Which release of Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" do I have?
A while ago a cousin gave me a disc that said "Music for 18 Musicians" on it that contained a performance of the aforementioned piece and nothing else. I heard there were multiple releases of the piece and am just wondering what release I have.
The release I have has one 55-minute track called "Pulse Section I-X" and nothing else. My cousin has never digitally formatted or mixed anything in his life, so I'm assuming this is what came from the disc he ripped it from.
BALL2009-10-01T21:34:02Z
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looks like the ecm steve reich ensemble recording is the only one in 1 track. the others are split up
The concept of the "clean" release is repulsive, but I understand why artists do it. Everything comes down to the all mighty dollar. Unfortunately, that "largest store" wields a lot of power and you're stuck playing by their rules if you're in the game to sell copies. I'll always have more respect for the artist that tells them to go screw rather than record an alternate version. That being said, I won't necessarily condemn an artist for doing this. Sometimes it's out of their control as the labels are pretty powerful. Beatle fanatic - I hate it too, but I blame the store more than the artist. As fans, we have some say in this, that being we don't have to shop there. I don't.