Re: A Question to the List about economics...
Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:07:25 -0700
>Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:04:12 +0200
>From: Beside <beside@makeme.com>
>Organization: Influessence/Flimmer/Hero no.7 Recordings
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: aj <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: Re: A Question to the List about economics...
>
>Lee Gordon wrote:
>> Big shout out to you guys who responded to my inquiry.
>> Some of the stuff you suggested I do- like checking out certain labels
>> and the recommendations of certain listees. But most of it makes it
>> quite clear that there's a science to tracking down cuts, and an even
>> bigger science to getting the dollar's worth from what we see on this
>> list!
>
>There are very few labels i trust so much that i will buy anything from
>them without having heard it first. Ninja Tune and Mo'Wax are pretty
>obvious choises.. at least for me. But that doesnt only have to do with
>the music they put out, its sort of a collectors-thing too... i WANT to
>have it all even if it sucks.
>
You're not the only one.
Other labels:
Science (Photek's imprint), La Yellow (The Mighty Bop, Louis Vertigo, etc.
French), starting on Talkin' Loud (4 Hero, Courtny Pine, UFO, Roni
Size/Represent), and we can't forget Blue Note, the old stuff and just
released MM&W, and Don Byron (clarinet) with Biz Markie on the mic.
erik g