Yes, I looked that up too - just would be nice to have some of that in the package. I feel so much vinyl these days is made as skimpy as possible on info/packaging. That used to be part of the fun - perusing the cover and notes for info before spinning the disc
I don’t disagree! It’s supposed to be a package. I like things like I,I or that Explosions in the Sky Record that was a puzzle the first time you got into it. I absolutely love actual liner notes. An essay on the music contained or story about the process is definitely gonna get me to explore things.
No doubt you're right. I also think it's a greedy music industry that was on its knees but has now found this magic source of making money and, blow me down, but with few exceptions, they're just taking people for a ride again. I quite often feel like a sucker myself but damn it, I love music!
I will say this about the WCGD stuff. While Jazz, that scene is very much a relative of the hip hop scene there and hip hop packaging has always trended minimalist. Originally, the only retailer was Fat Beats even which is an odd move for a jazz record. (Also a retailer I’m not very fond of, so thanks for the post of the record, reminding me it exists so I can find an alternative source - done and ordered).
The main thing is that the music is great, and at least to my ears as I worked this morning the pressing seemed decent.
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If you can find a copy of the book you should give it a read either before or after. Arthur C.Clarke wrote it as almost an addendum to the move, he coordinated with Kubrick and as a result the novel really fleshes out the movie in a lot of ways and actually makes some of the crazy abstractions of the final act much more coherent (not that you necessarily need it filled out, I saw the movie way before reading the book and still enjoyed it a great deal). It’s just in reading the novel year’s later it made me go, “Oh! Now I get it!” a lot.
