From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #286 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, July 25 2001 Volume 10 : Number 286 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Harrison [Eb ] re: worm alert [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] re: John Sebastian [Robcow@aol.com] RE: worm alert ["Brian Huddell" ] Re: John Sebastian [Eb ] re: John Sebastian [Glen Uber ] Please don't call me Reg (it's not my name) [grutness@surf4nix.com (James] Re: worm alert [Tom Clark ] did i know this? [bayard ] re: Best TV themes (was John Sebastian) ["victorian squid" ] Re: worm alert [/dev/woj ] Burn your Akira DVDs [steve ] Re: did i know this? [Ken Weingold ] Re: did i know this? [Mike Swedene ] Re: Hairy Phuu [Jeff Dwarf ] RE: did i know this? ["Bachman, Michael" ] Re: John Sebastian [John McIntyre ] re: CD lore [Eb ] Re: John Sebastian ["Rude Becky of Goldstrum" ] Re: CD lore [HAL ] re: CD lore [Michael R Godwin ] Re: did i know this? ["scary mary" ] Re: did i know this? [Ken Weingold ] Re: CD lore [Ken Weingold ] Re: did i know this? [lj lindhurst ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:23:15 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Harrison I've resumed checking the Beatles newsgroup after a lonnnng break, purely because of the George thing. Below is a very interesting, anonymous post...though it's strange how a newsman would misspell so many words.... - ----- Just to clear up a few things for those of us who are absorbing the media "coverage" of George Harrison's current health problems a few things HAVE to be said. Sadly, the state of journalism is far different that it was many years ago -- due to television. I work at a cable news channel myself, and I can tell you that for the most part stories are not chosen for their value, importance or veracity. I can also tell you that it is very competetive and nobody wants to get scooped. Its a climate that encourages irresponsible non-journalists to report unsupported rumors without ANY attempt to confirm them whatsoever. Or build up overly sentimental and dramatic account of news that there is NO PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE about. This morning, I watched the obit package about Harrison's death (don't be to shocked folks --we have finished obituaries for elderly heads of state, and celebrities like Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope. Its pretty standard for major news operations), and the story recounted Harrison's health problems -- including a brain tumor. It also decribed how Harrison's wife Olivia was by his side when he died. How nice. Nobody ever dies alone in the news. I am embarrased and outraged by this sort of thing because its supposed to be our job (in the media) to tell YOU the truth. Worrying about newschannel A or B reporting a story first should not be our first responsibility. Being correct and not starting a panic or unnecessarily scaring or hurting somebody's family, friends and fans is a really cheap way of keeping asses in seats and the TV on -- and its a disgrace. We had plenty of time to check with sources to confirm the story. If we had, you would have NEVER heard about it from us. BTW, we should have learned this after the Gore-Bush fiasco in Florida. That problems was almost entirely fueled by the media and its premature reports of victory for both candidates. So... just to unclutter the haze of heresay and innuendo, here is what we actually know about Harrison's health -- which is very little. We know he had part of his lung removed at the Mayo Clinic. We know that he had radio therapy shortly thereafter. We know who the doctor that administered the theraph was. We DO NOT know what the radiotherapy was for. No, we don't. I don't care where you saw it -- you DO NOT KNOW. The original source for that report (brain tumor) was a mysterious anonymous insider. Harrison hasn't confirmed it. His doctor hasn't confirmed it. There is an EXCELLENT chance that it is related to his lung. There is also an excellent chance it is related to his prostate. Or his arse. Or his brain. For now -- he is just a sick guy trying to recover from pretty invasive surgery and radiation therapy - which totally sucks. It can make you tired, give you sores in your mouth, make you vomit, have diarrhea and alot of other nasty shit. And this guy, who at the very least is beat and trying to have a positive attitude and get some rest and recover, has to deal with denying he's at death's door. It seems like every other day, some paper runs some unverified rumor that -- if you read this sort of thing all the time -- doesn't even have the remote scent of truth. I get the feeling that some members of the press are using these tactics to elicit a full accounting of Harrison's