-> amazon.com: tibet <-

grainy-redundant

Patti Smith Mailing List archives


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

RE: Easter re-tracking privileges



The copy I got, well down in the weed patch, does have Privilege
on disc 1.  Thanks for making this available,

- Mitch
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-babel-list 
> [mailto:owner-babel-list] On Behalf Of weapons 
> of mass destruction-related program activities
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:47 PM
> To: babel-list
> Subject: Easter re-tracking privileges
> 
> In the hopes of clearing up just one bit of confusion -- the 
> disc set I weeded of the audience recording of the 12/30/05 
> show (I believe the first to be offered on babel-list) _did_ 
> have Patti's post-"Godspeed" chatter included on disc 1 
> rather than disc 2 -- on purpose. 
> 
> I personally made that editorial decision and take the heat 
> for the heartache it may have caused. 
> 
> I realize that this flies counter to the original torrent's 
> organization, and the liners later offered on that same 
> torrent, but the original separation was just
> (IMHO) a bad decision. 
> 
> The original separation seemed to be driven by nothing more 
> than an impulse to follow the "purity" of the Easter setlist, 
> and that was outweighed by how the playback suffered as a 
> result (IMHO). I know it's just some two-minute chatter, but 
> the placement made a big difference. 
> 
> No one ever wrote me to say "Yo! Where's Privilege?!", or to 
> complain about 2-second gaps, so I assume that every copy I 
> sent out was right with God as far as those two issues are concerned.