Re: KT NEWS (update): The "complete" "Cathy Demos"

[Michael Portuesi <mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu>]

> Excerpts from ext.in.love-hounds: 29-May-89 KT NEWS (update): The
> "comp.. Love-Hounds-request@GAFF (8616)

>      Also, there were several people who volunteered their
> own VHS Hi-Fi duping services. If they are truly able to organize the
> project and handle all requests, that may be a preferable solution.
> Finally, there is the very real possibility that these demo-recordings
> may become widely available, now that there has been a definite breach
> in the _Cathy_Demos_ bootleggers' monopoly. There is no doubt that
> the _Cathy_Demos_ sound-quality is superior to IED's present dub,
> and that added quality may be worth waiting for. So--the floor is
> open for discussion.


I would prefer to wait until the demo recordings become more widely
available.  The original obsKuriTies tape was interesting for a glimpse
into the early Kate music, but quite frankly the audio quality is too
poor for me to truly enjoy the music.

If the duplicating service idea gets vetoed, I would volunteer to do VHS
HiFi or other tape duplicating again.  However, I would really like to
be sure that my work is going into a product that other people will be
guaranteed to enjoy.  I would rather go through the work to produce a
relatively high-quality copy of the bootlegs than produce yet another
generation of a microphone copy of a tape of the demos.

In summary, I think that we should wait to see if the collection comes
out in a higher fidelity edition, then try to arrange for a commercial
duplicating service to handle the copies.

				--M