Posted by Til Eulenspiegel on September 21, 19100 at 17:43:41:
In Reply to: Re: Music Choices for BIGV posted by Til Eulenspiegel on August 25, 19100 at 05:16:35:
: : : 1) Any suggestions for finding Vacuum CDs in USA?
: : I think they might be possible to get on the net through some net-record stores.
: : I know there are some Russian bootlegs out there (Vacuum is big in Russia).
: No US net-record stores offered any help, but Amazon-UK [snip] All of this matters little because the official Vacuum site now offers RealMedia versions of some songs. Try this URL: http://www.vacuum.fem.ru/covers/V-covers.html Downloading files from their site took quite a while: 524kb in 300-400s for "Big Ideas, Grand Vision." I have a broadband connection, and transferred during late afternoon in eastern Russia and mid-morning in mid-western USA to take advantage of off-peak hours. Exercise patience if you try this at home. Last, quality of the RM playback stank. The songs I heard sounded like they'd passed through a mid-range bandpass filter and a narrow one at that.
Amazon-UK cancelled my order; their supplier couldn't get it after all. AltaVista's international music directory turned up three stores that had Vacuum CDs, but one wouldn't ship out of the British Isles. Interestingly, _Plutonium Cathedral_ turned up most often. I'd expected their newer works to appear more frequently.