Re: [microsound] Re: RLW

[will soderberg <wsoderberg@xxxxxxxx>]

i think the john fahey cd "womblife" is a quality release on tote...


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From: "bob maynard" <fleshlike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 9:37 PM
Subject: [microsound] Re: RLW


> greg wrote:
>
> >I will disagree here, as the Conrad related recordings on TotE are
>pretty
> >damn fantastic.
>
>
> Man, I knew I was gonna take some flak for my table of the elements
> comments.  I guess I mean that there have been multiple instances of me
> purchasing a glossy TOTE album, only to find that each listen turns out to
> be an endurance test (eg, dead c; conrad; youngs).
>
>
> >His Early Minimalism 1 box set and the recent
> >Cale/Conrad/Maclaise/Young/Zazella "Day of Niagara" are not only well
> >packaged but are important documents of 60's experimental sound.
>
>
> funny, because one of the legal criticisms leveled against the TOTE label
by
> mr.Lamonte Young himself is that the "Niagra" packaging falls WAYYY short
of
> his personal aesthetic standards. i'd actually be interested in knowing
what
> those standards are, considering that Lamonte Young albums/recorded
material
> are about as rare as the beef i had last night.  here's a link to Young's
> legal "statement" concerning TOTE's decision to covertly release his
album:
>
> http://www.virtulink.com/mela/statemen.htm
>
> plus, the whole Young/Zazeela/Dream Syndicate legacy is rivaled only by
> fleetwood mac in terms of bloated vanity, drugs, and bad hair.
>
> BOB maynard
>
> np: fleetwood mac "tusk"   (a brilliant album, no jokes.)
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