problems from either the man or his reprentatives. We're over a barrel trying to decide whether it's time to go ahead and produce documentaries and prepare memorial issues and pullouts. And by the way, I'm not being naive and assuming this is all lies and everything is okay. This guy had part of a LUNG removed for God's sake. Harrison could die tonight for all I know. But the stories you have been hearing in the press lately might as well be about aliens flying Santa to the moon for lunar Christmas. There was absolutely NO WAY that George Martin would have shared this sort of information with the press if he had it. The guy can keep insider secrets for 40 years and keep mum about relatively unimportant information about the Beatles Anthology, but this highly personal and painful information gets broadcast to the whole friggin world. Unless you think Martin is a scumbag, you should have figured this story for BS right away. In other words, there may be serious problems, but the press are ONLY GUESSING -- and ALL REPORTS need to be taken with a grain of salt. Until Olivia Harrison makes a statement on behalf of a frail George and asks for your prayers, don't fret. Understand that Harrison IS sick, and hope for a speedy recovery. I, for one, would like to tell George -- if I could -- thanks for your music and get well soon. I AM SORRY that you need to be bothered with this crap on top of your REAL problems. Maybe he should ask McCartney for some advice on convincing the world he's not dead. The way I see it, we'll probably get that wrong too. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:38:38 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: re: worm alert At least I've traced what type the worm is: Having a mac, it shouldn't spread from me, as it can't run on my system (in any case I deleted the attachments as soon as I got them). Be warned that it's out there though, and almost certainly propagated via an address on one of these two lists. James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:44:06 EDT From: Robcow@aol.com Subject: re: John Sebastian Eek! You snagged me in on this one due to the fact that John Sebastian was my **HERO** when I was a teenager. Went through 3 copies of "John B. Sebastian" I think. All in all I'd say it doesn't probably hold up in its entirety but it has some fine moments. This would have been released shortly after his appearance at Woodstock and while his reputation for having great tie dye was most strong. Had some famous friends help out also which kind of gets it lumped in with the early Crosby, Stills & Nash material by some. The next album "Cheapo Cheapo Productions" was a live album released to cash in on the Woodstock excitement and is a OK document of his material from that era. Think it probably has a few Spoonful tunes on it also. "Four of Us" doesn't stand out in my memory. Could have been that I outgrew him but then again his 4th album "Tarzana Kid" (1974) is my favorite and the solo album of his I'm most likely to dig out and listen to every now and again. Laid back country blues pickin and harmonica. Good tunes, holds up well. Highly recommended. "Welcome Back" included the theme to the television show Welcome Back Kotter which is oddly, all he is remembered for by many in his solo career. Not his strongest album but not his worst either. Get "Tarzana Kid" and "John B. Sebastian". The end... Cheers, Roberta P.S. Excellent interview with Rufus Wainwright on NPR's Fresh Air today. Should be online by the end of the day I'll bet. He plays a few songs live also. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:49:41 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: worm alert > -tc, fighting with the IT weenies here who only know how to > manage MS Exchange servers. Yikes, I hope they don't expect to be allowed to *eat* with you or anything ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:56:49 -0700 From: Eb Subject: Re: John Sebastian >I just received an e-mail from Rhino saying that they are re-releasing >John Sebastian's 5 Reprise albums. As a big Lovin' Spoonful fan, I was >wondering whether these were any good? I bought a used copy of his first (and best?) album not all that long ago, and only liked one or two songs. And I adore the Lovin' Spoonful. