Re: (idm) Cheap Stuff I bought

From Irene McC
Sent Wed, Dec 2nd 1998, 12:12

On 2 Dec 98, Sam Frank wrote re: (idm) Cheap Stuff I bought:

You asked, I'm answering :-)

> Jarre's Oxygene--I found it for $1.  Not my favorite thing on one listen,
> what do other people think?  Is this some sort of rarity by now?

Arrrrggh!  Played to death at its birth (not by me, but by radio 
stations) and thankfully forgotten for many years - I was reunited 
with this piece on a holiday to Mauritius earlier this year, where the 
hotel seemed to have very few tapes apart from Oxygene.  Not my 
favourite thing on a hundred listens either.

>         Takhead (What's My Mission Now)and tackhead Sound System
> (Tackhead Tape Time).  What's up with this industro-dub stuff?  Do
> poeple like this era of On-U? 

Ey !!  It's Tack>>Head Tape Time with Gary Clail  Yes, excellent 
stuff, though in moderation.

I
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np : the new Stereolab comp. - oh so soothing