― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 31 March 2005 00:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Awesome! Somebody ought to do a marathon for charity or something where they try to listen to all 21 hours consecutively!
Let's see---the 9 mixes make 12 hours--has anybody made it to the mp3-CD (the one with the briefcase-esque logo)? That bit may have been overkill--but there's a lot of great stuff that just didn't suit the mixes!
― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 31 March 2005 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Also I'm rather happy to see Club Tango on there. I have that 7", really like that song a lot. Nice to see Mass and Urban Verbs too!
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Thursday, 31 March 2005 01:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 02:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm not sure how much stuff on there qualifies as obscure. Probably some, but then again, none of it is *that* hard to find or I wouldn't have found it. Some of the obscure stuff is thanks to Chuck W or PhilT.
I admit, that Necessaries track is one of my very few cheats. They released an album in '81, then rereleased it under a different name with a few different tracks and a different mastering job the next year. The track you have is from the rerelease--but I think it was *recorded* in '81. Basically, it's far and away the best track and features Arthur (Russell) most prominantly--without his influence, they're a decent but sometimes middling pop-rock band. He's just magic (though I can't say much for the one solo track I knew to have been released in '81--it's a very, very minor sketch---gosh how I wish "A Little Lost" or something like that had been released in '81).
― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 31 March 2005 02:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Ah! The penny drops, I was wondering why the voice sounded so familiar. Obscurity is all in the ear of the beholder, m'friend -- certainly the vast majority of the songs and bands are very familiar (hell, I'm listening to Robyn H's "Love" right now and I saw him the other night!), but not all, and I'd be lying to say if I had!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link
haha I've lost all perspective on this stuff, it's imprinted on my brain--but push me forward to '85 or back to '75 or just about anywhere else, and plenty of stuff that would be well known to ILMers is probably obscure to me. I didn't mean to specialise, and in terms of time spent listening I don't really--but for a project like this, it's kind of required : )
It's very exciting to me that people are hearing stuff that's new-to-them with this thing--hopefully it'll cause more than a few legitimate purchases!
― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 31 March 2005 02:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Got to get this, before the fall box set...
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 31 March 2005 06:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 31 March 2005 23:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 31 March 2005 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link
The music reaffirms my faith in people in a way, so it's fantastic that putting it all in one place can do the same. Fantastic : ) The queue is so deep, I don't know if I'll get to second helpings, but I'll try!
― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 31 March 2005 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'd have to echo that. A labor of love and then some -- if the whole enterprise can be summed up in one word, it would be 'generosity,' from everything to getting the music to presentation and forethought and explanation.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 31 March 2005 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
The response of the 2nd round has been really quick! 12+ copies will go out today at lunch. The "+" can mean you, if you got an email from me yesterday and are able to respond in the next few hours. Thanks!
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 1 April 2005 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 1 April 2005 14:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Friday, 1 April 2005 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link
You're good, thanks--your copy will head out in a couple hours!
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 1 April 2005 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Thanks!
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 1 April 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 1 April 2005 14:41 (nineteen years ago) link
As said upthread, obscurity is definitely in the ear of the beholder - I'm a nave in ILM-land so this is my first exposure to many of these artists and songs.
― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Friday, 1 April 2005 21:12 (nineteen years ago) link
12 more copies went out this afternoon, should be arriving all next week.
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:20 (nineteen years ago) link
ASTONISHING.
this sets the bar so amazingly high for any kind of personal mix project. I am in awe. It's just such a goddam beautiful thing to hold in your hand. Listening to disc 1 now.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 1 April 2005 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― I.M. (I.M.), Monday, 4 April 2005 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Monday, 4 April 2005 03:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Yes, definitely. In fact, I think you asked the same question a while ago? Just email me at the address below. Thanks.
― I.M. (I.M.), Monday, 4 April 2005 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm trying not to re-read the tracklisting, to surprise myself with it later...
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 4 April 2005 09:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Basted (blueski), Monday, 4 April 2005 09:57 (nineteen years ago) link
listened to only the first two discs, so far. great fun.
thanks, very much, I.M.!
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 4 April 2005 10:43 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't have the list in front of me, but I'm pretty sure I have, and I've already sent you your copy. I'll make sure, though.
Sven ---
Made it in word/pagemaker/photoshop, printed at a local reprographics shop, folded/stapled myself.
RJG ---
Cool, glad it got there.
― I.M. (I.M.), Monday, 4 April 2005 13:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 01:44 (nineteen years ago) link
I got it from www.ioproducts.com. A slightly bootleg looking website, but I haven't had any problems buying from them.
Finding those CD-Rs made me really happy, too. I've had maybe two failed burns in over 1,500.
The whole thing is kindof like those zines, in that the aesthetic was partly a product of my material limitations.
― I.M. (I.M.), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 01:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 03:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 03:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― I.M. (I.M.), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 03:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Basted (blueski), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 11:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― I.M. (I.M.), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Why yes! Please read upthread. :-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― I.M. (I.M.), Tuesday, 5 April 2005 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link
So far I'm finding that about 10% of it is stuff I'm very familiar with by some of my favorite bands. Another 10 or 20% is stuff I'm pretty familiar with but haven't heard for years. But the great part is of course the 30 or 40% of it that are songs I've never heard or artists I've never heard of but want to hear more immediately. I'll add some more in-depth thoughts later when I've had more time to digest.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 6 April 2005 22:17 (nineteen years ago) link
I hope you aren't finding the stuff you don't know to be substancially lower quality than the stuff you do know.
― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 7 April 2005 00:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 7 April 2005 01:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 7 April 2005 19:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=passions
I was never all that into them, myself, but I guess it's kindof interesting they shared a label with the Cure.
― Bimble... (Bimble...), Thursday, 7 April 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Personally, the Passions are one of the more underrated female-lead post-punk bands I know, along with PragVec and Neonbabies (whom I just discovered) and maybe Y Pants. They're a much poppier type of post-punk generally, but with a nice slightly dark rock polish to them. I highly recommend '30,000 Feet Over China,' but 'Michael & Miranda' are both quite good, too. As they're both well out of print (and not looking likely to be otherwise, that I'm aware) email me and I'll see about getting copies to you.
O. Nate ---
Thanks so much! Several people have used that word to describe the set, and I take it as a high compliment of the one thing I can take credit for, which is putting all this stuff in one little place.
― I.M. (I.M.), Thursday, 7 April 2005 23:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 April 2005 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 8 April 2005 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 8 April 2005 00:32 (nineteen years ago) link
I wish I could explicate my choices like you have, Ned. But I guess if I could, it would take 20 pages, as long as this mix is. . .
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 8 April 2005 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link