gordonl@microsoft.UUCP (Gordon Letwin) (10/10/84)
I just bought "TriCycle - Flim & the BBs" and noticed that its a CD-only release... there is and will be no vinyl version available. Does anyone know of any other CD-only releases? At the moment, it clearly indicates a concern for sound that transcends commercialism... p.s. - the music is wide-dynamic range instrumental "jazz" (kinda) and is great!
gayde@ihuxp.UUCP (Peter Gayde) (10/12/84)
Deutsche Grammaphon has recently released a NEW recording of Mahler's
9th Symphony performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von
Karajan. Their advertising states that it will be a CD-only release.
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Peter Gayde AT&T Technologies Naperville, IL
ihnp4!{iwu1b,ihuxp}!gayde (312) 979-7598dave@rocksvax.UUCP (10/12/84)
The Police "Synchronicity" CD has "Murder By Numbers" on it whereas the vinyl version leaves this off. Seeing this was one of my favorite Police songs I was a little disappointed to find out that all albums with the same name are not the same. p.s. It was released only on the cassette, CD and I believe on the back of some 45.
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/17/84)
> The Police "Synchronicity" CD has "Murder By Numbers" on it whereas > the vinyl version leaves this off. > > p.s. It was released only on the cassette, CD and I believe on the > back of some 45. It may be that there isn't enough room on the LP format to squeeze that last song in.
emjej@uokvax.UUCP (10/17/84)
Also, *The Digital Domain* (synthesized/digitally hacked sound and music) is a CD-only release. It merits that currently cheapened word "awesome." (Although this isn't net.music, as a *St. Paul Sunday Morning* listener, I can recommend Flim and the BBs. (I was always worried that it was "Phlegm and the..." :->)) James Jones
boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (10/19/84)
> From: rocksvax!dave > The Police "Synchronicity" CD has "Murder By Numbers" on it whereas > the vinyl version leaves this off. Seeing this was one of my favorite > Police songs I was a little disappointed to find out that all albums > with the same name are not the same. This is not particularly new, though it's not exactly common, either. I bought a 10" disk by Rickie Lee Jones called GIRL AT HER VOLCANO, and then ended up buying the cassette for it because the tape had a "bonus song not available on LP" (I don't off-hand recall which song it was). Because this happens so rarely, I don't get as irritated about this as I do the increasingly common habit of record companies to use songs "not available on LP" as flip sides of hit singles. Of course, no one's *forcing* you to buy the singles just for those songs, but if you really like the artist/group, you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
dat@hpcnoe.UUCP (dat) (11/23/84)
(I leap, brandishing keyboard, into the fray) As far as I am concerned, the public is being sold a real bum rap as far as the CD players - ask any engineer at a company that makes them - THEY AIN'T GUNNA BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEW STUFF IN TWO YEARS! For purely monetary gain, the record companies and a bunch of electronics companies are pushing CD's and CD players harder than I have ever seen ANYthing pushed in this industry. Subjectively, I have heard 'mediocre' records (vinyl) on top-notch turntables, versus CD's of the same selection...the vinyl was far more 'listenable'. (What else IS there, with music, anyway?) Admittedly, if you want to spend less than $250 on a turntable, or buy some Japanese piece of sh*t (most, not all) then it DOES make sense to pick up a CD...but I hope everyone who is spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars on this equipment is throwing it into a cesspool of no-returns! By next Christmas, I predict that the industry will not only come out with wider bandwidths (essential) on CD's, but will also have 'record' capabilities. In the meantime, I am planning on buying a Linn turntable for $300+ and enjoying my $1500 record collection (99% of which will NEVER appear on CD's) and waiting for read/write CD players. Any comments? Dave Taylor Hewlett-Packard Colorado Networks Operation