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Special Recordings on MD

These are my MDs that are not simple duplicates of CDs.

Illumination Valve (me, hoff) - Special Prince Mix - 10 - experimental 4-track re-mix of Prince excerpts, from 80s, 5 minutes. Inspired by the Residents' Number 9-like remix of Beatles excerpts. If you like any Prince, Residents, or Chrome, you definitely should get this warp of some classic Prince passages.

Illumination Valve - Peace of Mind (song) - 8. Good drum machine & backwards psychedelic guitar. From 4-track tape. I plan to mix down my many sound experiments from 4-track cassette tape deck to MD.

Illumination Valve - A Trip into the Sun - 8 - 45 minutes of inspired backwards electric guitar, with staring-into-the-sun feedback hum at the peak; home studio 4-track

UFO - Space Metal (excerpts) - 7 - 30 minutes of trippy songs and excerpts; MD mix from vinyl record; from early double album. Actually this album might be available in England. My MD mix-down really does a good job of culling the 30% that is worth listening to. I wish all of _Space Metal_ were as good as its best spots.

Psychedelic Show (FM) - 1 1/2 MDs - includes some of the best tracks from the many garage/psychedelic compilation CDs that are available. Some significant FM hiss, but interesting, fun material. From a good cassette-deck recording.

Imports Show - 4-MD set, from a good cassette-deck recording. From DJ Null Boy, KUOR, University of Redlands, Redlands CA (inland from LA). Many live bootlegs of Wire, New Order, and Joy Division, mixed in with studio cuts from other groups. Rating "10". I really like the "imports" shows I've heard on this and other college stations. In Seattle, so far, I haven't found any Imports shows. I kept the fairly cool college station-type announcements, but you can flip right past them.

Op Zop Too Wah, edited - MD recording from CD. Cut out the 10% of lame material, leaving a much improved album. I wish they would do the same in the mix-down process; it's better to have less material but only the best material, then to pollute the good material with 2nd-rate and 3rd-rate material.


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