rainbows and strange

[glancaster@mecn.mass.edu]

I'd like to hear more of what ppl think about the Rainbow concert.  Just 
about everything I've heard folks say about it makes it sound a little 
lackluster, though with that lineup it should be a dream come true.

My experience with MCA & their defective discs is that they are very 
defensive.  The Steely Dan releases were notoriously bungled; I got a 
letter denying that there were any problems just as articles appeared 
about them in various magazines.  At one point, they replaced a disc with 
another that had the same problem, which they said they couldn't detect.  
These were discs with mastering problems, not cases of people with 
scratched discs or quirky players.  Needless to say, after folks invested 
money, postage, and time in this junk, MCA remastered them all; I ended 
up buying the new versions all over again (which had dropouts in sound, 
among other new irritations). Even the box set was redone, someone having
lopped off the intro. to "Rikki Don't Lost That Number" !

Clearly, the new Who releases are being 
done with infinitely more care, but MCA has had its share of quality 
control problems.  There are record co's with toll-free quality control 
numbers consumers can call, MCA not among them.

I still see lots of the old "Happy Jack" discs, so if you want those 
true stereo mixes, get 'em quick!  But I've noticed that, at least in 
Boston, supplies of Who's Next are being allowed to dwindle, I assume in 
preparation for the release of the Gold version in Aug.