Re: [microsound] stockhausen verlag

[Joshua Maremont <thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will admit that I groaned, perhaps inaudibly in one of those cartoon 
bubbles above the head, when I carried my Stockhausen Verlag edition of 
"Kurzwellen" up to the Amoeba counter in Berkeley and watched US$37 (or 
thereabouts) flash across the register display, but then again if anyone 
deserves the money - given his assistance in the construction of the 
musical world in which we all now dwell - it is Karlheinz himself.  Yes, 
the Verlag editions - at least in their pricing - may be an instance of 
what I call "punishing one's fans," but at least he gave a personal touch 
to the lovely enhanced reissues, giving even those with the original vinyls 
(placed perhaps on secret subterranean altars) a reason to emit their own 
pained sighs on their way to their own financial flogging at the 
register.  I did, however, stop short of acquiring the 4-CD box of "Hymnen"...

joshua maremont / thermal - mailto:thermal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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