Sure the ESG South Bronx Story compilation only sold X copies, but of those X people, every last one of them went out and formed a post-post punk band

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Sure the ESG South Bronx Story compilation only sold X copies, but of those X people, every last one of them went out and formed a post-post punk band.

Sure the Mondo Morricone compilations only sold X copies, but of those X people, every last one of them went out and formed a downtempo band.

Sure the Warp's Artificial Compilation only sold X copies, but of those X people, every last one of them went out and formed an IDM band.

I guess this is the place where we talk about influentials compilations (reissues of old material or novelties) ....

― Snowballing from Paris, Sunday, 8 December 2002 11:12 (twenty-three years ago)

How about Headz or No New York?

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Sunday, 8 December 2002 11:22 (twenty-three years ago)

(Carefully sidesteps the i-word.) In NZ, AK-79 was a comp of the Auckland p*nk scene in that year. It was the catalyst for the explosion of alternative musics in NZ, which led to the (quite different) Dunedin sound and all the classic Kiwi bands that 2 or 3 people know and love. The equivalent album for Aotearoa hip-hop was Proud, which was much better and which you should pick out of a bargain bin the next time you're in NZ.

― B.Rad (Brad), Sunday, 8 December 2002 11:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Nuggets and the Harry Smith box to thread clearly.

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 December 2002 11:26 (twenty-three years ago)

As in "the Harry Smith box only sold 600 copies, but of those 600 people, every last one of them went out and became Bob Dylan or somebody who hung out with him"?

Also: Wanna Buy A Bridge?!

― Douglas, Sunday, 8 December 2002 13:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure the Ocean of Sound compilation only sold X copies, but of those X people, every last one of them went out and had their hearing rewired; then they all attempted to make mixtapes/CDs that honored that comp's aesthetic.

― M Matos (M Matos), Sunday, 8 December 2002 22:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure Fugazi's 13 Songs only sold X copies, but of those X people, every last one of them went out and became a rock critic.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Sunday, 8 December 2002 22:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure I-F's Fucking Consumer only sold X copies, but of those X people, all of them hired some chick with too much makeup and put out a 12" on International Deejay Gigolos.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Sunday, 8 December 2002 23:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure Air Balloon Road only sold X copies, but of those X people, all of them later sold it on eBay for $$$

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 9 December 2002 01:05 (twenty-three years ago)

BEST THREAD EVER

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Monday, 9 December 2002 02:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure only X people responded to Snowballing from Paris's classic ILM thread, but...

― Adam A. (Keiko), Monday, 9 December 2002 02:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure the NOW! That's What I Call Music 9 only sold X copies, but of those X people, every last one of them went out and danced like motherfuckers to the Pink remix with Redman.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 9 December 2002 06:56 (twenty-three years ago)

four years pass...

Forthcoming releases over the summer include ‘ESG – A South Bronx Story 2’, featuring loads of rare tracks, alternative mixes and such-like from South Bronx’s finest (release date 23 July 2007)

― Telephone thing, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:40 (eighteen years ago)

It seems that Eno quote grows less and less true about the VU with every passing year. Need I repost the pictures of them at my mother's HS assembly again for proof of their relative popularity at the time?

― Cunga, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:48 (eighteen years ago)

Sure only X people bought 311's third and fourth studio albums, but every last one of those X people went home, smoked a bowl and fell asleep watching Dane Cook specials on HBO

― latebloomer, Friday, 13 July 2007 22:49 (eighteen years ago)

Need I repost the pictures of them at my mother's HS assembly again for proof of their relative popularity at the time?

YES!

― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 14 July 2007 00:05 (eighteen years ago)

Sure the Conet Project compilation only sold 500 copies, but of those 500 people, every last one of them went out and formed a numbers station, except one that produced a Wilco album.

― DJ Logan5, Saturday, 14 July 2007 04:45 (eighteen years ago)

I apologize for not scanning this better: My mother's high school yearbook

― Cunga, Saturday, 14 July 2007 06:54 (eighteen years ago)

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