Re: some question about 4ad compliation

funny...I think i had one like that too...a tape with red house 
painters and some other stuff...all licenced to nonesuch i think maybe

--- In [email protected], CreigJ@A... wrote:
> I think I know what you're talking about...something which sounds 
similar 
> came up on ebay awhile back and I was so intrigued that I saved the 
picture.  
> Unfortunately I got rid of the accompanying info on it, so the rest 
is from 
> memory.
> 
> The picture shows a black cardboard CD wraparound.  Printed across 
the 
> wraparound are the bands Lush, Dead Can Dance, Pixies, and Cocteau 
Twins.
> I seem to remember that this was a promotional item which included 
one album 
> by each of the bands listed.  By the fold in the wraparound I would 
guess 
> that the CDs were housed in paper or cardboard sleeves and not 
jewel cases.
> 
> I have no idea where it was made, if it's legit, how many were 
made, why they 
> were sent out, or what this item smells like.  Each of the bands 
DID release 
> material in 1990, so it could be from around that time.  In which 
case I 
> doubt it's US since all the bands were licensed here and there at 
that time - 
> Lush with Reprise, Cocteau Twins with Capitol, Pixies with Elektra, 
and DCD 
> didn't even have any American releases at that time.  Though I 
think all of 
> them sleep under the Warner house roof.  I'm sure someone on the 
4AD 
> messageboard could comment more on it.
> 
> CJ