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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

I love it. A lot.

Enough to marry it?? Tongue

No but I might propose to Motorpsycho later. Got the ring all picked out too!!!
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So weird thing.  Found the original receipt (a txt file) from my first ever TFK albums purchase.

FLOWER KINGS RETROPOLIS $18 STARDUST WE ARE (2 CD) $25 2-5 ITEMS $3.50 Total amount: $46.50

Bought from Synphonic music on 5/4/1999

Crazy I still have it but brings back good memories of the first time hearing those albums.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Catcher10 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 11 2021 at 20:06
Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

So weird thing.  Found the original receipt (a txt file) from my first ever TFK albums purchase.

FLOWER KINGS RETROPOLIS $18 STARDUST WE ARE (2 CD) $25 2-5 ITEMS $3.50 Total amount: $46.50

Bought from Synphonic music on 5/4/1999

Crazy I still have it but brings back good memories of the first time hearing those albums.

That's cool.....Do you still have the CDs?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote infandous Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2021 at 06:34
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

So weird thing.  Found the original receipt (a txt file) from my first ever TFK albums purchase.

FLOWER KINGS RETROPOLIS $18 STARDUST WE ARE (2 CD) $25 2-5 ITEMS $3.50 Total amount: $46.50

Bought from Synphonic music on 5/4/1999

Crazy I still have it but brings back good memories of the first time hearing those albums.

That's cool.....Do you still have the CDs?


I do.  Still the same copies I bought 22 years ago (roughly).  They still play just fine, though I've ripped them to my PC a long time ago and mostly listen to the digital versions.  I do though occasionally play them in my car, which has a CD player.
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Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

So weird thing.  Found the original receipt (a txt file) from my first ever TFK albums purchase.

FLOWER KINGS RETROPOLIS $18 STARDUST WE ARE (2 CD) $25 2-5 ITEMS $3.50 Total amount: $46.50

Bought from Synphonic music on 5/4/1999

Crazy I still have it but brings back good memories of the first time hearing those albums.

That's cool.....Do you still have the CDs?


I do.  Still the same copies I bought 22 years ago (roughly).  They still play just fine, though I've ripped them to my PC a long time ago and mostly listen to the digital versions.  I do though occasionally play them in my car, which has a CD player.
Must be an ancient car....LOL
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

So weird thing.  Found the original receipt (a txt file) from my first ever TFK albums purchase.

FLOWER KINGS RETROPOLIS $18 STARDUST WE ARE (2 CD) $25 2-5 ITEMS $3.50 Total amount: $46.50

Bought from Synphonic music on 5/4/1999

Crazy I still have it but brings back good memories of the first time hearing those albums.

That's cool.....Do you still have the CDs?


I do.  Still the same copies I bought 22 years ago (roughly).  They still play just fine, though I've ripped them to my PC a long time ago and mostly listen to the digital versions.  I do though occasionally play them in my car, which has a CD player.
Must be an ancient car....LOL
I have a CD in my car and it is a 2019 lease.  I think it might be one of the last vehicles to come with a CD player.  In my old truck I bought a new stereo with bluetooth connectivity so that I could bring that one into the 21st century, but I made sure that that had a CD player too.  I'm not sure what I am going to due when the lease is up at the end of this year.  I am not looking forward to getting a vehicle without a CD Player.  I don't mind listening to music off of the phone, but when I have the physical media I like to make use out of it from time to time.  
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

So weird thing.  Found the original receipt (a txt file) from my first ever TFK albums purchase.

FLOWER KINGS RETROPOLIS $18 STARDUST WE ARE (2 CD) $25 2-5 ITEMS $3.50 Total amount: $46.50

Bought from Synphonic music on 5/4/1999

Crazy I still have it but brings back good memories of the first time hearing those albums.

That's cool.....Do you still have the CDs?


I do.  Still the same copies I bought 22 years ago (roughly).  They still play just fine, though I've ripped them to my PC a long time ago and mostly listen to the digital versions.  I do though occasionally play them in my car, which has a CD player.
Must be an ancient car....LOL
I have a CD in my car and it is a 2019 lease.  I think it might be one of the last vehicles to come with a CD player.  In my old truck I bought a new stereo with bluetooth connectivity so that I could bring that one into the 21st century, but I made sure that that had a CD player too.  I'm not sure what I am going to due when the lease is up at the end of this year.  I am not looking forward to getting a vehicle without a CD Player.  I don't mind listening to music off of the phone, but when I have the physical media I like to make use out of it from time to time.  
The car I have now, which is a business car lease has BT but what I like better than that and CD is it has USB input. So I have a 64GB thumb drive that can hold probably 5,000 songs, depending on file size. But anything 320kbps mp3/wma sounds perfectly fine in a car.
The thumb drive is like $9.00, might as well be free....What I found was my car system does not work with exFAT drives only FAT32, so I had to convert it, easy peasy....I go on long business trips and simply shuffle play, no swapping CDs or anything.
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I have a cassette deck in my car, a 2001 Civic. Almost up to 180,000 miles.

