From Rodney Perkins Sent Thu, Mar 26th 1998, 18:00
From Rodney Perkins Sent Thu, Mar 26th 1998, 18:00
How can one distinguish between the vinyl re-issues and the original release? My recently purchased copy says nothing about Distance. ---------- >From: Hrvatski <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> >To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx >Subject: Re: (idm) Reissues of SAW.85-92 + Classics on Distance(?). >Date: Thu, Mar 26, 1998, 3:52 AM > >> I've got a question about the reissuances of Aphex Twin's "Selected >>Ambient Works 85-92" and "Classics". Their call numbers are (DIST 003 CD) >>and (DIST 004 CD), respectively with the label of (re)issuance being >>DISTANCE. >> >> Can anyone tell me about this label and how they worked out a deal >>with R&S to re-press these two albums? Also, what country is this label >>out of? > >>From what I gather, Distance is a European (French?) label set up by Tower >Records (!). They did a bunch of bad comps, and a slew of R&S titles (both >69 CD's among others). I know that for a while, the R&S licensed titles >were only available in Towers, in fact they were a required buy by each >store's respective import buyer. The whole deal is fairly offensive. They >are cheap, though. Full lengths are about $15 POP stateside. Sounds like >the kind of thing those of us who have any sort of anti-corporate sentiment >should boycott. Otherwise, they're exactly the same as the R&S versions and >a good deal. -Keith >