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From:
CiM
To:
Lazlo Nibble , Intelligent Dance Music
Date:
Sat, 18 May 1996 01:13:38 +0100
Subject:
Re: (idm) I WANT MY BLOODY JEWEL BOXES!!!!!!
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<9605180013.AA26367@cpca6.uea.ac.uk>
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At 15:19 17/05/96 -0600, Lazlo Nibble wrote:
quoted 6 lines I have a great deal of respect for good design, but functionality is an> >I have a great deal of respect for good design, but functionality is an >important part of good design, and in my mind cardboard-based packaging >doesn't provide the functionality I want. Massive props to labels and >artists (like Orbital) who give people a *choice* on this issue by releasing >things both ways . . .
I'm pretty sure the motive behind limited cardboard boxed sets isn't to "give people a choice" - it's a way of repackaging a 'product' to make it more appealing and sell more copies. Or am I just being cynical here? || [CiM] || s.walley@uea.ac.uk || http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~u9323899/