Analogue Bubblebath 3

Infobox Album
Name = Analogue Bubblebath 3
Type = ep
Artist = AFX


Released = 1993
Recorded =
Genre = Techno / Ambient
Length = 32:23 (Vinyl)
54:32 (CD)
Label = Rephlex
Producer = Richard D. James
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kt3ibkj9jakm link]
Last album = "Analogue Bubblebath 2"
(1991)
This album = "Analogue Bubblebath 3"
(1993)
Next album = "Analogue Bubblebath 4"
(1994)

"Analogue Bubblebath 3" was the third EP released by Richard D. James, under his commonly known alias, AFX. It is also the third release in the "Analogue Bubblebath" series. It was his third release under this alias.

The original EP consists of eight/nine tracks, all done in the acid house techno style which was popular at the time, though the track '.000890569' is one of his few forays into Trance. It was released in 1993 on Rephlex Records in both CD and 12" vinyl formats. It was re-released on CD in 1997 with additional tracks (alongside "Analogue Bubblebath 3.1") and again on vinyl in 2002.

Original Vinyl Tracklisting

:A1. ".215061" 4:16:A2. ".000890569" 4:31:A3. ".38" 0:38 A4/A5. ".0180871" (3:45/4:10):B1. ".55278037732581" 4:18:B2. ".942937" 4:31:B3. ".1993841 (edit)" 5:43:B4. "AFX 6/b" 0:31

The track names consist of Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge's postal codes, phone numbers and dates of birth all mixed up as a kind of in-joke. All tracks except for ".38" made it to further re-releases. This release came in a brown paper bag with inset sheets describing Rephlex Records and various places of interest in Cornwall, England, as well as instructions on playing the end of Side A.

The final track on Side A is in actuality two tracks combined. The left channel begins around twelve seconds in and ends around twenty seconds before the end of the right channel. Both tracks were separated and given their own "L" and "R" suffixes for future releases.

CD Tracklisting

# .215061 (CD Version) – 3:54 (Audio|AFXAnalogueBubblebathThree.215061.ogg|sample)
# .1993841 – 8:02
# .0180871r – 4:16
# .942937 – 4:37
# .0180871l – 3:52
# .000890569 (CD Version) – 4:48
# .55278037732581 – 4:20
# [cat 00897-Aa1] – 4:05
# [cat 00897-A1] – 5:06
# Afx 6/b – 0:36
# [cd only #1] – 4:41
# [cd only #2] – 0:53
# [cat 00897-A2] – 5:14

The CD version of "Analogue Bubblebath 3" contains a handful of new tracks as well as three tracks of different lengths (".215061", ".1993841" and ".000890569".) The CD was packaged in a clear slim jewelcase with no liner notes or print whatsoever, save for a sticker denoting the name of the album and the address for Rephlex Records. Earlier versions said "now with 66% more bubbles" with images of bubbles, while on later releases the bubbles became the AFX logo. Either version was usually packaged in bubblewrap and contained a CD with no print on it (the only way to tell which side is which is by the etching CAT 008, which should be backwards in order for the playable side to be down.)

The untitled tracks labelled with "cat 00897" refer to those also found on "Analogue Bubblebath 3.1". The untitled " [cd only #1] " can also be heard as the ambient backing to the song "The Garden Of Linmiri", found on the "Compilation" album by Caustic Window.

External links

* [http://xltronic.com/discography/release/424/afx-analogue-bubblebath-3-cat008cd More info, artwork and samples here]
* [http://xltronic.com/discography/alias/4/afx Complete AFX discography]