And at the same time where we praise artwork, gatefold LPs etc - we're lapping up faceless mp3 files.
-----Original Message----- From: Ken Odeluga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 July 2004 14:56 To: placid; Toby Frith; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Re: what's the most people are willing to pay for rekkids? > >I've managed to convince myself that originals are usually better >pressed (ignore trax records, they don't count in this thread) and >usually have nicer artwork, sometimes have more mixes / other trax if >it's a boot not a repressing.... > .... or if they're not *technically* better pressed, they're pressed more *nicely*. I mean for instance, we've all seen Hardwax advertising represses with original 'imprefect' pressing quality. People seem to like the scratchiness, the noisiness and overall 'dirty' feel of a moderate-to-not-that-good original pressing. It helps give that feeling that you're listening to something old and romantically produced on a shoe string budget etc etc :-) >-----Original Message----- >From: placid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 2:47 PM >To: 'Toby Frith'; 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: RE: (313) Re: what's the most people are willing to pay for >rekkids? > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 05 July 2004 14:46 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: RE: (313) Re: what's the most people are willing to pay for >rekkids? > >There's an interesting dichotomy going on here. On the one hand we're >living in an age where information (i.e computer generated files) is >replicated a thousand times at the click of a button, yet we are still >searching for authenticity, and prize it highly (ie originals rather >than repressings) > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 05 July 2004 14:40 >To: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: RE: (313) Re: what's the most people are willing to pay for >rekkids? > > > >>The last repress I bought was "Sweet Power Your Embrace" by James Mason >(but >>who's the singer?!?) originally on Chiaroscuro, 1977. Now that's worth >>having original or repressed if you ask me. > >Ha ha ha! > ><cough cough> > >I only bought that as well!! >I'm such a tit. > >Represses are still for women though, I'm just in touch with my feminine >side, thats all. > >_________________________________________________________________ > >--------------------- End of message text -------------------- > >This e-mail is sent by the above named in their >individual, non-business capacity and is not on >behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. > >PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming >e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and >telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you >give your consent to such monitoring > > > > > >
