Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 23:55:11 -0800
>From: Gordon Hurd <ghurd@yahoo-inc.com>
>To: "acid-jazz@ucsd.edu" <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: RE: Funk Spectrum on BBE
>Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:24:26 -0800
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>On Thursday, February 25, 1999 12:43 AM, Matt Mullen [SMTP:mcfly@tcp.co.uk]
>wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> picked up a copy of this compilation this week, a double with disks
>> complied by Josh "DJ Shadow" Davis and Keb Darge. Sounds worth the cash
>on
>> the first listen with one caveat.... the track listing doesn't list
>> artists, just track names.
>>
>> Now, if you read the sleeve notes on the Darge disk, it was words to the
>> effect that Davis persuaded him *not* to list artists on the sleeve, but
>> the more detailed notes make references to most of the artists and you
>can
>> compile a fairly comprehensive full listing yourself. On the Davis disk
>he
>> rants about bootleg compliations not getting proper clearance for tracks,
>> and then makes a plea for the artists that were uncontactable from *this*
>> LP to contact BBE.
>>
>> Now other than being a right pain in the arse to make my own full track
>> listing, surely it would be slightly easier for these artists to be
>> contacted, if full credits (such as they are known) to be fully printed
>on
>> the damn sleeve ? I don't know, maybe someones nephew or someone might
>> stumble across it in the racks or something......
>>
>> Funnilly enough, the 'dodgy bootlegs' that I have bought have always had
>> full track listings and in many cases I have sought out legitimate
>> pressings of the tracks - having the artist/track made this somewhat
>easier :)
>>
>> Sorry.... rant over :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt Mullen
>> hero no7 recordings
>> http://www.herono7.com
>> +44(0)7970 891699
>> *kubrick sigh - 'educated touching' ep out soon !*
>
>I totally understand where you are coming from. I've always thought it
>pretentious (maybe), annoying (definitely), to keep artist information, or
>any kind of information secret from your peers, audience, etc. I remember
>hearing a few years ago that Shadow even went so far as to remove labels
>from his records so people couldn't see what he was spinning and sampling.
>I can't verify the truth of that but it seems like the philosophy behind
>that seems to pan out after reading the above info. I know that there's a
>tradition to do this kind of thing in hip hop. nevertheless, I still think
>it's cheezy. There's enough music out there for everyone.
>
>g
>
But, this has been going on since the early days. It was mentioned in the
blue break beats liner notes, that DJs would peel off, or paste over the
labels to keep their breaks secret.
erik g
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