From Andrew J. Solomon Sent Thu, May 7th 1998, 01:10
From Andrew J. Solomon Sent Thu, May 7th 1998, 01:10
huh? can someone explain what a 4 x cd player is? Gescom: on james'(steady j) discog, there is a number 3 near the top of the minidisc listing.. i (misinterpreted)/took this to mean there were only 3 pressed. which made no sense to me. they really released alot of them in minidisc format? im so confused. i should sleep. andy xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx On Wed, 6 May 1998, Upaka wrote: > > In a message dated 5/6/98 4:45:36 PM, you wrote: > > >Well, it could be worse. If you like the Flaming Lips you might be > >bullied into buying another 3, seeing as their new LP comes on 4 CDs > >which are intended to all be played at the same time (or not, if you're > >feeling rebellious). What the point of it? Don't ask me. It could be > >that they were just too lazy to mix it, or that they want to sell 1 CDs > >for the price of four, or it could be just a load of gimmicky nonsense. > >but as Irene points out, who but the luxuriously rich would have 4 CD > >players to do this on. > > I think this could be interesting if each of the cds had a different mix of > the record, i.e. the vocals on one track panned differently on each disc. Then > when you played all four together it would seem like the vocals were bouncing > around the room. However, I don't think that the Flaming Lips went to so much > trouble. And I completely agree that most people would be unable to use this. > > On a related note, I wonder why Gescom have chosen to release their new > recording in minidisc only form. Forget about the whole compression problem, > what about the fact that minidisc players are prohibitively expensive? I'm not > going to go out and buy a minidisc player to listen to what will certainly be > the only minidisc-exclusive release. It just seems rather mean to release > something in a format that almost no one can listen to. It's like saying: "I > bet you'd like to listen to this wouldn't you? Oh, well, too bad you don't > have a minidisc player, isn't it?" >