Thanks everyone for filling out the Poll on the homepage; the results have been very illuminating! A couple of notes:

The Black Record was just reissued by the wonderful folks at Superior Viaduct (who did a CD & everything) so let's let that one rest for the time being. Down the line a pairing of this, the Dream House LP on Shandar, and the piece from the reel-to-reel in the The Letter Edged In Black Press Inc. edition would close the book on his late-60s output. 

Miereanu has been on the docket for a minute now; the C.P. P.T.B. have laid out two choices for an "Expanded" version, either including other relevant Cramps titles (most likely the Martin Davorin Jagodic & maybe the Vaggione... although of course that would make the most sense paired w/ the It "Viaje" title - you can already see the quandry) or other Miereanu vinyl-era output (for example the piece from "Jeune Musique Roumaine", etc.) so as soon as we get some sense of the best path forward, we'll act. 

The two Dutch Anthologies were of course done in an exact-repro fashion by the folks at Basta a few years after the C.P. versions, although I do sense that people are after the latter specificially (even though they are essentially identical, with the former mastered from the tapes, and the latter from the LPs). If this trend persists we'll do another run of both. 

The Lejeune Blanche Neige LP was included in the Robot "Parages And Other Electroacoustic Works" set from about 12y back, but I get that people want this for the full cover/art/spec. Still holding out for a copy of the SFP pressing to round out the booklet, which has of course been elusive (anyone holding a copy for us to scan/transcribe please get in touch!). 

The Bill Fontana P.C.P. was depleted only a month or two back, I'm surprised at the fact that so many people are suddenly after it. Would be nice to pair this w/ "Landscape Sculpture With Fog Horns" & "Sounds Of The Bay Area" for an expanded edition, although the former was done on CD by the Other Minds folks fairly recently. 

Both of the Eloy C.P. titles were issued on "Private" CDs by the composer a decade back, along with extra materials so making more of the Erato / Adès replica editions has always felt a little redunant but, again, if these are in demand on C.P. I don't see why another run could hurt. 

Radiophonic Tape Compositions is one that we'd love to do in an expanded fashion; there are a couple of excellent Peter Mummé tapes that have been hard to track down but this would make a great pairing. Maybe the Flederman LP, or any of the Fringe Benefit LPs (although Jon has been reissuing those on Bandcamp). Again; the mission creep is pretty palpable here, to the point of breakdown. 

The Basil Kirchin, Electronic Panorama, Matsuo Ono, Douglas Leedy, Dariush Dolat-Shahi, Ruth White, Rodolfo Caesar, etc. titles are in the works for a repress, so hold tight for those...

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