From Kid66606 Sent Mon, Jan 4th 1999, 17:48
From Kid66606 Sent Mon, Jan 4th 1999, 17:48
In a message dated 1/4/99 10:29:40 AM, you wrote: << No one who bought a TR-808 is in any position to criticize others for spending too much money on "rare" items. >> WHOA,WHOA,WHOA, LET'S BACKUP FOR JUST ONE MOTHAFUGGING SEC HERE OK???? this is really getting out of hand, comparing the purchasing of a timeless and EXTREMELY usefull musical instrument akin to a stradivarius violin or wicked old fender guitar in the electronic world to a few tracks of wanky electronic music that was underpressed to make a little stir in the underground and get some attention is just plain WRONG!!! for all you know he got his tr-808 for $50 in a pawnshop (like the one I am using=) if you want to hear the skam/mask stuff you can just get copies (people are offering them up for free for chrissakes) and don't even start on "you can just get 808 samples". leave the 808 users alone;> yr probably just jealous cause yr alesis HR-16 falls out of sync or the little shitty ac adaptor won't stay in place. luv to almost everyone kid808 P.S. let it also be noted that the whole collectors market built around skam stuff is just that a "scam" , roland never intended that ther ewoudl be such a demand for 808's in the years to come, if so they just woudl have made more. by buying an 808 for some large price isn't supporting someones eccentric marketing/ distribution habits.