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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: The heck? (Chris Stamey) |
| Date | Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:28:50 -0500 |
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Just a guess... I ordered the album from Amazon ages ago and it never came
(while the rest of my order did)... I'm guessing that the original run was
quite limited, and that the new one is on a different label.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:21 PM
Subject: The heck? (Chris Stamey)
> Okay, I'm confused. The new album by The Chris Stamey Experience, A
> QUESTION OF TEMPERATURE, is out on Yep Roc on January 25. So far, so
> good.
>
> However, the album is currently up on eMusic, and its listing on the Yep
> Roc website confirms something really weird: This is EXACTLY the same
> record as the V.O.T.E. album (released under the name "Chris Stamey and Yo
> La Tengo"), plus two bonus tracks, "Conspiracy Theory" and "Dr.
> Strangelove's Assistant," and with the "V.O.T.E." jingle moved to the end
> of the record instead of the beginning. They're the same recordings, even
> in the same track order! (The two new tracks bracket the original 11
> songs.) It even has the same cover, just a new album title and artist
> credit.
>
> What gives? Why release the same album twice, three months apart?
>
> S
>
>
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