This has to be the first time I've heard someone complain that they are
getting too much for their money. Sure you could squeeze 5 lp sides down
to 4, at the expense of either content length or sound quality. Oh well,
whatever makes you happy. ;)
dan
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, production unit wrote:
quoted 38 lines Yo Peeps,
>
>
> Yo Peeps,
> I got Geogaddi today, and, frankly, my opinion is my own and I
> can't be bothered with THAT debate.
> However, I was a touch miffed at shelling out twenty pounds for a lavishly
> packaged triple vinyl set, one side of which is just an etched picture. I
> feel they could easily have squished it onto two records (possibly at the
> expense of some of the more dispensible short tracks, although it's just my
> view that they're dispensible yadayadayada). After the lifesize surfboard
> that was 'Drukqs' on vinyl, it seems to me that Warp are edging towards the
> sliperry slope of Mo' Wax-isation.
>
> Does anyone remember the period they had when they were just releasing
> preposterous, humungous feats of architecture for covers e.g. Money Mark's
> second lp and that fucking ace Divine Styler album that I paid a small
> fortune for, which respectively featured a spinning kaliedoscope type thing
> and a cover that turned into a huge oregami pyramid? Now THERE was a good
> reason not to do coke, especially if you ran a record label!
>
> Anyhoo, it's all just a little too much expense for too superfluous a result
> if you ask me. You didn't, of course.
> marciablaine.cjb.net
> forthcoming:
> e.p. on Dalriada
> inclusion on Benbecula "Music Volume 2"
> inclusion on Law & Auder "I Am:Bient"
> inclusion on Struktur
>
>
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