Re: (idm) category crisis

From Chris.Hilker
Sent Sun, Dec 20th 1998, 20:39

>Thanks, Chris, for posting the poll.  Is this open only to IDM-L 
>subscribers, or can I poll my pals?

I don't check e-mail addresses against the list roster, so I won't
know if voters are on the list. Please don't try to stuff the
ballot box, though (not that I think Irene would do so, but someone
tried it last year).

>Does something like Aphex's Compilation fall under the 
>Compilations category, or is it regarded as a full-length album by 
>the same artist and compilations have various contributors?

The latter. Basically, if individual tracks are listed as artist
and title, rather than just title, it's probably a compilation
(there have been exceptions, though, like BDP's 'Bytes'). So
Aphex's 'Classics' is an album, but FSOL's 'Earthbeat' is a
compilation. Yes, I know this is arbitrary.

C.

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