Re: (idm) CR cases

From solenoid
Sent Sun, May 16th 1999, 23:58

Wow, those metal boxes sound like the best manifestation of "planned
obsolesence" I've ever heard of in the music biz.  As soon as they fall
apart, they can make a new compilation that you have to buy.  I think I'll
quarrantine the 3 CR 12"s I've got in case they are set to explode at y2k.

Solenoid

On Mon, 10 May 1999, david turgeon wrote:

> > Upon hearing this, I immediately inspected the whole of my tin-encased
> > collection. Yup, a tiny little stress crack on my copy of ...compiled, right
> > on the rim.
> 
> you've been lucky; my copy looks more like the host of a squashed
> arachnoid at this point.  :)
> 
> oh well.  i wasn't listening to the damn thing anyway.  actually, that
> might have been the reason why it's so badly cracked now; it never had a
> chance to loosen up, kind of.
> 
> -- 
> david turgeon at http://www.notype.com
>