Mark and Microphonies
unknown wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Collecting is different things to different people. Am I a collector, gatherer, hoarder, accumulator, or none of the above? Hmm. Some people collect to make a profit, some to simply ‘get the whole set’, others to step back in time. Yes. The act of thinking, searching, finding, evaluating, remembering a specific object… that is also a form of collecting. Let me give you a personal example.
The first record I ever bought was ‘Microphonies‘ by Cabaret Voltaire. Microphonies was released in 1984 on glorious cheap vinyl, through the Virgin Records label. Many hailed the album as ‘groundbreaking in its field’ which could mean absolutely anything you wanted it to. I still rate it in my Top 10 Albums of All Time though. It had two tracks released as singles (’Sensoria’ and ‘James Brown’), both on 7″ and 12″. Both had great B-sides (’Cut the damn camera’ and ‘Bad Self Part 2′) […]
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