Anybody know if there's a reissue plan there? I'm looking at spending like $170 for it, and I'll do it because I'm a weak man and a completist (I know it's not gonna sound better than my lossless files, it's a ritual thing for me), but I don't wanna do it and feel stupid later.
P.S. Got a mint copy of Sandinista, and I gotta say, having not heard it in a million years: side six is really good in context. Reminds me of a David Lynch score. Mysterious clangs and ethereal whooshing for days. It's real easy to imagine Silicone on Sapphire and Shepards Delight in episode eight of Twin Peaks The Return.
From Here to Eternity on vinyl?
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Re: From Here to Eternity on vinyl?
25th anniversary of the album is in like 3 years (holy shit), I bet they reissue it for that at least.CorwoodRep wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 3:56pmAnybody know if there's a reissue plan there? I'm looking at spending like $170 for it, and I'll do it because I'm a weak man and a completist (I know it's not gonna sound better than my lossless files, it's a ritual thing for me), but I don't wanna do it and feel stupid later.
P.S. Got a mint copy of Sandinista, and I gotta say, having not heard it in a million years: side six is really good in context. Reminds me of a David Lynch score. Mysterious clangs and ethereal whooshing for days. It's real easy to imagine Silicone on Sapphire and Shepards Delight in episode eight of Twin Peaks The Return.
Addendum: I've been looking for it on fuckin' MiniDisc but don't wanna spend 90 bucks for one of my more eccentric flights of fancy...
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Re: From Here to Eternity on vinyl?
I have no idea if you are serious or not...
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Dead serious. I got an MD player a year or two ago and I keep an eye out for retail MDs (to go along with the MD mixtapes I out together)
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I’m not a collector type in that way, but I’m always fascinated by those Next Big Things that weren’t.
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Yeah, it's just weird technology so it's a little fun to goof with. It's sort of right on the divide between analog and digital. An interesting moment in time, right before mp3 players came along and wiped out portable physical media players.
But I've spent under $20 bucks on this detour so far and want to keep it that way (so if anyone has minidiscs they want to send me for free, let me know!)
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Way back in my early days here, I had an argument—not heated or anything—with Snoh about iPods vs. MD players. He was dead set against any kind of mp3 player because you couldn't share what you had with someone else. He was talking about mailing MD discs to people. It was a weird argument because file sharing was already well established and was only getting easier.Flex wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 5:05pmYeah, it's just weird technology so it's a little fun to goof with. It's sort of right on the divide between analog and digital. An interesting moment in time, right before mp3 players came along and wiped out portable physical media players.
But I've spent under $20 bucks on this detour so far and want to keep it that way (so if anyone has minidiscs they want to send me for free, let me know!)
I know B bought an MD device back in the day to record interviews while researching her diss. Can't imagine we'd ever chuck it out, so it's probably in a box somewhere.
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With snoh's background I can see it. MDs were biggest with tapers back in the day since they had a line out and the quality of the material being recorded to is quite good. You can still sometimes find lineages of new live recordings that source to some taper's MD recorder. And I can sort of see it - before broadband was widely available, mailing discs/tapes was still probably more realistic for a lot of people.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 5:17pmWay back in my early days here, I had an argument—not heated or anything—with Snoh about iPods vs. MD players. He was dead set against any kind of mp3 player because you couldn't share what you had with someone else. He was talking about mailing MD discs to people. It was a weird argument because file sharing was already well established and was only getting easier.
I actually used to own an MD player/recorder in high school that we used to make crude recordings of my punk band. It was stolen and I found the exact same model in my hometown's thrift store a few years ago? Coincidence? Probably, although I think there's a non-zero chance I was reunited with my old MD player.
Hey, uh, if you ever stumble across it you know there's one wacky music goofball in Colorado that could give it a good home...I know B bought an MD device back in the day to record interviews while researching her diss. Can't imagine we'd ever chuck it out, so it's probably in a box somewhere.
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Re: From Here to Eternity on vinyl?
I recall that I did concede the recording aspect (duh!), but torrenting, even with dial-up, was quicker than the post office.Flex wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 7:58pmWith snoh's background I can see it. MDs were biggest with tapers back in the day since they had a line out and the quality of the material being recorded to is quite good. You can still sometimes find lineages of new live recordings that source to some taper's MD recorder. And I can sort of see it - before broadband was widely available, mailing discs/tapes was still probably more realistic for a lot of people.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 5:17pmWay back in my early days here, I had an argument—not heated or anything—with Snoh about iPods vs. MD players. He was dead set against any kind of mp3 player because you couldn't share what you had with someone else. He was talking about mailing MD discs to people. It was a weird argument because file sharing was already well established and was only getting easier.
Ha! If either of us think of looking for it in her office on campus—I actually did a quick check of some likely spots in the basement after this thread mutated—and locate it, I'll let you know. Better to play some Dave Exploited Band than nothing at all.Hey, uh, if you ever stumble across it you know there's one wacky music goofball in Colorado that could give it a good home...
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