IDM Mailing Archive

* From : Horshutree@aol.com (Wednesday March 20 1996 14:06) In a message dated 96-03-20 02:09:40 EST, you write:

quoted 8 lines tuc> Hell, I'll do a straight swap for Analogue Bubblebath 3

>tuc> Hell, I'll do a straight swap for Analogue Bubblebath 3 >tuc> vinyl. Or for either J4 or J5. You can't go wrong. At the >tuc> time I received my HAB2, they were already going for 15 UK >tuc> Pounds. Imagine now! > >I don't care about the money. I want the music ... > >

On a related note to my outburst a few minutes ago, I really only care about the music. I detest getting caught up in collector fever--even tho' I've done it myself. I have gone to local record shows and in listenting to the ambient <g> conversation, about all I hear is "such and such with the blue vinyl and/or picture disc, etc. etc. just sold for $75 across town." I RARELY hear the MUSIC being discussed. Here on this list, I do find much more discussion of the music, which is why I've stayed subscibed for as long as I have. If one of the people here buys something for too high a price, or rather the going fair market price if it's a rare item, and later decides they don't like it, I believe they are entitled to recover their investment plus maybe a little more for their trouble in tracking it down, etc., and there is probably someone on this list who'll want it enough to pay that much. OK, fine. Even though I'm an MBA student, I still detest rank profiteeering. I'm one of those types who'd rather subvert the system from the inside, and make it a little fairer and more ethical. (like wearing my IDM t-shirt to a recent computer show-- he-he) But, when I see a record store selling a CD, albeit an import, for 35 DOLLARS!!!, I just get ballistic. Especially when they have three or four lying around, and when I have the near certaion knowledge that CUE may be arranging to re-issue it, and I can buy it then at a fair CD price between 14 and 20 dollars, and I can then evaluate the music at a price I can live with. Now, I'm sure we can pass some of the blame for the high price on to the distributor, but whoever bought that CD for the store got gouged, IMHO. Ya'll can e-mail about reserving your copies of the last four remaining 2350 Broadways on earth in the original format, but as long as I can get the actual music, I don't care which label it's on. To me, it's still all about finding that right particular piece of music to go with what mood I'm in any given time. I think that mood would be broken every time I pulled that CD out of it's sleeve knowing I got gouged. C-Ya rrs