it goes on a bit.

Marrying for Love reminds me a bit of Baby's Coming Back To Me from the first solo record, but more lively. Nice rattly percussion. Pretty straight love song.

Cold Call on the Hot Line - imagine if the talking bit in the middle of Ansaphone was a full song! Lovely bingo organ melody from Candida.

Two proper B-sides, like B-sides are meant to be. Pretty satisfied with that!

My copy has a nasty scratch at the end of side B, don't know if anyone else has that? No tote bag for me either!

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Cold Call On The Hotline skips during the instrumental bridge of my copy. Does anyone know if Rough Trade's exchange policy is worthwhile? I don't want to be returning, paying postage, waiting for a replacement which may have the same issue etc.

It's on Soundcloud:

 

https://soundcloud.com/jake-cunnane/sets/man-comes-around-b-sides/s-wVLnHwESJT0?si=0933fb49eb77455592dfefeac17d9b15&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

 

 

I used this to download as MP3:

 

https://www.klickaud.org/en13

 

Thanx !

I really like Cold Call On The Hot Line, very nice album track or bside. It deserved a spot on More !

Marrying for love is a bside, right.

Well found, pulped. Saves me bothering to connect it all up again

there are "technical" issues

Well its a very limited release, 1500 copies and not sold out, so the probably of an upload is very low.

sad cause Cold Call is my new favorite Pulp song, would love it "more" if it was realeased on YT, like the two bonus tracks of the latest and boring Moz album

not released, my bad, uploaded by hardcore fans and that was easy cause it's from a digital edition

i've managed to record my copy. if any of you want the songs

PMed you

thank you again hugomrtnzz !

Cold Call... sounds like an outtake from This is Hardcore i'm loving it. Same warm sound.

Marrying... and i think someone said it earlier, sounds more like Jarv Is than Pulp. Feels more rushed with unpolished vocals, even unmixed or unfinished a bit but still a nice bside.

The Man Comes Around
Marrying...
Cold Call...
Begging for Changer
Open Strings

Nice batch of extra tracks. Now make that More Deluxe CD, Pulp, will ya :)

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i've managed to record my copy. if any of you want the songs

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I PMed you too! Thanks a lot.

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I'm sure they will be on streaming eventually, gotta be patient.

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I don't know, "Open Strings" was released over 6 months ago and still isn't. 

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I'm sure they will be on streaming eventually, gotta be patient.

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I don't know, "Open Strings" was released over 6 months ago and still isn't. 

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For the deluxe More ? 

I'd like to hear how basic Spike Island was before James knocked it into shape. It's one of the few Pulp songs where the production betters the actual tune.

This performance may provide a hint. It does sound quite stripped down compared to the finished product. 

James Ford is known for his atmospheric production. I dont think he drastically changed the song, but he gave it it's light and grandiose sound.

He has a way to make instrument breath on their own on his recordings. When over bands rely on compression, James Ford bets on space.

Cold Call is on youtube

The whole lot has just been released on Bandcamp: pulpmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-man-comes-around

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The whole lot has just been released on Bandcamp: pulpmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-man-comes-around

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 On Spotify too!

Marrying is very JarvIs but not bad, however Cold Call is fantastic - a real old school Different Class b-side style tune - loving it.

And yeah, hopefully Open Strings goes up sometime so I can complete my More Deluxe playlist

Marrying for Love is utterly gorgeous and would be one of the top 3 songs on the last album, if it was there. It's been on repeat all day. I'm proposing in a week's time, so I'll probably always associate this tune with this - whether it goes well or not! I'm pretty happy with that, either way.

Bit disappointed by Cold Call because the first time I listened I heard one lyric as "...I'm w*nking to a deadline" and thought it was brilliant and classic Jarvis. Was a bit gutted when I relistened and it's actually just "working".

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Marrying for Love is utterly gorgeous and would be one of the top 3 songs on the last album, if it was there. It's been on repeat all day. I'm proposing in a week's time, so I'll probably always associate this tune with this - whether it goes well or not! I'm pretty happy with that, either way.

Bit disappointed by Cold Call because the first time I listened I heard one lyric as "...I'm w*nking to a deadline" and thought it was brilliant and classic Jarvis. Was a bit gutted when I relistened and it's actually just "working".

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 Wanking to a deadline, a bit like in soggy biscuit?

Thoughts : These three tracks work really well together, blend nicely, and I'm happy that they're together in a neat little package.
"More" seemed very eclectic with a great disjoint between HnH/DC vs TiH eras. It very much felt like "here's a bunch of stuff we threw together into a bundle". Whereas these three tracks all have the same vibe.

Even though these are "The slower Pulp", I think that because they're all "The slower Pulp", together, my head seems to enjoy them more, whereas More.. .. I'm sorry, but I tend to stop it about halfway through.

