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| From | "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Twinklehead & Higher Elevation - Where to Buy? |
| Date | Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:28:23 -0800 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Littleton" <gary@g...> wrote:
>
> I found their homepage http://www.twinklehead.no/ and it says the CD will
> be
> released march 2006, so maybe david has an advance.
>
> Though they are not the best quality, I found a couple of videos of
> Twinklehead at this page:
>
> http://www.fvn.no/amcar/music.html
>
> Cheers,
> Gary
I'm not sure why the website says that, as I first heard Twinklehead in
November courtesy of Auditeer Mark Hershberger, who had a copy of the CD. I
guess he may have had an advance also, but I have a feeling that both of us
have the actual release.
This is one of the issues with ranking albums by year of release with which
I often wrestle. When I used to do my lists in the '80s and '90s I used to
be a real stickler for accuracy (i.e. I would go to great lengths to make
sure I knew in which year an album was released; if I thought an album was
released in 1989, but I found out it was actually released on December 31,
1988, I would redo my list). These days with so many "self-releases" and
albums coming out on boutique labels (like Twinklehead's Rec 90), the
concept of a "release" has changed and has become more varied. Now, a
release date can be either:
a. when a band or label basically feels like saying the CD is "released"
b. when it is available for purchase on the band or label's website
c. when they do a "record release" show
d. when Not Lame, Jam, or Kool Kat receives it
e. when it's on the internet for download
and a few others I'm not thinking of right now.
For this reason I believe there should be a bit of bend in the definition of
release date, which is why, for example, that if a band "releases" an album
in December but I don't find out about it until January, I count it as being
released in the latter year.
Of course, your mileage may vary. :-)
--
Pop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David (who's beaming because the IPO page just got our 1,000th friend, which
I know is nothing compared to a lot of bands/entities, but it feels good
nonetheless).
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