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I can't believe some peoples first records were Squarepusher! I think (casting my mind way back) that the first record I had was the Grease soundtrack. But that was bought for me - the first one I bought was either Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jnr or Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer. I still really like one of them... (guess which one) Giles

the first record I remeber owning was 'the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald' on 45. I'm blocking out the name of the artist. what a piece of crap. I think the first 'electronic' piece of vinyl I bought (not counting brian eno) was the aphex twin 'on' ep, at tower records in DC. I had no idea what it was, but I liked the artwork. I listened to it once and put it away for a few years. recent purchases (yesterday): 1..v/a - beat classics 3LP (dc recordings) holy shit. found a copy of this at juno records in the UK & paid about 17 quid for it (7 of that for shipping to the US) but it's totally worth it. 2..boredoms - super roots 6 3..nurse with wound - soliloquoy for lilith 4..afx - AB4 5..cassiber - live in tokyo (w/ remix disk by ground zero) I can't say I care much for the live disk - the music is ok but the vocals are supremely irritating, even if it is thomas pynchon quotes. the remix disk is very tasty however, and it's the last ground zero project. on another note, does anyone on the list who works at a college radio station have any recommendations for getting promo copies of IDM stuff? most euro-labels aren't too responsive to my pleas. ethan ------------------- listen to WXYC. http://www.wxyc.org -------------------

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:48:07 +0100 WARD Giles <IMCEAMS-SEMANETUK_NNH2PZ_24538h@mail.sema.co.uk> writes:

quoted 9 lines I can't believe some peoples first records were Squarepusher!

>I can't believe some peoples first records were Squarepusher! > >I think (casting my mind way back) that the first record I had was the >Grease soundtrack. But that was bought for me - the first one I >bought was >either Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jnr or Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer. > I >still really like one of them... (guess which one) >

i love both of those still. i thought the Ghostbusters ST was a really good score, but Axel F used to be my #1 fave track in the world. it was the the beginning of my taste in synth. i have about 6 differet versions of the Miami Vice theme also. among other great soundtracks from yesteryears R Jaws and Back to the Future. unlimited to 1 copy, rop _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I think my first few albums were along the lines of 2001/Space Odyssey(with a few additional themes to boot), Star Wars(Full movie-dialogue), Xanadu, Grease, and a few others I can't remember. These all came with an 8-track player my sister and I recieved froma neighbor as the unsaleable remnants of their garage sale. About a year later I bought my first official "cassette", which was Phil Collins "Face Value", closest thing I could get to the Miami Vice soundtrack because it was the only song I could sing to the store clerk (In the Air tonight...remember?) Well, there's no accounting for pop taste at that age. My descent into semi-IDM came when Trent entered what was at the time the tail end of the industrial music evolution. After the commercial success of "Pretty Hate MAchine" that year the only album I could enjoy was MBM's "Satyricon", but luckily I happened onto a Rising High trance/ambient compilation a bit later, and the bug got me. In fact, it was Rising High's release of "Avantgardism" that finally sold me on D 'n B years later. A DJ at the time spinning ambient kookiness in a side room of a club I helped found in TX, my best friend had been shoving Moving Shadow and Metalheadz down my throat for over two years, meanwhile I fed him the likes of dub, warp stuff, etc. Not being a member of any of the mailing lists here, I bumped into "Avantgardism" of my own accord and now own even "normal" non-idm jungle on vinyl. Even spin the stuff at parties too! Silly me, what have I become? A _REAL_ DJ? I should be so unlucky.... np:

quoted 15 lines i love both of those still. i thought the Ghostbusters ST was a really

> >i love both of those still. i thought the Ghostbusters ST was a really >good score, but Axel F used to be my #1 fave track in the world. it was >the the beginning of my taste in synth. i have about 6 differet versions >of the Miami Vice theme also. among other great soundtracks from >yesteryears R Jaws and Back to the Future. > >unlimited to 1 copy, >rop > >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com >Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >

quoted 2 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records

>>Just out of curiosity, what were your first records >>(if you can remember!)?

Giorgia Moroder - Chase (fm midnite express) btw, how's the new London Authority (ex-Beloved)? np: jimpster - interconnect ep yonnie