On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:59:35 -0800 Adam Barber <AdamB@askjeeves.com>
writes:
quoted 20 lines Dear Friends and Mr. Burbridge
> Dear Friends and Mr. Burbridge
>
> I wouldn't usually air my opinions but in this case I've been left
> no
> option!
>
> How can those who have been influenced by a band like Neu, such as
> Tortoise,
> Bowie, Rococo, Eno, Mogwai and countless other
> Post/Kraut/Prog/Weird(!)
> bands be that wrong? Even today's modern Electro and IDM kings have
> traceable elements of Neu flying around. On the production side,
> echoes of
> Rother and Dinger's previous exploits with Kraftwerk can be heard,
> and when
> two of the most important and influential of their albums, Neu 1 and
> 2,
> were produced by Can's Conrad Plank, any argument that this band
> "sucks"
> sucks itself!
you apparently didnt read my clarification...i didnt mean the band
sucked, i meant the re-issues sucked...there's no point in reissuing
seminal records without some remastering....
quoted 10 lines Thank you for listening
> Thank you for listening
>
> Adam Barber
> ukvine@ukonline.co.uk
>
> P.S. The original recordings (Neu 2 for sure) were low-budget and
> lo-fi -
> all surface noise was intentional and that's why the reissues sound
> like
> that.
yes,,,but the clarity of the surface noise on the vinyl is totally
missing on the cd...soundz like sludge...
tom w
np: substancia 2
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