Customer Rating: 
Summary: A personal Favorite
Comment: I recommend this for Turntablists and up and coming DJ's. It never gets old and has an unforgetable, unique sound. I have the original copy with just the one disc, but I am sure that the second disc doesn't dissapoint. He is one of the illest! Peace
Customer Rating:
Summary: For the record
Comment: The old one disc version is no longer in production. The two disc version is the only version you can buy of Endtroducing. Also for the record, the 2nd disc may not be as cohesive and incredible as the first disc, but that is because it's leftover cuts that didn't make the album. Those tracks are there for history and background into what went into make Endtroducing. In short, it is unfair to give this new release anything less than you would have given the old release, because the old one is no longer available, and it contains all of Endtroducing and some extraordinary extras.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: No reason to buy this version
Comment: I love the original release of Endtroducing and was super excited to hear about this two disc set. Man what a waste of money! There is nothing special at all about this version, unless you consider the exact same mix minus a couple talking samples here and there "special." Seriously, that's about it.
In the liner notes, Shadow even says that due to the way he recorded the original there aren't any versions that exist with the tracks separated. You desperately need these separated tracks in order to do anything new and interesting with the remix. By his own admission, these are just some old backups of the almost finished songs. There are also a few half assed remixes, including one of the worst drum and bass remixes I've ever heard. What a wasted opportunity.
The guy's had 10 years to come up with something special and instead he decides to rip off his loyal fans. Trust me, stick to the original one disc version of Endtroducing.
Customer Rating:
Summary: review from Synthesis
Comment: It probably wasn't something he considered over 10 years ago when he started to piece together his debut album, but after DJ Shadow released Endtroducing the game was changed for good. At the time a sample-based instrumental album was almost nonexistent, especially on a mainstream level, now it seems to be its own genre. There are many who try to capture the feel and emotion of Endtroducing, but most fall short, simply lacking
the soul.
The first disc is a remastered version of the seminal album, and contains the track list from the original UK release, which includes an ambient three-part transmission theme that launches one song to the next. Unless you spent many irie hours studying each layered instrument (which might be the majority of DJ Shadow fans), the revamped version may not seem different; however, the trained ear should appreciate the opened up sound. It was an incredible album out the gate, and this time around it's even better, if that's possible.
Disc number two is where things really get interesting with a collection of remixes, unreleased tracks and alternate takes. For each track off Endtroducing, the second disc offers an alternative such as Cut Chemist's remix of "The Number Song," or the extended overhaul version of "Organ Donor." Some of the more memorable alternates include the Gab mix of "Midnight in a Perfect World" and the unreleased "Red Bus Needs to Leave." As a bonus there is also a 12-minute DJ set recorded live in Oxford. The little quirks in each song will have you listening even closer, while refreshing your interest in the originals.
Not that there was any question, but after withstanding the test of time, Endtroducing can officially be labeled a classic. Eventually someone would have come along and made an instrumental hip-hop album, but Shadow did it first, and raised the bar so high that we'll forever have our hands up.
- Corey Bloom
Synthesis.net
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of the essential albums of the 1990s, if not all time.
Comment: Honestly, there's nothing I can add after those first two excellent reviews posted above. All I'll say is that the deluxe edition packaging finally gives this masterpiece the treatment it deserves. A must have for any fine rock library.
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