From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V3 #249 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Monday, November 9 1998 Volume 03 : Number 249 Today's Subjects: ----------------- ***Phbbbbbt*** to Epic(US)... look what I finally dug up! [Joel Cairo ] Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: Some old and some new... ["Ashoke S. Taluk] Re: ***Phbbbbbt*** to Epic(US)... look what I finally dug up! [Beverly Ma] Re: ***Phbbbbbt*** to Epic(US)... look what I finally dug up! [Stephen Yl] Re: The Sweetest Illusion? [rrumsby ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 23:17:42 -0800 From: Joel Cairo Subject: ***Phbbbbbt*** to Epic(US)... look what I finally dug up! I knew if I kept looking long enough, I'd find this... Courtesy of the fine people at Epic (Japan), I finally found the cover graphics for "Clear Horizon"!! Anyone interested can now find it at: http://home1.gte.net/soundmn1/basia_CH.jpg Very pretty looking package! Whaddya think, folks? - -Kevin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 01:09:11 -0700 From: "Thomas R. Herlin" Subject: Re: The Sweetest Illusion? > Here's what the reviewer at http://www.tunes.com has to say about 'Sweetest > Illusion'....... > > Vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska spent a couple of years in the pop band Matt > Bianco, an offshoot of Blue Rondo A La Turk, before she launched a solo > career in 1987. With the musical assistance of Matt Bianco's Danny White, > Basia developed a subtle cocktail - jazz - pop which was first showcased on > her 1987 debut album, Time and Tide. Supported by the singles "New Day for > You" and "Time and Tide," the record became a hit in Europe and America, > where the album went platinum. Her second record, 1990's London Warsaw New > York, was just as successful, but her third album, 1994's Sweetest > Illusion, FAILED TO FIND AN AUDIENCE. > > - - - Stephen Thomas Erlewine > > Excuse me??!! That's right! TSI "only" went gold. The fact is that it charted higher in the U.S. than "Time and Tide" did! Well, "Sweetest Illusion" sure enough found me. - -- Thom Herlin http://www.diac.com/~herlin/ratings/basia.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 04:25:23 -0500 From: "Ashoke S. Talukdar" Subject: Re: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: Some old and some new... Great now all the b-zillion attempts show up! Computers puzzle me. Isn't this ironic? Ashoke (who feels like he is now suffering from diplopia)! - -----Original Message----- From: Ashoke S. Talukdar To: Basia Mailing List Date: Saturday, November 07, 1998 11:57 PM Subject: THE COPERNICAN CHRONICLES: Some old and some new... > >I love retrospectives. I would subscribe to any retrospective as long as >there are some variations. > >Last night I watched Stevie Nicks on VH1 Storytellers. Among other things, >she rendered a version of "Rhiannon" with only her on the piano. By her own >admission, she has very rarely done this. This song is one of my all time >favorites. On the Fleetwood Mac "Dance" tour, the song would begin with a >few notes on the piano and when Stevie's voice uttered the word Rhiannon, >time would stop. The VH1 version is very different - stark, with a somewhat >unfinished quality - rare for Stevie but worth every bit of the standing >ovation that she got after it ended. > >I am grateful to VH1 for affording us the opportunity of revisiting our >favorite artists in a different context. > > ****************** > >I was having a conversation with a friend last week. As someone on the list >(Diane perhaps) pointed out, there seems to be a preponderance for "Best >of..." releases. Essentially, old songs revisited with one or two new >tracks. Many hardcore fans find this somewhat annoying. However, our >discussion was highlighted by a couple of viewpoints not often taken. It >would seem that the artists themselves would naturally like the idea of >retrospectives. It is somewhat similar to being a chef. You rarely get to >enjoy your own work in the same way as the beneficiary of the creative >process - the audience. This is mainly because the artist gets to stay with >the object of art through the creative process, more so than any of us, and >is thus constantly surrounded by the "aroma" of their work. It is almost >impossible to not become immune to some of the poignancy in the work that >we, as recepients of the finished product, enjoy and cherish so much. In >this light, it is quite understandable that one would want to revisit their >own works occasionally, so as to be able to experience this flavor after >having stayed away from it for a while. > >The music industry is faced with a different kind of dilemna. 