quoted 12 lines On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, david turgeon wrote:>On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, david turgeon wrote:
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>> mysterious, offcenter... god knows. no, actually, what it most reminds
>> me of in its mere obscurity is the cover to white noise's 'an electric
>> storm', surely one of the most out there records i've ever heard.
>> speaking of which, if any of you has that, i'd probably trade half of my
>> records for it (okay, maybe not but it's worth a try).
>
>If you don't care about format, it was reissued on CD in Japan (I think by
>Sony). Despite the transience of availability in that country, it's
>probably still available. I don't recall the vinyl being a particularly
>big ticket item if you want to hold out for it.
I think Island UK reissued this White Noise
album on CD in 98, and therefore it can be found
in North America for a somewhat reasonable price.
It is undoubtedly a psych-rock/electronic
classic, just as amazing--if not better--than anything their
contemporaries Silver Apples or the United States Of America did.
Dave Segal
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