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From:
Damon Fairclough
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:37:20
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[idm] DJ secrecy
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quoted 1 line See "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" for anecdotes about DJs covering the>See "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" for anecdotes about DJs covering the
labels on their records. I think it mainly applies to Jamaican dub/reggae selectors and Northern Soul DJs, for whom rarity/exclusivity were serious competitive advantages. < That book also makes a the point that there were essentially a FINITE number of Northern Soul tunes to be found in the world, since the scene was all about resurrecting a type of music that had already passed into history. So this really was very different to today's scenes, in that as someone has already mentioned, there are always new records coming through and a vast body of stuff to draw on. You can definitely see why rarity/secrecy really mattered to Northern Soul DJs in ways that no longer apply. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org