From Dave Segal Sent Tue, Aug 17th 1999, 17:40
From Dave Segal Sent Tue, Aug 17th 1999, 17:40
>On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, david turgeon wrote: > >> mysterious, offcenter... god knows. no, actually, what it most reminds >> me of in its mere obscurity is the cover to white noise's 'an electric >> storm', surely one of the most out there records i've ever heard. >> speaking of which, if any of you has that, i'd probably trade half of my >> records for it (okay, maybe not but it's worth a try). > >If you don't care about format, it was reissued on CD in Japan (I think by >Sony). Despite the transience of availability in that country, it's >probably still available. I don't recall the vinyl being a particularly >big ticket item if you want to hold out for it. I think Island UK reissued this White Noise album on CD in 98, and therefore it can be found in North America for a somewhat reasonable price. It is undoubtedly a psych-rock/electronic classic, just as amazing--if not better--than anything their contemporaries Silver Apples or the United States Of America did. Dave Segal Managing Editor/Alternative Press Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux/Origins Of Cool Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST www.wcsb.org