Various - The Spirit Of Indonesia Mp3

The "45 rpm audiophile quality" is misleading, this is the worse recording/record i heard in that genre by far. seems they went with 45rpm to fill up the record (about 10 mins of music on each side). the $35 canadian i paid was a rip off. Aux 33 Tours in montreal wouldn't refund me and bought it back for $12. wish i would've seen the other review before. to avoid.

Anyone else have the feeling that this release is complete bullshit? The first two releseas on Shiok! already were an unauthorized (?) reissue of 'Music of Indonesia' on Folkways (https://www.discogs.com/Unknown-Artist-Music-Of-Indonesia/release/1090387), while on these records there was not a single credit given.  Actually, a sticker on the records said this music was “never before released on lp”. A big fat lie. The music itself and the sound were in fact good and the artwork was also decent, but that doesn’t forgive the disrespectful (illegal) nature of the whole thing.And now there are two new releases on the dubious Shiok! Label and you can’t believe how unashamed these are promoted. Firstly, there is no longer a cd included like in the first two releases, but that is just a detail. Suddenly, the lp’s are 45rpm, and that’s where the bullshit really starts. A small sticker is trying to make us believe that this is a “45rpm audiophile edition”. Really? The sound quality on this lp is not only total crap but the A side only has about 8 minutes of music. Eight! Off course it’s 45rpm, you have to do something with all that extra space on a record, right? Glad I left it in the record store for 25 euros...Do tell me if you think I'm being delusional.

Thanks for the heads up. I was about to buy it (cheap).

The recordings on the Folkways LP you mention are public domain in Europe and will have been since 2001 so no authorization needed to reissue as long as any publishing royalties due (unlikely on a 1950's "world music" recording) are paid to the relevant collection agency.Otherwise, yeah, this is a rip off release. Even at the ~£8 in can be found for here in the UK.