[Jandek] Re: Album Numbering

[alec way]

that is definitely a funny and archetypal band story.

mark at mayfairrecordings.com wrote:

>My first band's first record borrowed the catalog number of one of the
>favorite records of one of the members of the band... an old record. At
>the time we had no idea why that would be a bad (and dumb) thing to do to
>share a catalog number with another record but it was our little tribute
>to that record we were referencing.
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>In light of this I have tried using google to see if 0739 is part of an
>older record's catalog number.... so far only finding an old Holiday
>record on RCA...seems unlikely this is the one...
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>Various Artists Happy Holidays-Vol 21 (True Value) RCA DPL1-0739
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>Anyway, just wanted to try and confuse things even more.
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>-Mark Greenberg
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>On Thu, January 26, 2006 7:31 am, Joe Faust said:
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>>If you check these mailing list archives, you'll find
>>lots of theories about why Corwood started numbering
>>with 0739.
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>>My favorite is that it was the number that happened to
>>be on the tape counter on Jandek's tape recorder when
>>he was asked what number to use on Ready for the
>>House.  It makes sense in a very Jandek sort of way,
>>considering the off-the-cuff way in which he chose his
>>name.
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>>As far as contacting the man himself about the subject
>>- you might not get the answers you want.  It's better
>>that way.
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>>spending half an hour, an hour, two hours trying a dozen guitars with only
>>the faintest possibility of actually buying something, playing a few
>>licks, swapping a few lies, while in the background someone plays the
>>opening bars of "Stairway to Heaven."Tim Brookes,Guitar: An American
>>Life---
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