On 7 Mar 1997, Aaron Michelson wrote:
quoted 12 lines On 7 Mar 1997 0:17 -0500 (-1000), Warren Lapham wrote to me:> On 7 Mar 1997 0:17 -0500 (-1000), Warren Lapham wrote to me:
>
> > This bizarrely-packaged Orbital release found its way into a local used
> > shop, and I grabbed it...I was hoping someone might know its origin, or at
> > least something about it. I suspect it's some sort of promo item.
>
> > _TruPak:12_
>
> You suspect right my friend. A limited number of these packages were mailed
> out to promote Orbital's newest release, "In Sides" back last summer. Very
> few were made.....
>
I've heard that these things were pretty expensive
to produce so that probably accounts for their limited number. As far as
the content goes, the mylar packaging and the plastic punch cards are
pretty cool, but all the songs on the CD sampler are widely available
elsewhere, and the live video is just a roughly 10 minute version of
Halcyon (?) spliced together from 2 different shows (which incidently is
on another Orbital promo video that includes The Box.)
The punch cards make excellent space age coasters, by the way. Now if I
could only find a use for the mylar...
-Christina