Mark that IS an impressive list you and Jose put together,man i enjoyed looking at them comps,many i'd NEVER heard of before!!
That took some collating,trying to find people,get the details and even artwork for many of them,and then to put them out there for sharing is a very well put together and generous act of you.
I for one THANK YOU and Jose for even thinking of doing this in the first place as it must have been quite a headache to do it!!
It proves what a tight and generous wee group that partook on RZ 15-20 years ago in what WAS really the early days of the internet as such,as many who took part on here,used the new technology of home computers to put together their own cdr comps of mainly 60s sounds,and posted them around the world by human delivery to those who wanted a copy,as it was well before the capacity to just post through the web,which is taken for granted now,i still CAN'T do that!!
Some compilers even paying the postage too,even if it was international to the likes of the States,Australia and even Japan,imagine doing that now,you'd need a fortune to do something like that now!So they were totally freebies,and some even came with nice artwork and liner notes in a jewel case!!
That WAS the true spirit of the diggers withhout the politics,but this was NOT bread and rice,this was the FOOD of music,being shared to attempt to quench the hunger of eager music enthusiasts,and in truth to just share being nice,giving gifts WITHOUT reciprocation,and just for the sake of it,they were good days.
The compiling of cdr comps and mailing them out,continued for quite a while,until technology had caught up,and the capability was available to send them via the web within seconds.
It's like writing letters,sometimes i hark back to the days BEFORE email,and BEFORE sending music via the web,as it was ALWAYS nice to receive a hand written letter or a wee package with someones latest cdr comp...for me THAT was far more personal than email or a digital download,and those days look like they're well in the past.
While the internet may have made the world smaller,i'm sure it's made the world LESS personal,and LESS sociable with LESS human contact,as its turned into its own world,and with Artificial Intelligence,and its development,i fear there may come a time where humans DON'T need to see,hear,touch,talk with ANOTHER human being,or be in the same house,office,pub,club with another human...THAT to me is utterly frightening,and it's no wonder i harken back to more basic times!!
Luckily this wee community of ours is in the etherworld,for others many years from now,to come upon RZ,and think wow!!what a great wee place with so much generosity,contact,information and discussion,as an individual of ANY age will be thinking to themselves while looking through RZ.....man i wished i lived in those times...just like many of us used to think ,man i wished i lived in the 60s.