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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 27 2020 at 03:58 |
Hi Pierre Holy crap it’s been ages. I see you’re in lockdown mode as well. At least some of us don’t have any difficulty in passing the time when we’re around our music collections (books are brilliant too) I’m still working something like a full day...every other week, because the school I work at only is “open” for a few select kids that don’t have anywhere else to stay. It’s weird..but then again I had a wonderful 9 hour workday yesterday, which is something I don’t say that often  We had everything to ourselves plus sunshine and warm weather. I spent most of the day dancing around to some Funkadelic with a laughing kid on my shoulder Regarding the whole cd situation? Depends entirely on what exactly one is hunting for. Some of the old school albums that somehow lost traction with the youngins over time presumably get more scarce as they don’t get re-released in the same way say Sticky Fingers does I’ve been ordering from Danish and Swedish online shops lately and have been surprised of the type of selection they have to offer. In some instances I’ve come across albums I’d been searching for for ages. Case in point: Älgarnas Trädgård’s Delayed. Yup found that baby hiding out with a ridiculously cheap pricetag attached to it
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Posted: March 27 2020 at 05:09 |
Hi. Funkadelic and children, what a strange and full of life mix !!!  I write poems in my room, listening to Roxy, Can, Matmos and my neigbours making love, taking a shower, making love, taking a shower... Water music. Take care. Pierre.
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Posted: March 27 2020 at 05:30 |
Heureux de te revoir, Pierre  Je crois que la poésie aquatique sonnerais bien avec quelques morceaux que je compose 
Strangely, I haven't come across any Mwandishi or Head Hunters phase albums and I'd really like to add them to my collection.
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Posted: March 27 2020 at 05:38 |
Estou certo, Sam
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Posted: March 27 2020 at 05:42 |
zwordser wrote:
Sean Trane wrote:
Haven't had a single problem
finding Crossing CDs, especiallu-y the ugly Atlantic remaster digipak
(with the orange & black spine. I did
once see recently the superb original gatefold sleeve vinyl, but very
pricy (it was mint or near mint). I passed up, but changed my mind the
next day and it was gone There is a superb small Atlantic
Years boxset that includes Fat Albert, Mwan & Crossing in nthe form
of brilliant cardboard sleeve (especially for Crossings), but saddly not
sextant (on CBS)
What I would be really looking for in the cardborad sleeve MiniLp of Sextant
If I absolutely love the Mwandishi era, I'm definitely less into the Head Hunters era (though Man Child, I really like) |
Great, but where are you located?
(i'm "Now" too, but aren't we all)--not in the West U.S. I'm thinking.
I'm currently in AZ, and recently went to several music stores in
Phoenix, thinking for sure I'd find much of what I wanted, including
Crossings. No go with HH, but at least did get a couple great finds.
In the West, the best stores for variety of CDs/vinyl, including Prog,
are on the coast: Portland and San Fran--though I've forgotton the
names; haven't gotten out that way for a while. The one in the Bay area
is HUGE, and even has prog/experimental sections for CDs. ....
Actually, I'll look it up.... I'ts Amoeba Music. Don't remember if I
simply didn't find Crossings last I was there, or wasn't thinking about
it--I picked up a lot! (3-4 years ago or so). They also have a location
in Berkeley where I was able to grab 3 Hogarth-era Marillion CDs for
relatively cheap.
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Mmmhhh!!!... Frisco would be one
of your better bet from where you are, thpough it's not exactly next
door either. You may want to phone Amoeba to see if they got it, though,
instead of just heading out there with today's crisis.
I'm confining in Brussels right now. This is where I usually do my record hunting, along with Ghent, A'dam and sometimes Köln.
Logan wrote:
I'd
go with the ones mentioned, so start with Dance of Magic (his debut)
and then listen to Dark of Light (his second album). To use
Mascodogama's apt terminology, it's good spiritual jazz. Some others off
the top of my head that I can relate to these, but others might not
find quite the same relation, include Sun-Ra's Languidity (for the
cosmic jazz), Bob James' One and Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay (which many
jazz-heads would know as its quite the classic). And Patrick Gleeson, as
a Crossings alumnus, and his great contribution to Lenny White's
Venusian Summer, for his electronic/classical crossover album Beyond the
Sun should interest various people. |
Thanks, a bit of research has got me pointing to the early albums as well (little surprise really  )
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Posted: March 27 2020 at 09:39 |
Sean Trane wrote:
zwordser wrote:
Sean Trane wrote:
Haven't had a single problem
finding Crossing CDs, especiallu-y the ugly Atlantic remaster digipak
(with the orange & black spine. I did
once see recently the superb original gatefold sleeve vinyl, but very
pricy (it was mint or near mint). I passed up, but changed my mind the
next day and it was gone There is a superb small Atlantic
Years boxset that includes Fat Albert, Mwan & Crossing in nthe form
of brilliant cardboard sleeve (especially for Crossings), but saddly not
sextant (on CBS)
What I would be really looking for in the cardborad sleeve MiniLp of Sextant
If I absolutely love the Mwandishi era, I'm definitely less into the Head Hunters era (though Man Child, I really like) |
Great, but where are you located?
(i'm "Now" too, but aren't we all)--not in the West U.S. I'm thinking.
I'm currently in AZ, and recently went to several music stores in
Phoenix, thinking for sure I'd find much of what I wanted, including
Crossings. No go with HH, but at least did get a couple great finds.
In the West, the best stores for variety of CDs/vinyl, including Prog,
are on the coast: Portland and San Fran--though I've forgotton the
names; haven't gotten out that way for a while. The one in the Bay area
is HUGE, and even has prog/experimental sections for CDs. ....
Actually, I'll look it up.... I'ts Amoeba Music. Don't remember if I
simply didn't find Crossings last I was there, or wasn't thinking about
it--I picked up a lot! (3-4 years ago or so). They also have a location
in Berkeley where I was able to grab 3 Hogarth-era Marillion CDs for
relatively cheap.
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Mmmhhh!!!... Frisco would be one
of your better bet from where you are, thpough it's not exactly next
door either. You may want to phone Amoeba to see if they got it, though,
instead of just heading out there with today's crisis.
I'm confining in Brussels right now. This is where I usually do my record hunting, along with Ghent, A'dam and sometimes Köln.
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I found it on Amoeba's website, but I think it just means they can order it (new $17.00). Mmmm, maybe, but I usually try not to pay too much--otherwise there's no way I can afford to collect a lot of music. I could order it from another place cheaper, probably.
I was in Koln (Cologne) two summers ago--came to Germany for the Night of the Prog festival, then spent 2-3 days there. Nice town. Never made it to Brussels, though as I continued East, and eventually did a bike tour from Berlin to Copenhagen and back. Really like to return to Europe for some more bike touring!
CD collection was not quite a priority (limited space, backpacking) but I found Kraan at a small music shop for 5 Euro.
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