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From:
Graydon Hoare
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Date:
Sun, 8 Oct 1995 23:03:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
FAX discriminations
Msg-Id:
<Pine.BSI.3.91.951008225637.2883B-100000@wink.io.org>
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<Pine.3.89.9510071523.A20945-0100000@rohan.sdsu.edu>
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On Sat, 7 Oct 1995, Goethe wrote:
quoted 3 lines If 99.9% sucks, then I guess you've heard all 115 CD's and 90 12"s they> > If 99.9% sucks, then I guess you've heard all 115 CD's and 90 12"s they've > released? I think you'd be suprised if you had. Sorry if *I'm* being grouchy
So far all I can say about FAX (from the few releases I've listened to) is that it's a little tricky to know what you're getting into. With comps, other labels, or even individual artists with a consistent schedule, you can look the thing over with some sense of what sort of sound is going to be on it. FAX is about as oblique about the artist & style as they can get, which is annoying if you're looking for something within that stack of 115 ;) so far I like the quality. Is there anyone who knows of a decent list that breaks down FAX artists by style, or perhaps a key to the enigmatic cover art which could be used to identify one FAX disc from an other within a huge drawer (such as the one they have at my local idm-aware shop)? sorry, but my listening to all the discs is beyond the tolerance of the record-shop guy, and he isn't very familliar with more than 5 of them. -graydon _______________________________________________________________________ ( "I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid." ^*^ ^*^ ) ( http://www.io.org/~coventry ) ( Peace you heathen! \ / ) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^