quoted 1 line [...] I don't own a record label or make music myself> [...] I don't own a record label or make music myselfquoted 2 lines I can't understand why people [...] get so upset [...] about the whole> I can't understand why people [...] get so upset [...] about the whole
> issue of bootleging [sic],
There's your answer. If you owned a label or made music, you would easily
understand.
quoted 1 line Try to see it where I'm coming from:> Try to see it where I'm coming from:
Try to see where Grant's coming from.
quoted 4 lines Still, [...] there are certain things I just can't> Still, [...] there are certain things I just can't
> find: Analogue Bubble Bath 3 on CD, the Caustic Window JoyRex Eps,
> Q-Chastic, Power Pill, and the chances of me EVER finding any of these
> are very slim.
I would be willing to guess that if I went back through my IDM archives
(almost 2 years' worth now, and I didn't even join when it began), I
could probably find a posting from someone offering any one of the above
for sale. (What ever happened to Des' big Aphex-related selloff?)
quoted 3 lines You can imagine how insanely depressing this might be, [...] knowing that> You can imagine how insanely depressing this might be, [...] knowing that
> other people do have these releases, but you never will and will never have
> a chance to hear them in their entirety.
So instead of asking somebody that owns them to make you a "fan" tape of them,
you'd rather have someone bootleg them illegally and incur the further rath of
the label owner? It's bad enough he already probably thinks of this list as
being filled with pathetic young spotty college student trainspotters ...
(who keep spouting disinformation about his label/artists, in case you didn't
read his most recent missive)
Also, consider that there might be people in your own backyard (figuratively
speaking) that own these records. I can categorically state that within an
hour's drive of your house, *somebody* owns almost all of the records you
quoted above. :-)
quoted 1 line But look how happy it would make me?> But look how happy it would make me?
And of course, your happiness is the only thing that matters here?
quoted 2 lines And if the label WERE to come out with re-issues of the material at some> And if the label WERE to come out with re-issues of the material at some
> later date I would certainly buy them in an instant [...]
But the label may not be in a position to simply repress something that John
Q. Trainspotter from Orange County California wants ...
I've not been to the RePHLeX HQ but I suspect it's a *wee* bit smaller than,
say, the General Motors plant in Van Nuys CA ... this is sort of like
complaining to Aston Martin that they don't produce their hand-built cars
like all the other robot-equipped production line manufacturers. In short,
I think by now everyone on this list should have realized that RePHLeX is a
small operation and is thus subject to ups and downs and vagarities that do
not impact larger concerns as much; therefore we should be happy with what
we get. Does it really *matter* whether "Bluff Limbo" gets re-issued on CD?
It's only a record, it's not the 2nd Coming fer chrissakes. Get some
perspective, already.
(And yes, I am aware that 'way back at age 21, I *did* indeed treat certain
records - "154" ... "Unknown Pleasures" - as the 2nd Coming ... (-: )
- Greg