Its the running order that is the issue on More

this is how i listen to it, first part very fast and punchy, second more mellow

 

 01. Spike Island

- I add After You here, it fits well 

02. Tina

03. Grown Ups

04. Got To Have Love 

05. Slow Jam  

06. My Sex

07. Background Noise 

 

08. Partial Eclipse

09. The Hymn of the North 

10. Farmers Market

 

 11. A Sunset

-- Edited by andy on Friday 27th of March 2026 11:45:21 AM

It's tricky - the pacing of albums. Do you put all the slow/mellow ones together ie like Andy's above? It provides smooth sequencing but puts some people off as there are too many slowies together and as some of the comments above/elsewhere have said, they lose interest in More halway through (I don't as I think the quality of the lower-tempo songs on More Side B is really strong).

But then, if you mixed them with the quicker ones throughout the album, it might be jarring. What's the answer? One album of Slow Pulp and one album of Faster Pulp? As the group are older, slow seems the logical way to go. We should be having us a slow jam anyway as it's the best thing they've written since the 90s 

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It's tricky - the pacing of albums. Do you put all the slow/mellow ones together ie like Andy's above? It provides smooth sequencing but puts some people off as there are too many slowies together and as some of the comments above/elsewhere have said, they lose interest in More halway through (I don't as I think the quality of the lower-tempo songs on More Side B is really strong).

But then, if you mixed them with the quicker ones throughout the album, it might be jarring. What's the answer? One album of Slow Pulp and one album of Faster Pulp? As the group are older, slow seems the logical way to go. We should be having us a slow jam anyway as it's the best thing they've written since the 90s 

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 What i like about my tracklisting is precisely that : you got a strong powerful start, and then slowly fades and goes into mellower territories. That's how most of my days go, i dont know for this record it seems to fit, as the songs are too different to go fast/slow/middle/fast/slow. It's been almost a year now and ive never gone back to the original tracklisting. 

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Pulp is the only band i can think of (bar Maybe Divine Comedy) that i can think of that sounds as good at 60 compared to when they were in their prime. Their return is truly spectacular. The EP and Begging for Change are just incredible extra tracks.

On another note, i just realized Marrying for Love sounds a bit like an outtake from Foxygen's We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic album. Same vibe.

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What about Suede? I accept that they will never top the first two albums but everything they have released since 2013 tries very hard. 

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I agree about Suede.  Ride are actually better than they ever were (Weather Diaries is better than Nowhere).  James (All The Colours Of You) and the Cure (Songs Of A Lost World) still both hit near their very best.  Even Blur - I preferred Ballad of Darren to all their albums bar Modern Life Is Rubbish

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The last Blur has its moment but overall i found it very tired and too many slow song heavy. Like if Pulp had released Spike Island and then 10 partial eclipse. It's still an enjoyable album but to me they've done way better in their prime. Still it's a band that can be on top again. Coxon is doing an amazing solo career, lastly with the Waeve.

As for the other, same as Suede, not my cup of tea so i cant really be a judge.

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I think the thing with Blur is that their 'classic' albums were always really patchy.  End Of A Century, To The End, This Is A Low, The Universal, Beetlebum combined would make up the bulk of a great album.  But the rest of those three albums those is all quite disposable.  On Ballard of Darren I thought there were 3 or 4 strong tracks, which is a better hit rate than anything of theirs since Modern Life.  

I always thought that the "Big 3" Blur albums were too long, a couple of songs from each could have been B-sides. I think that "The Ballad of Darren" is too short, I don't think that the bonus tracks would have fit in well but there are a couple of existing album tracks that could have been extended slightly. The arrangements are great but even when I listen now, I think "Is that it?".

HoltbyCity wrote:

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The last Blur has its moment but overall i found it very tired and too many slow song heavy. Like if Pulp had released Spike Island and then 10 partial eclipse. It's still an enjoyable album but to me they've done way better in their prime. Still it's a band that can be on top again. Coxon is doing an amazing solo career, lastly with the Waeve.

As for the other, same as Suede, not my cup of tea so i cant really be a judge.

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I think the thing with Blur is that their 'classic' albums were always really patchy.  End Of A Century, To The End, This Is A Low, The Universal, Beetlebum combined would make up the bulk of a great album.  But the rest of those three albums those is all quite disposable.  On Ballard of Darren I thought there were 3 or 4 strong tracks, which is a better hit rate than anything of theirs since Modern Life.  

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I think Blur as a whole is much for casual listeners. You either dig the style or dont, there is no middle ground. I personally think those albums are great but i totally understand that their music cant be like by everyone. I even love their b sides. 

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Ballad of Darren is, for me, that rare perfect album, even if you add on the three bonus tracks.

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 Oh yes, the 3 bonus tracks deserved a spot on the record, instead of other especially The Swan, which is the best ballad Damon has written since the 90s. 