25 years ago, >the recorded media (vinyls, tapes, etc.) were not as long lasting as those >of today (CDs, DVD, etc.). Hence, more and more, today we are likely to buy >a CD and have it last for so significantly long a time, that we often don't >have to worry about replacing it even after many months in the CD player. >For same level of use, we would most certainly have to replace a vinyl LP or >a tape. I know I have. The economic connotations aside, however, I think >there is a somewhat subtle implication in the increasing propensity for >producing compilations of existing works. The record companies, after all, >are not naive to the demands of the market. They make retrospective >compilations because statistics show that people will buy them. Which >brings are to the third and, perhaps, the most important factor of this >equation - the listener. > >Personally, I think these compilations can be very rewarding if done >thoughtfullly. Re-releasing studio or live recordings of previous >productions (T&T, LWNY, TSI and BOB) in a lengthy, 2-CD collection is NOT a >thoughtfully done collection. Needless to say I did not buy it. But "Clear >Horizon" is different. Like many of you, I too have heard all but the two >wholly new tracks. But the official release of tracks like "Waters of >March" and "Angels Blush" provide a sense of completion the anthology of her >works. It also puts these songs into a context that is more Basia, than >simply isolated recordings. > >Moreover, I think that putting together a compilation of songs, no doubt >suggested by Basia herself, involves an element of interpretation of her own >work. In making a song list, there is always the inevitable composition of >coherence, which, to my mind, offers an insight into the Basia's feelings >about these songs. It also provides us with the opportunity of creating our >own context for listening to a set of songs in a particular order. > >Ultimately, my personal feelings about the release of "Clear Horizon" are >about being content and at ease, rather than excitement. Content of the >knowledge that she IS back in the studio and that there is more to come. > >Regards, >Ashoke. >________________________________________________________________ >Ashoke S. Talukdar | When the darkness takes you >talukdar@morph.ebme.cwru.edu | with her hand across your face >Home : 216-381-5872 | Don't give in too quickly >Imaging Lab : 216-368-8812 | Find the things she's erased >MetroHealth : 216-778-8987 | Find the line, find the face >Pager : 216-670-5872 | Through the grain... >Cellular : 216-317-7079 | >Fax : 216-368-4969 | Suzanne Vega > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 07:45:49 -0600 From: Beverly Martin Subject: Re: ***Phbbbbbt*** to Epic(US)... look what I finally dug up! Joel Cairo wrote: > I knew if I kept looking long enough, I'd find this... > > Courtesy of the fine people at Epic (Japan), I finally found the cover > graphics for "Clear Horizon"!! Anyone interested can now find it at: > > http://home1.gte.net/soundmn1/basia_CH.jpg > > Very pretty looking package! > > Whaddya think, folks? > > -Kevin Kevin, What's the URL for the Epic Japan page (not that I can read Japanese) - -- the US page is still not updated!!!! -- Beverly Martin ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 13:43:22 -0800 From: Stephen Ylvisaker Subject: Re: ***Phbbbbbt*** to Epic(US)... look what I finally dug up! >I knew if I kept looking long enough, I'd find this... > >Courtesy of the fine people at Epic (Japan), I finally found the cover >graphics for "Clear Horizon"!! Anyone interested can now find it at: > >http://home1.gte.net/soundmn1/basia_CH.jpg > >Very pretty looking package! > >Whaddya think, folks? > >-Kevin Yes!! That is a very nice portrait! The 17th can't come soon enough. TTFN, Stephen Stephen Ylvisaker greyfell@iname.com "That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder." - Calvin (& Hobbes) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 17:25:00 -0800 From: rrumsby Subject: Re: The Sweetest Illusion? "Thomas R. Herlin" wrote: 1994's Sweetest > > Illusion, FAILED TO FIND AN AUDIENCE. > > > > - - - Stephen Thomas Erlewine > > > > Excuse me??!! > > That's right! TSI "only" went gold. The fact is that it charted higher > in the U.S. than "Time and Tide" did! > > Well, "Sweetest Illusion" sure enough found me. Yea, whats this about failed to find an audience. We're here well arnt we :) :) bfn BobR ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V3 #249 ***************************