I bought my first Flower Kings CDs in a store called Black Planet in Toronto, Ontario. I live in Pennsylvania and had a couple of friends that went up to Toronto semiannually, so I tagged along and found this store. The Canadian exchange rates were great back in 2000. So, I bought Back in the World of Adventures, Flower Power, and Édition Limitée Québec. I don't remember the price I bought these at. I still have them. 

Black Planet was also the North American distributor for releases from Si-Wan Records in South Korea. Si-Wan was noted for finding obscure stuff on vinyl and reissuing it on CD. I believe they folded later in the decade. Not sure when Black Planet closed. I haven't been in Canada since 2001.
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New video for Black Swan :



Pretty cool, but I don't see Jonas...
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Love this cut ^
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Originally posted by projeKct projeKct wrote:

New video for Black Swan :



Pretty cool, but I don't see Jonas...

I saw this the other day, what's the deal with no shirt Hasse?? Unless your a buff dude (which I doubt LOL)...put a shirt on!!

They show Jonas playing bass but not his face, camera shy maybe.
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But it worked so well for ELP on Love Beach.  LOL
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

But it worked so well for ELP on Love Beach.  LOL

I'm glad you think so! LOL Hey on the beach, your shirt will flow in the breeze and show some pecs, or belly, plus I am sure it was humid.
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Been revisiting the 2000 album Space Revolver and imho it’s a awesome album
.     "I Am the Sun - Part One"     15:03
2.     "Dream on Dreamer" (Tomas Bodin, Stolt)     2:43
3.     "Rumble Fish Twist" (Bodin)     8:06
4.     "Monster Within"     12:55
5.     "Chicken Farmer Song"     5:09
6.     "Underdog"     5:29
7.     "You Don't Know what You've Got" (Hasse Fröberg)     2:39
8.     "Slave to Money"     7:30
9.     "A King's Prayer"     6:02
10.     "I Am the Sun - Part Two"
Since my first time listening to it in ages, it was a huge experience for the whole album.


Anyone else like this album.
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The Rainmaker is the sixth studio album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings. It was their first to receive a more mixed response from critics compared to their previous albums.

Just listening to this mega album. Still don’t know what the f^^*! why the critics didn’t like it.
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I can't find the Transatlantic Appreciation thread so I'm gonna post here. Basically, I preordered The Absolute Universe a few weeks ago at recordstore.uk and many people already had it shipped but my copy hasn't arrived yet. And what I really hate about all this krap is that I didn't even get any emails from the store, no phone calls. Nothing. All I know is that the delivery is pending. What does that mean? Did they send this out yet? I mean, that 's the thing with international shipping. Not only do you pay extra cash for your item to be shipped from a faraway land but also you have to wait effin eons. Damn it!
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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

Been revisiting the 2000 album Space Revolver and imho it’s a awesome album
.     "I Am the Sun - Part One"     15:03
2.     "Dream on Dreamer" (Tomas Bodin, Stolt)     2:43
3.     "Rumble Fish Twist" (Bodin)     8:06
4.     "Monster Within"     12:55
5.     "Chicken Farmer Song"     5:09
6.     "Underdog"     5:29
7.     "You Don't Know what You've Got" (Hasse Fröberg)     2:39
8.     "Slave to Money"     7:30
9.     "A King's Prayer"     6:02
10.     "I Am the Sun - Part Two"
Since my first time listening to it in ages, it was a huge experience for the whole album.

Anyone else like this album.
To be honest, I think it's the best album TFK ever done. I mean, as a whole album, from start to finish.

Sure, they made better songs on other albums, but this one has NO dull moments. I listen to it when I need some good vibrations!

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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

I can't find the Transatlantic Appreciation thread so I'm gonna post here. Basically, I preordered The Absolute Universe a few weeks ago at recordstore.uk and many people already had it shipped but my copy hasn't arrived yet. And what I really hate about all this krap is that I didn't even get any emails from the store, no phone calls. Nothing. All I know is that the delivery is pending. What does that mean? Did they send this out yet? I mean, that 's the thing with international shipping. Not only do you pay extra cash for your item to be shipped from a faraway land but also you have to wait effin eons. Damn it!
I have not received my copy yet, now I only buy LPs/records so those usually take a bit longer but same I have not seen anything from Radiant Records shipping notice.
I also have yet to see anything on Steven Wilson TFB, but that one is coming from across the pond to me so will be another week prolly.
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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

The Rainmaker is the sixth studio album by the progressive rock band The Flower Kings. It was their first to receive a more mixed response from critics compared to their previous albums.

Just listening to this mega album. Still don’t know what the f^^*! why the critics didn’t like it.

Bro, that's cause the critics be stoooopid LOL
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Space Revolver is mostly pretty solid throughout. THere's a few drop offs but still very solid. The Rainmaker has longer "drop offs" later on in the album but the first five songs or so and last song are all still pretty good. Over all, Space revolver beats it but TRM is still better than some of the albums after it(such as Adam and Eve). 
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