moi: re the UK >> btw the other semi-scam that operates here >> is the 'fake import'.
ulysses asks > Is that like buying Chain Reaction Records in > Europe? Pressed in Detroit, by German artists. Worse actually - as US gear faces an import tariff on entry to the EU market so a higher price is justified. Between EU countries this now doesn't occur, by law. So banging on 40% 'cos a record crosses the English Channel (or La Manche if you prefer) is a scam. This is why we drool over the prices on, say, Submerge, but rarely purchase because after paying the p&p, if and when HM customs trousers his wedge, surprise surprise, they end up costing about the same as they do in the (usually chain) stores :-( You may scoff, and I well understand the politics, artisic integrity and 'nice small' vs 'nasty big' issues, but this does have some bearing on the 'Jaguar' scandal. If UR could press or license over here - their excellent material would come in about 50% less expensive. Special music deserves, nay demands, to be heard....Oops getting onto thin ice here methinks... > I know of a few people from London who press their > records here, in order to make people believe its > an American release. If folks is daft enough to fall for it.... They may also do it 'cos they think the cutting and manufacturing process is better quality and worth the extra.... > About the New York "scene": > Proper hasn't made a peep lately, Proper 30 from last year was well wicked guy.. > [peeps] here [NY] are busy trying to make people > go out to see Techno again. Well hurrah for that... London is also now starting to look up again following the great crash of '97 - '98. 'Bout time too ;-) Fox xx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
