From daniel Sent Wed, Jan 6th 1999, 00:06
From daniel Sent Wed, Jan 6th 1999, 00:06
What everyone seems to be forgetting here is that this isn't the case of poor distribution or records that are widely available. These are records that were purposely pressed at low volumes so as to create a demand. The fella that runs skam purposely made sure that only a few records were sent to the states. PJ had to do invites to sell the music. We are talking about serious elitism here. Notice I did not say bootleg the latest bola cd or the jega ep (the first one). Why? because these were made available and can be found. If you did not get one that is your own fault. Skam pressed as many as they could afford on those. They were doing the best they could. However, when you purposely create muck and mire like the mask series has, then you should be held responsible. Why hasn't skam came forward and said "awww shucks didn't realize all you people wanted this" and then released a cd comp of them? A good example of this is the from beyond series. Hard to find but tasty. The label, in the end, released a cd that compiled all the vinyl. They even retained the exclusivness of the vinyl by releasing slightly different versions on the cd. lastly, note that I said if it was bootlegged the money should be handed over to skam. Now how exactly is that hurting skam? -daniel