Should we re-launch the "Bespoke" CDR series?

I would be happy with downloads if this makes it easier/more likely to happen. Would buy CDs also tho and that seems to be most people's preference

Downloads are great, especially if it is unreleased/rare material or whatever. It is very generous of the band to do this. I love the "real thing", but I don't mind the "easy way" either, and of course a reasonable payment for whatever format.

I would prefer downloads simply because it is easier, arrives instantly and there could be the possibility of 24bit files. Also, it would probably be easier for the band.

If the 'Bespoke' material ever does become available, in whatever shape or form, then I really would recommend anyone who does not possess this material to grab it with both hands. There is some amazing music in amongst all this, not least the vocal version of 'Autumn' which I flagged up a while ago.

I would like either. I like the ease of downloads but also the personal, physical touch of the CDR so would probably get a mixture.
From the bands/staffs point of view downloads would obviously be easier but the general opinion seems to favour CDR.

If the time restraints prevent CDR, downloads could be an initial step to make the material available?? CDR could come on stream later if the interest was proven?

Hi All the Bespoke idea is always an interesting one, however i have an idea that i think might be of intrest to a number of us. how about releaseing multitracks. so we as fans of the music could have ago at mixing down our own versions and perhaps release the best one as a special compilation. I have a number of multitrack recordings from the likes of queen etc and you can create some very intresting results using qbase etc. I am currently working on a multi channel version of Boh Rap and a couple of Marvin Gaye tracks and the results so far are quite intresting.....

I bought a few Bespoke CD-Rs at the time and had great difficulty with them. At the time the CD-R medium was fairly new and I found that I was getting a lot of distortion because my player couldn't handle the format. The Enid kindly re-made the discs on higher quality blanks (Maxell) but after a short while the sticky paper labels started to wreak their own revenge and the discs "dished" if they were in a warm / hot CD player making the later parts of the discs unplayable. There was also a minor issue of one or two tracks not being accurately identified.
Nearly 20 years later these issues are pretty irrelevant as most players can "see" these discs really well and labels are now printed on-disc in dedicated printers and mislabelled recordings can always be corrected. I still have the list of musical works originally offered and would recommend a large number of them but perhaps assembling CD-R compilations would be better than offering the tracks up individually? For example, the "Farewell" concerts offer the following 80-minute selection: Raindown, Jessica, Then There Were None, Summer, The Last Judgement/In the Region of the Summer Stars, Fand. A brilliant complement to "Final Noise" though I'd still love to have the full "Fand" story by Francis and that raucous reading of "Wild Thing"!
In closing, should the "Bespoke" series be re-launched? I recall they were originally £20 each and the presentation was modest. If The Enid are willing to sell these discs at that price today I think it could be a very successful venture.

I remember the old bespoke on the website and did not have the money at the time to buy them. I would go for download but by track so that we can buy what we want. I remember last time trying to construct a playlist the length of a Cd and gave up!

I note that the Members Only section of the website offers this:

A collection of downloadble items
Click on a file to download - more to follow soon!
mars.mp3

More? In the absence of more, perhaps this could be a location where the Bespoke tracks could be cycled on a weekly or monthly basis. There are so many tracks that you could have this feature running for years.

PS Please check the spelling of "downloadable"