"MiNE 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MiNE 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

Me:
Good analogy. In my hypothetical situation, the mosaic artist has
his own store where he sells mosaics based on oil paintings that
he hides in his basement. Not only that, the oil paintings were
commissioned as templates for his mosaics. The artist adds details
and effects not found in the template painting. His customers have
a cultural bias towards tiles.

The vinyl equivalent of this would be LP's that were produced from
the onset only for distribution as LP's, with no hopes of future
improvements in media. I don't believe that this has ever been the
case, except for perhaps some tiny, short-run boutique recordings.

I've never seen an LP that wasn't meant for distribution as other
than an LP, unless you count those melted lamp shade things in gift
shops years ago. I assumed those were returns, not special
pressings.

Irrelevant since the point was that the same musical performances
distributed on LPs were at various times distributed as:

(1) 45's
(2) Open reel tapes
(3) 8 track tapes
(4) cassette tapes
(5) CDs
(6) DVDs
(7) Radio broadcasts
(8) TV broadcasts
(9) Laserdiscs

and that this was often known at the time the performance was
recorded.

None of those are lps, are they?

That's because the list is made up of release formats other than LP.

"LP's that were produced from the
onset only for distribution as LP's" wasn't it?

You've ignored the element of time. In the beginning and through the
mid-1940's phonograph recordings were THE format. Starting in the mid-late
1940's there was finally another format with equal or better usability, and
higher sound quality.

You're back to koans again.

No, you're ignoring what was said, twice.

I suppose we all want something better to hope for.

Yes, like a relevant thoughtful answer from you Stephen.

Perhaps if you gave it some thought you'd see the connection.

I see an obvious dis-connection.

You've been hanging out with people like Ludovic too much, Stephen.

Has he seen an lp that was meant to be distributed as something other
than an lp?

If you want to masturbate with my words Stephen, hey whatever winds your
clock.