BOC: contemporary review of Imaginos CD re-release.

[Albert Bouchard]

Moved on from BOC maybe… but Imaginos? No way. I have some inside info  
but its too early to talk about it.

On Jun 10, 2008, at 12:59 PM, gary shindler wrote:

> I doubt Dharma, Bloom, etc. are interested in revisiting the CD and  
> Albert's doing his own thing econo-style. I don't think BOC even  
> have a recording contract at the moment. I doubt there'll be a  
> "Revolution by Night" reissue (which probably sold more) so it would  
> really be a fringe release to bring out "Imaginos." Post "Fire of  
> Unknown Origin" I don't see much demand in the catalogue. Maybe an  
> "ETI Live" reissue, but that might be a stretch. I know there's fans  
> like us who would devour it but are there enough of us to matter?
>  I think Pearlman's moved on from BOC.
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>  Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at CARLAZ.COM> wrote:
>  On 10 Jun 2008, at 09:09 , gary shindler wrote:
>> Stalk Forrest Group was on Rhino Handmade because they were
>> contracted to Elektra. Up through "Imaginos" BOC was contracted to
>> Columbia/CBS/Sony. Just about everything you see on Rhino was on
>> Warner Brothers, Elektra, Atlantic, Atco, Reprise, etc. It would be
>> real hard to see that flying.
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> Hmm, good point. I knew Rhino had a lot of Warners stuff, but I
> hadn't made the connection to that stable of labels.
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> Still, even if Sandy mixed the original tapes half to death, I can't
> help but think some judicious re-EQing of the stereo master would
> help somewhat. And we know the bonus material is out there ... :)
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> IMO, the "Imaginos mythos" material stands behind most of the most
> compelling work from the Wide World o' BOC, and it's a crime against
> culture that the _Imaginos_ album itself languishes in semi-birthed
> obscurity.
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> Cheers,
> Carl
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> Carl Edlund Anderson
> http://www.carlaz.com/
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