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From:
Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia
To:
Turbo
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Date:
Wed, 11 Dec 1996 18:49:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) rare limited editions
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On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Turbo wrote:
quoted 3 lines I'm curious to find out.. do people really buy extra copies of these limited edition> I'm curious to find out.. do people really buy extra copies of these limited edition > releases, such as HAB, just to put away and make some money a few months down the > track or use to trade for something equally as rare???
I'll bet they do. Welcome a bit of the fine arts (gallery) reality to this music scene... (Andy?) Wilson, who started Factory records said something like "Avant Garde is so cheap when young, yet so priceless later on" in his reference to publishing groups like Durutti Column, Joy Division, etc, etc. That quote is paraphrased a bit maybe. (butterfly) collectors and trainspotters are generally trying to position themselves with the highest degree of knowledge and one-of-a-kind info they can, very much like gallery owners. My personal opinion is that this is evading the need to be creative oneself, instead of trying to live closely to another person's creativity... just banter..
quoted 1 line Sheesh,> Sheesh,
Read some of Robert Crumb's comics about when he collected jazz records and you'll see how that whole mentality is very very timeless. solenoid@europa.com <------+