I prefered when Blur was ****y, ironic and witty, they perfectly described the 90s in their song, just like Pulp or Oasis, but in a different way. Ever since Damon entered his moody phase (Think Tank, although it's a good album) I'm less in it, although i enjoy those albums too. 

I still remember the horror of hearing That Boy's Evil for the first time... did I really pay that much money for a remix and this instrumental repetitive excuse for a song? oh, the disappointment... :)

Love That Boy's Evil

Yeah that was the time record label went too far with CD1 and CD2 singles with pointless remixes. Who could buy all of these ? I did, but only if there was a new bside on the CD and not just remixes.

That Boy's Evil is fun. It's just a bside so that's fine.

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I'm not sure it's really a "Pulp" track though - they're all credited but it's really Jarvis and Steve mucking-about, learning to DJ, isn't it ?

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 A Pulp track is a track where Jarvis is involved I suppose. Same for the James Bond track, All Time High, it was Jarvis, Mark and Steve only i think, and its labelled as Pulp. 

Its Pulps Revolution 9 in more ways than one.

Yes but it was made into a song that all the band perform on. It's not a Smackey and ****er DJ-production.

I strongly doubt that "That Boy's Evil" was ever conceived as a full Pulp song. I got a copy of the Chocolate Layers 12" and some of the guitars sounded a bit louder but that's likely because I was listening on vinyl not CD. As the "A Little Soul" single was never released on vinyl, I am unable to do a back-to-back comparison.

The 2 CD rule was a good marketing technique and believe it or not, there was a market for the seemingly never-ending supply of remixes. I always bought both CDs if it was one of my favourite bands but for anyone else, I bought the one with proper B-sides. Fortunately, some bands (namely Suede and Mansun) would release B-sides on both CDs which was a plus. But then, it did allow for the reverse to happen (see "The Trees / Sunrise" or "Coffee and TV" by Blur).

Think you're right about us knowing it before 3/4s of Pulp but it's the final iteration of a Jarv Is... song. There's so many brilliant overdubs that add to the final version ( including what Mark, Candida and the Elysians play) and an explosive final chorus that it feels a bit unfair to call it purely Jarv Is.

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I strongly doubt that "That Boy's Evil" was ever conceived as a full Pulp song. I got a copy of the Chocolate Layers 12" and some of the guitars sounded a bit louder but that's likely because I was listening on vinyl not CD. As the "A Little Soul" single was never released on vinyl, I am unable to do a back-to-back comparison.

The 2 CD rule was a good marketing technique and believe it or not, there was a market for the seemingly never-ending supply of remixes. I always bought both CDs if it was one of my favourite bands but for anyone else, I bought the one with proper B-sides. Fortunately, some bands (namely Suede and Mansun) would release B-sides on both CDs which was a plus. But then, it did allow for the reverse to happen (see "The Trees / Sunrise" or "Coffee and TV" by Blur).

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I have never ever liked a remix by any of my favorite bands, ever. It's usually the same formula: make it 7 mins long, add stupid instruments and repeat vocals bits over and over again with echo or a weird noise. It's cheap to make and not interesting at all. I never got the point of it, bar, selling more records when people where buying records. 

I would rather have demos than remixes, they were far more interesting, at least from a musician point of view. 

I agree Andy, most remixes are a waste of time. I think the artists like them because their ego is stroked by another artist wanting to work on their creation.

When I listen to remixes these days, unless the remixer has made an interesting groove or looped part that works in repetition, the main thing I listen out is for isolated/new vocal and instrumental bits that have been buried on the original.

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Slow Jam really muddied the waters of what is a Pulp song for me, it seems very likely that most of us on here heard the song long before most of the core Pulp members did, is it a Pulp song or a cover of a Jarv Is song?

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I have just remembered: apparently "Something Changed" started its life as a Saskia C0cker solo demo in 1984 though it did feature Jarvis on guitar. So none of us have heard it and the chances are it was never performed live at the time but are the waters muddied there as well?

For me, it is clear that the other members brought something to "Slow Jam" so I class it as a Pulp song. The Jarv Is version was likely never finished. 

As for remixes, I like about 10% of them; the Motiv-8 ones were decent enough and those two that appeared on "The Trees" and "Sunrise" CDs weren't bad, although nowhere near as good as proper B-sides. 

Pulp wrote songs together, Pulp is Pulp!

I like plenty of remixes, including some by favourite bands, but Pulp never seemed to have any really good ones for some reason.

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I like plenty of remixes, including some by favourite bands, but Pulp never seemed to have any really good ones for some reason.

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 I loved the Swedish Erotica mix of This Is Hardcore, by Tipsy, though its a stretch to call it a remix. Agree that Pulp remixes are generally disappointing and superfluous.