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Re: re-releases; a thought...

I truly truly hope that Virgin will consider us, the long time fan. But 
somthing tells me that Virgin may forget about us and aim for the general 
public. (we OTR fans are truly a rare breed, not a majority of the 
population as of yet, I am afraid). But if that does happen, I (as I'm sure 
just about all of you also) will be out at the record stores supporting OTR. 
(I will still hope that Shannon here is right!)

We shall see.

Erik


>From: "Shannon Lewis" <slewis at libris_libs.uga.edu>
>Reply-To: "Shannon Lewis" <slewis at libris_libs.uga.edu>
>To: Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: re-releases;  a thought...
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:31:12 EST
>
>I was just thinking, since many of us already have much of Over the
>Rhine's back catalog, I wonder what Virgin/Backporch is going to do
>to make them more "appealing" to the collector and long-time fan?
>I was thinking that it'd be a good idea if they added, as bonus
>tracks at the end of the c.d.'s, current live renditions of tracks
>from whichever c.d. it is.  I thought this because 1.)  they sure
>sound different these days -- I was listening to TWHF last night, and
>they've come such a long way that I hardly recognized them as the
>same "band" as recorded GOODBYE on the ROARING LAMBS comp...though I
>truly enjoyed both.  2.)  Every once in a while they'll do one of
>their old tunes and completely rework it in a way that is simply
>WONDEROUS!  If they added, say, the NKU live version of Jacksie
>(which was BEAUTIFUL) to PATIENCE, and the version of June they
>played for a time with Jack and Terri which was Piano based...I can
>think of a number of live tracks that would add a contemporary
>perspective on where Otr is CURRENTLY in regards to their past work.
>I don't know -- maybe I'd simply like to get ahold of a high quality
>copy of some of those tunes being played live, but I think it'd make
>TWHF, PATIENCE, and EVE well work repurchasing.
>ALSO -- does anyone else think that the full-band version of IT'S
>NEVER QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS downloadable from the site is MILES above
>the simple version on the c.d.?  I absolutely LOVE it!  Wow.
>Wish I could make it to the Columbus show.
>blessings,
>
>
>mr. shannon lee lewis
>SLEWIS at libris_libs.uga.edu
>http://www.wdausa.org/
>http://soe.pair.com
>"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep
>  to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot
>NOW PLAYING;  Jan Krist - LOVE BIG, US SMALL.
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