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:55:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Glen Uber Subject: re: John Sebastian On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 Robcow@aol.com wrote: >"Welcome Back" included the theme to the television show Welcome Back >Kotter which is oddly, all he is remembered for by many in his solo >career. In yet another case of fegSynchronicity: I mentioned to my wife just the other day what a great song I think "Welcome Back" is. In fact, I would place it in the top 5 of TV themes all-time. However, right now, I can't think of 4 others I'd include on that list. - -- Cheers! - -g- "Maybe [George Harrison] should ask [Paul] McCartney for some advice on convincing the world he's not dead. The way I see it, [the media will] probably get that wrong too." --anonymous poster to a Beatles newsgroup ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:03:50 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: Please don't call me Reg (it's not my name) >> Some friends of mine found an ID belonging to a very unfortunate person >> named Coke Dick. This became an enormous joke amongst my friends, who >> would periodically yell "Coke Dick is bitch!" for no particular reason. > >We had two high level US managers visit a UK site of my previous employer, >one of whom was called Roger Pinkstaff (chortle chortle). > >A colleague of mine had a manager called Ivor John Thomas! (gluck gluck) > >PooleR@dsmo.com wrote: >> To reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to >postmaster@dsmo.com >> Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP > >"Dickstein"! (arf arf!) > >(H) oh, sorry - I seem to have stumbled onto the Beavis and Butthead list by mistake... ;) Then again, I once met Richard Head. Some parents simply don't think. >Sounds like a porn name. There's a reporter on one of the San Francisco >television stations whose name is April Summers, also a great porn name. It always amazes me that Lucy Lawless is a real name. >The best real name that could be a porn name has to be that of Arizona >Diamondbacks' pitcher Randy Johnson. It also doesn't hurt that his >nickname is "The Big Unit". especially when you consider the meaning of the word Randy in parts of the 'real English' speaking world! >But what about the K? Or P.K. Dick, as in Picque Dick, his drag-queen >alter-ego?;-P The K actually stands for Kindred, a cool name in general, >but takes a twist(I think--my memory may have turned too creative here but I >- -think- this is right) when you realize the Dick(like Elvis?) was the >surviving twin. close but no banana. Kendred, not kindred. >As for the butchering of last names, just give -any- English pronunciation >to a polish last name and it turns awkward. But go for the polish and >Wisniewski becomes quite lovely. After a few drinks I have been known to >metamorphasize into the Countessa Vishnefska. having gone out with someone whose family name (pre-anglicisation) was Wawrczynszak, I can understand what you mean. Still, she did have the wonderful middle name of Jadwiga. James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:17:24 -0700 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: worm alert on 7/24/01 3:49 PM, Brian Huddell at bhuddell@bellsouth.net wrote: >> -tc, fighting with the IT weenies here who only know how to >> manage MS Exchange servers. > > Yikes, I hope they don't expect to be allowed to *eat* with you or > anything ;-) > Polite ribbing accepted. But you would think that for a company with a wide distribution of Windows, Mac, and Linux machines, they would try to be a little more flexible. - -tc ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:54:43 -0700 (PDT) From: bayard Subject: did i know this? huh! _groovy decAy_ was the very first RH release on CD. http://www.jh3.com/robyn/base/discs.asp?qq=1 way back in the dark days of 1985. anyone know what the first CD to be mass-marketed by anyone, was? =b ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:34:26 -0700 From: "victorian squid" Subject: re: Best TV themes (was John Sebastian) On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:55:41 Glen Uber wrote: >In yet another case of fegSynchronicity: I mentioned to my wife just the >other day what a great song I think "Welcome Back" is. In fact, I would >place it in the top 5 of TV themes all-time. However, right now, I can't >think of 4 others I'd include on that list. Secret Agent Man!!!!!!! The Jeffersons Chico and The Man Peter Gunn Square Pegs (runners up: Addams Family, Sanford and Son, Barney Miller- great heavy bassline on that one) loveonya, susan Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:04:47 -0500 From: "Brian Huddell" Subject: RE: worm alert > >> -tc, fighting with the IT weenies here who only know how > to manage MS > >> Exchange servers. > > > > Yikes, I hope they don't expect to be allowed to *eat* with you or > > anything ;-) > > > > Polite ribbing accepted. But you would think that for a > company with a wide distribution of Windows, Mac, and Linux > machines, they would try to be a little more flexible. It's an aspect of monopoly that doesn't get much press: certifications. Budding IT weenies shopping for training are led to believe that their futures depend upon MS certification (I