Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re Eggleston and colour
From: John Brownlow <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:55:35 +0000

on 18/2/00 4:27 am, Rob Schneider-Laura Tully at robslaurat@earthlink.net
wrote:

> Is "Red Ceiling" the one with the bare lightbulb and the criss-crossed,
> exposed wiring?  FWIW, that photo was used as the cover art for the first
> album by "Big Star," a mid-70's band fronted by former Box Top and
> all-around pop oddball Alex Chilton.  Big Star was considered quirky and
> inaccessible, though they are now regarded as influential to many bands.
> The original Big Star LP's, on Ardent Records out of Memphis, are long out
> of print and rather collectible.  The band's music has been rereleased on
> CD.

I am a big Big Star fan. My old band 'Earcandy' did a cover of '13'.
- -- 
John Brownlow

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