From Irene McC Sent Wed, Dec 9th 1998, 15:08
On 9 Dec 98, Chris.Hilker wrote re: (idm) Poll Categories: > > Best Album purchased in 1998 (not necessarily released in 1998) > > Best Single purchased in 1998 (not necessarily released in 1998) > > Best Compilation purchased in 1998 (not necessarily released in 1998) > > This is completely out of the scope of this poll. I may try to do an all-time > IDM poll around June or July '99, but until then, let's stick to '98. First off ::: advance thanks to Chris for once again undertaking this mammoth and thankless task. I totally agree with the comments pertaining to these three nominated categories : this IS afterall the '98 poll. I don't discount the validity of the original poster's thought process : of course we all buy things that are not necessarily the freshest release and *much* of the music that has given me most pleasure during the course of this year is 'older' - but seeing this is a specific voting process, we should stick to current issues. My only problem is that I haven't heard nearly enough of the '98 releases to make an informed choice and can only pass judgement on those which I've managed to obtain - a drop in the ocean of what's 'out there'. {sniff}. I * np : Jimi Tenor - Intervision (oh dear, 96!!) >