Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lasspvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!hoxna!houxm!vax135!cornell!lasspvax!gtaylor From: gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor) Newsgroups: net.music.classical,net.music Subject: Re: Obscure (Eno's label -- information) Message-ID: <162@lasspvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 15:30:37 EST Article-I.D.: lasspvax.162 Posted: Mon Jan 7 15:30:37 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Jan-85 06:42:58 EST References: <> Reply-To: gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor) Organization: Theory Center (Cornell University) Lines: 30 Xref: watmath net.music.classical:752 net.music:5651 Summary: In article <> rps@apollo.uucp (Robert Stanzel) writes: >A while ago someone requested information on the Obscure label... > >Most of the music on Obscure was written between 1972 and 1976. The label was >founded by Brian Eno, who produced most of the releases. They were originally >available only in Britain, then some were released in the US by Antilles, and >now a few more are available on EG. [GTaylor@Cornell: any word on the rest?] > Hello from CornHell: More poop on the Obscure. As of last November or so, the Brit press started talking about the entire early catalog being re-issued on EG in Britain. However, the people who usually are extremely faithful at ferretting out stuff for me CANNOT get an importer to bring it in. This would seem to indicate that EG America is thinking seriously about re-releasing the stuff in the states (as a catalog, it's quite a reasonable cross section of the British avant-garde for the period, with the exception of Cornelius Cardew's exclusion, which was done on his part....he was a hardcore Maoist at the time, and the recording industry "Furthered Imperialism" in his words.). They often make it very hard to get stuff like that when an American release either at present or in the near future would compete with the local product (as Bruce Cockburn fans have up until recently complained). I'm not taking any chances, though, so I have asked a friend to locate some copies of Nyman and Bryars for me on their trip to the Crown..... Question for the knowledgeable: Is Gavin Bryars' "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" one of the pieces on the Obscures? Curious, Greg