CD trove is proving short on treasures
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 7:54 am
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/179304_cdupdate24.html
Archived topic from Anythingforums, old topic ID:50, old post ID:434Listening to oldies such as "Mr. Bojangles" and "What's Going On?" might be a fun music history lesson for schoolkids in King and Pierce counties.
But 413 free copies of "Greatest Hits 1971" might prove to be too much of a good thing.
And 387 CDs containing explicit lyrics by the late Puerto Rican rapper Big Punisher, along with 356 copies of "Staying Power" by the late Barry White, weren't high on the public schools' wish list.
Raunchy music wasn't what anyone in education or the Attorney General's Office had in mind when they announced that a windfall of music was coming to public schools and libraries from last year's $143 million anti-trust settlement with the recording industry. The industry was accused of setting artificially high prices.