i recall reading an interview, where juan said the 45 of alleys came out before....
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM, kent williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Sharivari is always cited as the first Detroit Techno record, but > given that it's a matter of weeks between when Sharivari was cut and > when Alleys was pressed, it is probably better to award a tie. This > also happened years before Juan talked to the UK music press and the > term 'techno' was coined. So neither one was 'techno' at the time > because there was no 'techno.' > > It's a bit like the earliest Hip Hop, before it was 'hip hop' -- the > guys doing it thought they were making their own version of disco. > > It should also be noted that if Sharivari Test Presses were cut before > Alleys, everyone in Detroit who was interested had heard Sharivari > before Alleys. > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Martin Dust <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://trembleunderboomlights.blogspot.com/2009/12/archer-record-pressing-master-numbers.html >>> >>> Ken >>> >> >> Interesting, I guess it depends how many TPs they had done, >> I remember Warp doing 100 TPs and promoting off them for >> a couple of months back in the day. >> >
