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Philip Evans
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Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:27:37 -0800
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Re: (idm) Underworld Unplugged - next week!
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quoted 18 lines Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:26:49 -0800>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:26:49 -0800 >To:4th World <106056.2751@compuserve.com> >From:aciddrop@earthlink.net (Philip Evans) >Subject:Re: (idm) Underworld Unplugged - next week! > >>The current mo wax releases might bring the artists to >>attention of people who simply would not otherwise have heard >>their material , but there are scores of labels who just get ignnored >>in the meantime , buying product just because it is on a certain >>label is still the rule of the thumb these days - point in case Mark >>Broom's Sympletic release on Warp , if the same music had >>been on Ifach,Pure Plastic it would have sold a tenth of what the >>Warp release has , it must be hard for these small labels to be >>endlessly doing the groundwork for somebody else to cash in on. >> >>4th world records uk >>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/4thworld >
I think this is some wierd combination of hilarious and frightening. Tiny (in the scheme of things) labels poaching on even tinier labels. No wonder this scene isn't any bigger than it is: it eats its young... [Home is where the stereo is] Finally back from his sojourn in the great North, [--------] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--------] [--------] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [--] [---] [---] [--] [---] [---------] can usually be found at one of the following places: aciddrop@earthlink.net aciddrop@aol.com [actually, don't try this one, I'm never there]