Re: (idm) Reissues of SAW.85-92 + Classics on Distance(?).
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How can one distinguish between the vinyl re-issues and the original
release? My recently purchased copy says nothing about Distance.
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quoted 5 lines From: Hrvatski <sheket@tiac.net>>From: Hrvatski <sheket@tiac.net>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: (idm) Reissues of SAW.85-92 + Classics on Distance(?).
>Date: Thu, Mar 26, 1998, 3:52 AM
>quoted 19 lines I've got a question about the reissuances of Aphex Twin's "Selected>> I've got a question about the reissuances of Aphex Twin's "Selected
>>Ambient Works 85-92" and "Classics". Their call numbers are (DIST 003 CD)
>>and (DIST 004 CD), respectively with the label of (re)issuance being
>>DISTANCE.
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>> Can anyone tell me about this label and how they worked out a deal
>>with R&S to re-press these two albums? Also, what country is this label
>>out of?
>
>>From what I gather, Distance is a European (French?) label set up by Tower
>Records (!). They did a bunch of bad comps, and a slew of R&S titles (both
>69 CD's among others). I know that for a while, the R&S licensed titles
>were only available in Towers, in fact they were a required buy by each
>store's respective import buyer. The whole deal is fairly offensive. They
>are cheap, though. Full lengths are about $15 POP stateside. Sounds like
>the kind of thing those of us who have any sort of anti-corporate sentiment
>should boycott. Otherwise, they're exactly the same as the R&S versions and
>a good deal. -Keith
>