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PUCKERED1@aol.com:

quoted 4 lines It was a stink about CLEAR purposely advertising this LIMITED material,

>It was a stink about CLEAR purposely advertising this LIMITED material, >waiting for the retail shops to buy em up from the distributors, and then >announcing a METAMATICS CD, bt never mentioning that it's just the 12"s, >and then at the very last minute (literally, it seemed) it was announced that it >in fact was just the 4x12" tracks.

I can't remember where I got the info from, but I was aware the time I picked up the first Metamatics EP on promo (you smug git :) ) that it was part of a series which was going to be released on CD in time. I don't believe Clear were trying to rip people off, maybe you just can't get the information you need out in the boondocks (or the USA as its more commonly known :)

quoted 1 line Clear hasn't released anything good since the GESCOM 12"

>Clear hasn't released anything good since the GESCOM 12"

Clear have never released a bad record. So there! =^=^=^=^= jeff@dreamspace.com:

quoted 10 lines am i the only one seeing a trend here?

>am i the only one seeing a trend here? >mask 001 - 100 copies >mask 002 - 200 copies >mask 003? - 300 copies? >etc. >etc. > > >p.s. wouldn't the mas/skam people like to make more money and sell more >of these

IDM is not a representative market sample. These records may be sought after here but in the outside world lets face it, noone gives a shit. Maybe these companies could press up an IDM edition and sell an extra hundred copies to us, but the actual market for these little records is miniscule. Maybe releasing records in limited editions actually increases sales for these guys by creating a little hype? In any case these tunes are still pretty easy to find in England despite their limitedness. Does this proove my point? Cheers Andrew C. np: Deep Dish house mix - "We gonna start us a love revolution" - You Cheesy bastard!

That's a challenge I just can't resist -- does anyone have any info on getting clear releases mail order? my local rekkid store doesn't seem to carry them at all, really.. T On Tue, 12 August 1997, at 10:17:33, Andrew Cowper wrote:

quoted 3 lines Clear hasn't released anything good since the GESCOM 12"

> >Clear hasn't released anything good since the GESCOM 12" > > Clear have never released a bad record. So there!