avoid that trap by being just barely competent at a whole lot of things). It's yet another way that diversity is discouraged. Control the weenies and our asses will follow, or something like that, preferably clever. +brian ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:10:43 -0400 From: /dev/woj Subject: Re: worm alert when we last left our heroes, James Dignan (grutness@surf4nix.com) exclaimed: > >Be warned that it's out there though, and almost certainly propagated via >an address on one of these two lists. i've gotten a few billion of these which have been caught by the binary filter on smoe, so it's certainly conceivable that someone on fegmaniax has been infected. unfortunately, the mail headers seem to be randomly generated so it's not obvious who the infected is. woj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:42:53 -0500 From: steve Subject: Burn your Akira DVDs Never mind Akira, Miyazaki's made a new film - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?ff20010725a3.htm http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/rsen.html - - Steve __________ It is white." - George Bush, when asked what the White House is like by a student at Morningside Primary School in Hackney, East London. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:27:00 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: did i know this? On Tue, Jul 24, 2001, bayard wrote: > anyone know what the first CD to be mass-marketed by anyone, was? No clue, but my first CD ever was Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols, imported from the UK. Then I think was Unknown Pleasures from Joy Division, also imported, from France. With the hip CD Car Carry Case. I think Globe of Frogs was within the first 10. - -Ken np: Snatches of Pink - Send In The Clowns ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:36:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Swedene Subject: Re: did i know this? They say you always remember your first.... I got a promo cd of NOTHING BUT FLOWERS from my friend who was a dj at the local college radio station. Johnny Goo from the goo goo dolls gave it to him (whatever). The first ones I bought, I thought long and hard before I purchased them but they were "SGT PEPPERS" and "REM- Eponymous" My 100th cd was the gold version of Synchronicity. I got suckered into that scam. Oh well.... Herbie np - u2 - 4/10/01 - Gone - --- Ken Weingold wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001, bayard wrote: > > anyone know what the first CD to be mass-marketed > by anyone, was? > > No clue, but my first CD ever was Never Mind The > Bollocks Here's The > Sex Pistols, imported from the UK. Then I think was > Unknown Pleasures > from Joy Division, also imported, from France. With > the hip CD Car > Carry Case. I think Globe of Frogs was within the > first 10. > > > -Ken > > np: Snatches of Pink - Send In The Clowns Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:20:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Hairy Phuu Jon Fetter wrote: > Beaver College in Pennsylvania just recently changed its name. I > guess they finally realized that beaver had another meaning. not that I blame them for doing it, but it's really sad that they had too. apparently, it was mostly because internet filters wouldn't let kids onto their website to learn about the college. ===== "Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." -- Mark Twain "The divinity of Jesus has been made a convenient cover for every absurdity." -- John Adams "The jury is the last line of defense against corporate misconduct." -- Craig McDonald, Texans for Public Justice Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:21:51 -0400 From: "Bachman, Michael" Subject: RE: did i know this? Globe of Frogs in 1988? Michael - -----Original Message----- From: bayard [mailto:bayard@bitmine.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:55 PM To: Saxmundham Deadcross Subject: did i know this? huh! _groovy decAy_ was the very first RH release on CD. http://www.jh3.com/robyn/base/discs.asp?qq=1 way back in the dark days of 1985. anyone know what the first CD to be mass-marketed by anyone, was? =b ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:22:25 -0400 From: John McIntyre Subject: Re: John Sebastian The Rhino set is probably a good buy. I do suggest staying away from the King Biscuit album as at the time it was recorded he was *extremely* bitter about the turn his career had taken, and it really shows. Given his between song patter, it's a miracle he's still alive. John McIntyre Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept Michigan State University mcintyre@pa.msu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:26:08 -0400 From: John McIntyre Subject: Re: John Sebastian Glen Uber wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 Robcow@aol.com wrote: > > >"Welcome Back" included the theme to the television show Welcome Back > >Kotter which is oddly, all he is remembered for by many in his solo > >career. > > In yet another case of fegSynchronicity: I mentioned to my wife just the > other day what a great song I think "Welcome Back" is. In fact, I would > place it in the top 5 of TV themes all-time. However, right now, I can't > think of 4 others I'd include on that list. "Karen" by the Beach Boys. John McIntyre Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept Michigan State University mcintyre@pa.msu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 06:44:04 -0700 From: Eb Subject: re: CD lore My first CD was the Mothers' We're Only In It for the Money. At the time, it seemed so daring that Rykodisc was releasing music *only* on CD...wow! ;) I didn't even have a CD player yet, but I *had* to buy the CD since it wasn't available on vinyl (I taped it at a friend's, then listened to the tape until I bought my own player). Coincidentally, my *second* CD was the very album which We're Only In It for the Money parodied. And the first new-release CD I ever bought was Tom Waits' Franks Wild Years. The first CD which I remember seeing for sale was Prince's Around the World in a Day. I recall seeing that in a tiny bin at Tower Records with a few other scant discs, amidst a sea of vinyl elsewhere. Seems like I've read that a Japanese issue of Abbey Road was the first commercially released CD. Yes? No? Eb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:42:41 +0000 From: "Rude Becky of Goldstrum" Subject: Re: John Sebastian Godwin: >I just received an e-mail from Rhino saying that they are >re-releasing >John Sebastian's 5 Reprise albums. As a big Lovin' >Spoonful fan, I was >wondering whether these were any good? All I know >is that at the time they >came out they were getting absolutely > >terrible"Sebastian-blissed-out-and-hanging-round-with-Graham-Nash-and>-various-pets" >type reviews, so I never bothered with them. I dont recommend them. Have 2 from thrifting and have listened to each all of once. Not bad, just not that good. He seemed to need a good band to really get moving. I waited on him once in the late 70s when I worked at Rizzolli's in NY. He looked familiar so I assumed he was some guy from my past(he -looked- like some guy from my past.) Anyway I treated him like I sorta knew him and he treated me back the same way. Very nice, gently flirtatious, intelligent. Anyway when he was ready to check out he gave me his charge card and I looked at it so Id finially remember his name. I laughed to myself when I realized my mistake, well of course he -looked- familliar. Anyway, ever since then Ive wished that his solo work was better as he seemed the sort of likable guy you would expect from the LS music. BTW Sebastian is a good first name. Kay _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:59:28 -0500 From: steve Subject: Re: did i know this? On Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at 01:36 AM, Mike Swedene wrote: > My 100th cd was the gold version of Synchronicity. I > got suckered into that scam. Oh well.... If it was a Mobile Fidelity CD, then it wasn't a scam. Nevermind the gold medium, MF remastered all their releases. The first commercially issued CD was almost certainly classical music. - - Steve __________ Calling George W. Bush and Jesse Helms "public servants" is like calling Iran-contra criminal Elliott Abrams an "outstanding diplomat"--which is precisely what White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer did when he announced Abrams' appointment as senior director of the National Security Council's Office for Democracy, Human Rights and International Operations. - Terry J. Allen, In These Times ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:01:51 -0600 From: HAL Subject: Re: CD lore bayard: > anyone know what the first CD to be mass-marketed by anyone, was? Eb: > The first CD which I remember seeing for sale was Prince's Around the World > in a Day. I recall seeing that in a tiny bin at Tower Records with a few > other scant discs, amidst a sea of vinyl elsewhere. I worked at a radio station at the time, and I remember when the station got its very first CD player. I think we had a Supertramp CD and a couple of others in our meager first batch of discs. The first one that really stands out in my memory, though, is BROTHERS IN ARMS by Dire Straits. It was DDD and all the tracks were longer than its vinyl counterpart, making it (I believe) the first CD to really 'push' the format. > Seems like I've read that a Japanese issue of Abbey Road was the first > commercially released CD. Yes? No? The first commercial Beatles CD release maybe? I know