I should add that anyone reading this at work probably shouldn't look into either record. Just saying. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Jim Sam <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Steve, > > Thank you. �You hit the nail on the head. �I would like to add to what > you wrote and have people peruse ARSC's "About Us" spiel: > http://arsc-audio.org/about.html �I don't see any mention of dates or > genres in that. > > For what it's worth, I did go to my local (Amoeba SF) on Saturday and > managed to pick up Too Pure's repressing of Mclusky's Do Dallas. �That > record can fetch triple digits on eBay. �Unfortunately they didn't > have Future of the Left's Australian-session 7" (any UK ARSC person > want to help me out?), but I was happy enough. �I highly doubt many on > this list would be able to make it through either release. > > Jim > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Steve Ramm <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Cary wrote:"I have seen nothing in the way of new compilations of material >> on vinyl or reissues of classic jazz, >> Broadway, country, or even generic pop. �The Record Store Day releases, >> aside from the occasional >> "novelty" issue of �something on 78 (the Beach Boys' 78 of "Good >> Vibrations" last year comes �to >> mind), are still of little interest to ARSCers - at least from a West >> Coast perspective." >> >> While I'm sure I know where you are coming from in your comment Cary, I >> think that if the term "ARSCers" will always be defined as those who collect >> recordings (including CDs) pressed before 1980 or so (or even before 2000) >> then �ARSC needs to broden its exposure to new collectors. We have folks like >> Uncle �Dave Lewis who give a classical music AND a punk rock paper at an >> ARSC �Conference (great jobs on both!) but not everyone is UDL. Are the folks >> who �really flock RSD ARSC member (and hence ARSCLIst member) possibilities? >> I �understand the 78-L listserve members (many who are here) but it seems >> to me �that we should be as diverse as the MLA listsefe - and, actually, more >> sore �since many of the MLA folks work with sound recordings as part of the >> JOB and �not hobby (and probably could care less about RSD). >> >> What I thought was the dumbest RSD move was for Tompkins Square records to >> press 500 78s and send to the stores. They probably could have produced >> 2,000 or �more and sold them. They'd make a nice profit and collectors would >> thank them. �Instead those "resellers" who grabbed the 500 will put on eBay >> and Tompkins �Square won't see a penny. We only had one (out of of 6 >> independent record �stores within blocks of my house) participate in RSD and they had >> basically no �"special product). >> >> Steve Ramm