quoted 6 lines Secondly, covers which are of a size where you can fully appreciate the
> Secondly, covers which are of a size where you can fully appreciate the
> artwork! Joy Division's "Closer" just HAS to be owned on vinyl for this
> reason alone! Such releases had more "atmosphere" (pardon the pun!) or
> mystique than these little squares of paper under generic plastic covers.
> CDs just feel insipid by comparison - as if the music is contained in a test
> tube.
Agreed, but I'm really loving the output of Spekk at the moment
(
http://www.spekk.net) - only three releases so far, but lovely minimal
electronica and their card cd holders are an absolute delight. Rune
Grammofon's digipaks are rather lovely as well of course. I agree with you
about vinyl as well though.
quoted 7 lines Thirdly - a major gripe of mine - artists seem to have forgotten the art of
> Thirdly - a major gripe of mine - artists seem to have forgotten the art of
> creating "the perfect 45-minute album"! Yeah, yeah - it's "back in the day"
> nostalgia, but... Such albums as Japan's "Gentlemen Take Polaroids",
> Kraftwerk's "Computerworld" and John Foxx's "Metamatic" work because they're
> the length they are. I feel that, these days, artists have lost the sense
> of restraint that would enable them to achieve such pop perfection! There's
> too much "filler" on alot of CDs, basically!
You mention three faves from my teens there, but Bjork for one has mainly
released 45 min cds. No filler on Kraftwerk's Tour De France which 55.51
long (imho).
Cheers, Colin.
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