From Lance C McGannon Sent Fri, Jul 17th 1998, 04:17
At 09:13 PM 7/16/98 -0500, you wrote: > > Went to my favorite record shop today in Houston, Texas (yup, >that's in America) and picked up a nice brand new copy of the new >Autechre for 21 bucks. To my surprise, I asked the clerk how they >procured this release when there is an import ban, and they looked at me >like I was sick in the head. They pulled up their list of distributors >in front of me on the computer and showed that there were several in the >US that were supplying the album. Does anyone know where this idea of a >ban started? or if it is from a reliable source, just how the ban was >going to be implemented cause it sure didn't work for H-town. > The import ban may not be holding up well but there is, indeed, one in place according to several of the largest US electronic & experimental music distributers. obIDM: got some outstanding idm releases this week: . Andrea Parker: Ballbreaker/Some Other Level 10" (MoWax) . Vendor Refill: Evil WEevil 12" (Nature) . Jega: Spectrum cd (Planet =B5) . Highways Over Gardens comp cd (Carpet Bomb) . Autechre: untitled cd (Warp) Tons of reviews coming this weekend... -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states