Music For Supermarkets

[Robin Hosgood]

from what im aware, he saved the original compositional scores and the original individual recordings (hence their re-use in some other albums), but what was destroyed was the original master tape of the actual MFS album itself, not the individual parts, pre-mixing

[Robin Hosgood]

If possible Jarre should do a one off and release a new version of it exclusively on iTunes just for fun (or with the proceeds going to some charity).

Even as an AAC file it'll still be better than the 'ole radio broadcast.

:~D

but then, in doing so, it would totally devalue the 1-off original LP pressing and also devalue the original objective of the original plan and recording in the first place

what i think JMJ should do is do it again - make a one-off pressing of totally new music on a format that's not easily copyable, and sell its exclusively with the final amount going to charity and the winner of the item would sign a contract to NOT make any copys of it and if that happened, he would be in breach of said contract etc etc

[Arthur]

I thought music were made for listening, not collecting....

[EOSPete]

bootlegs of Music for Supermarkets are widely available from when the original was played on the radio tho the quality is poor.

cheers
P

[Dr. Esfera]

Its one of my Favorite Albums!!! :grin:

IS MAGIC,IS GREAT!!! :P

I put a lots of information of this album in wikipedia, and i have more images of it!!

i have a forum in honor of this album !! ( is in spanish ) in this forum you can find a post of Music For Supermarkets Extended in information...

the images of the inlay of the album are in my photo bucket ( posted by Cosmic Sound ).

[amiga1]

That's the theroy!

I suspect that Mr Jarre has kept some elements of the album in his vault...samples used etc..



Lee

I think you'll find that it was the master plates which pressed the actual vinyl disc that were destroyed and not the master tapes themselves.

[Polyevolver]

I think MFS is ok as a look at where he got ideas from for other albums but I do think it's weak by other album standards.The whole deal with MFS is that fact its only available on bootleg and even then the quality is poor.Fans of Jarre are bound to be desperate for a copy, probably not to (after 1 listening to) listen to but just to say they have it in their collection.I didn't pay but I do have it.I never gave it a second listen to, the samples were poor and the tunes just don't sound like he's put too much effort into it.Jarre knew this album would be destroyed and therefore probably threw it together in no time at all thinking it wold never have the chance to be rated as a proper album.Due to the bootlegs floating around it has been rated (by us mostly) as an album. I therefore cannot listen to it and hear a "real" studio album, more like a mess around with his mates.The idea in the 80's was really different and worked for Jarre's publicity machine but I can't help but think that if none of us had heard it, the mystique of MFS would be bigger and would have kept us all guessing.After all, Jarre only made this album for publicity for himself and to make a point about the music industry at the time thus making it more like a symbol than an album.

Album rating 2/10 (and that's taking the sound quality into consideration).

[Dr. Esfera]

:grin: You say that because you never listen the several cover versions of Music For Supermarkets, there are many, some ones are almos-equal sound of the original versions... you should be listen cerfully and remember after all, none of the cover versions has the original magic of the Bootleg because is unique! an the best is from Jarre himself!! after all jarre don't destroyed the magic of his work, he put it on a Like " Code Da Jarre " in her studio albums here is the list ( as i write in Wikipedia ) of the studio albums that contains a Music for Supermarkets Cover or Reworked! 8)) :

Music for supermarkets part 1: Used in a special disc for Unesco (Cover Version).
Music for supermarkets part 3: Used in the third part of "Fifth Rendez-Vous" from Rendez-vous.
Music for supermarkets part 5: Used in "Blah-Blah CafÈ" from Zoolook.
Music for supermarkets part 6: Used in the introduction of Waiting for Cousteau.
Music for supermarkets part 7: Used in the second half of "Diva" from Zoolook.
Music for supermarkets part 8: Similar sonority used on "Ethnicolor II" from Zoolook.

OK, so listen carefully and enjoy after all the Music For Supermarkets is not all lost.. :grin:

[Dr_Jones]

Music for supermarkets part 6: Used in the introduction of Waiting for Cousteau.
Music for supermarkets part 8: Similar sonority used on "Ethnicolor II" from Zoolook. [/B]

These are not true.

Here's a photo of the backside of the LP:

[I Heart the Laser Harp]

though the poor quality recordings flying around the net were probably not the original intention of this album, I find its low quality audio a fitting part of the overall piece. Part 4 would probably be the only one I'd like to hear restored and crisp. Still, i don't listen to it often; it's not even on my iPod, but that's because it won't connect to the computer it's on.

I also think it's pretty cool to hear parts of Jarre's music in other contexts. Sort of why I like Cosmic Sound's megamix so much. That would be something I'd like in a new album: partially new score connecting older elements in completely different contexts. I guess AERO did that to an extent, but I mean with individual elements, not whole compositions.