it came way before the Capitol issues, but I don't recall whether it is THE "Alpha CD" or not. /hal ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:27:01 +0100 (BST) From: Michael R Godwin Subject: re: CD lore On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Eb wrote: > My first CD was the Mothers' We're Only In It for the Money. Is this the fantastically irritating release where Zappa added new rhythm etc parts? I heard 'Who needs the Peace Corps?' on a sampler recently, and it has a whole rat-a-tatty added drum part which drives me up the WALL. Why did he do it? Couldn't he have waited until he was dead before he re-released this definitive all-time-great 60s artefact? (whoops, bad taste) - - Mike "I'm hippy and I'm trippy I'm a gypsy on my own" Godwin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:29:26 -0500 From: "scary mary" Subject: Re: did i know this? At 08:59 AM 7/25/2001 -0500, steve wrote: >The first commercially issued CD was almost certainly classical music. Here's some cd history from the House of Music website: http://www.houseofmusic.com/faqvinyl.htm What was the first CD ever? According to the "Tenth Anniversary of The CD" supplement to the 26 Sep 1992 issue of Billboard Magazine (thanks to Derek Nichols for looking this up): * October 1982: Billy Joel - 52nd St. (First commercial CD released in Japan.) * June 1983: 12 CBS titles, 15 Telarc titles, 30 Denon titles (First US CD releases. All CDs sold in the US previously had been import titles pressed for overseas labels. These were still manufactured overseas, but for US labels.) * August 1983: Polygram releases 100 titles in the US * September 1984: Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (First CD manufactured in the US.) According to Clinton Heylin in his book Bootleg: The Secret History Of The Other Recording Industry: * 1987: The Beatles - Get Back acetate, BBC sessions, and Sessions (Probably the first genuine bootleg CDs; a young entrepreneur convinced the Technotronics pressing plant in Philadelphia that he worked for EMI and needed these three CDs pressed in quantities of 500 each as "promos". They did it! He sold most of them for $100 each at the 1987 Beatlefest.) * Late 1987: Bob Dylan - The Gaslight Tapes (First "protection gap" bootleg; i.e., an unauthorized release legal in some countries but not in others because of differences in international copyright laws.) I can't remember the first cd I owned (Jeff P can you help with this one?) For some reason I think it was Kate Bush. s.Mary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:34:34 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: did i know this? On Wed, Jul 25, 2001, steve wrote: > On Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at 01:36 AM, Mike Swedene wrote: > > > My 100th cd was the gold version of Synchronicity. I > > got suckered into that scam. Oh well.... > > > If it was a Mobile Fidelity CD, then it wasn't a scam. Nevermind the > gold medium, MF remastered all their releases. > > The first commercially issued CD was almost certainly classical music. How do you feel about this: . :) "At its company headquarters in Tokyo, SONY has mounted the first CD ever pressed, Billy Joel's The Stranger, into a commemorative obelisk. This CD marks the initial collaboration between Billy Joel and Phil Ramone." - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:42:57 -0400 From: Ken Weingold Subject: Re: CD lore On Wed, Jul 25, 2001, HAL wrote: > I worked at a radio station at the time, and I remember when the station > got its very first CD player. I think we had a Supertramp CD and a > couple of others in our meager first batch of discs. The first one that > really stands out in my memory, though, is BROTHERS IN ARMS by Dire > Straits. It was DDD and all the tracks were longer than its vinyl > counterpart, making it (I believe) the first CD to really 'push' the > format. I remember that, that Brother In Arms was digitally recorded. One thing that really weirded me out one time when I was looking at it was that Adam Ant's Strip was digitally recorded as well. Says it right on the record jacket. - -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:47:24 -0400 From: lj lindhurst Subject: Re: did i know this? >* October 1982: Billy Joel - 52nd St. >(First commercial CD released in Japan.) Hooray for Billy Joel! This is a glaring omission from my Billy Joel Scrapbook. - -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LJ Lindhurst White Rabbit Graphic Design http://www.w-rabbit.com NYC ljl@w-rabbit.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Every head is a head and there is no head which is not suitable for any creature." --Amos Tutuola ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #286 ********************************