response 32 of 124:

Dec 15 23:08 UTC 2001

OK, I'll watch for it.  Argh.  I'm only running a week behind schedule on
this Christmas shopping stuff.  I hope the Bo Grumpus ragtime CD I ordered
for my dad gets here on schedule.

response 34 of 124:

Dec 17 03:06 UTC 2001

A stop at the Arborland Borders clarified a few things for me: clearly I 
should have checked with them earlier instead of the downtown store.
 
I'm guessing Barry was recommending a collection called "Pressure Drop:
The Best Of..." which is Trojan CDTRL 171.  That's the one which was 
advertising ten extra tracks.  I just don't feel this looks like a good
introductory compilation for my sister.
 
Borders had both the Island (2000) and Music Club versions of 
"The Very Best of Toots and the Maytals."  The two discs have about 
nine tracks in common, which are the ones I've heard of, like "Funky
Kingston."
 
The tracks which are only on the Music Club selection are:
  Take Me Home, Country Roads
  Got To Be There
  Louie, Louie
  Redemption Song
  Revolution
  Sit Right Down
  Having A Party
 
The tracks which are only on the Island (2000) compilation are:
  Broadway Jungle
  Bam Bam
  54-46 That's My Number
      (54-46 Was My Number appears on both discs)
  In The Park
  Reggae Got Soul
  Never You Change
  Living In The Ghetto
  Never Get Weary
  Dream to Remember
  Spiritual Healing
  Peace, Perfect Peace

I dunno, from here it seems like the only advantage of the Music Club 
compilation is that it has three well-known standards (the first three tracks
I listed) done reggae style, and it seems like losing "Broadway Jungle"
and "Reggae Got Soul" are liabilities.  My inclination is just to leave 
things as they are, with a copy of the Island (2000) on its way from 
amazon.com.  Thanks for putting up with all this....

response 36 of 124:

Dec 17 14:26 UTC 2001

  Haven't heard of him.  I'll keep an eye out for a Seattle appearance
  but for some reason I find it much harder to keep track of who's playing
  in the Seattle area than I did in the Ann Arbor/Detroit area..  By and
  large I don't seem to hear about most of the shows I'd be interested in
  until after they've already happened..

response 38 of 124:

Dec 20 11:05 UTC 2001

I have always thought about doing a studio quality recording just for 
fun, but I don't think I'd ever have the $$$.

Can't think of what I'd put on it, either.  I've always wanted to do 
remakes of 10cc's "I'm Not In Love" and Mason William's "Classical 
Gas" (classical guitar arrangement, probably solo, no accompaniment) 
but lack of resources has always been a problem.

just a little pipe dream, I suppose..

response 40 of 124:

Dec 20 19:14 UTC 2001

re 38:          Have you ever thought of doing a 'living room quality'
recording, just for fun?  With a couple mics and direct into PC
you can at least come up with a demo type thing.
        My trip to The Guitar Center shown me there is a whole new
arena of computer geekdoom in their.  Toys!  Toys!  Toys!

response 42 of 124:

Dec 21 06:23 UTC 2001

true, that.. I do have MIDI software to boot

response 44 of 124:

Jan 15 19:54 UTC 2002

I was a Jethro Tull fan when I was a wee sprout, so I'll pass this along.
Whoever owns the Chrysalis label now (EMI?) has started a new reissue
campaign for the Jethro Tull catalog.  The good news is that 
the albums THIS WAS, STAND UP and BENEFIT have been (allegedly) cleaned
up and (definitely) reissued.  I haven't heard the new ones yet, but
my old CD of BENEFIT was on the hissy side.  (My LP -- well er um, 
it seemed to have one channel completely worn away by overuse last 
time I played it....)
 
The bad news is that the album LIVING IN THE PAST has been withdrawn;
some of its contents are being dispersed as bonus tracks on those
reissue CDs.

response 46 of 124:

Jan 16 05:25 UTC 2002

Don't know.  Presumably a remastered AQUALUNG, Tull's 4th album, 
would be the next reissue to come out; the CDs I described in 
resp:44 were Tull's first three albums.
 
In the past, the story has always been that a good-sounding AQUALUNG
has been impossible to deliver because the master tapes, which were 
kept in Ian Anderson's personal custody, had deteriorated badly.
Guess we'll see what comes next...

response 48 of 124:

Feb 6 06:19 UTC 2002

  Oh?

response 50 of 124:

Feb 12 21:05 UTC 2002

Nobody else has gotten one of the new music quarters yet?

response 52 of 124:

Feb 12 21:48 UTC 2002

Haven't seen one, but the US Mint had some groovy pictures. This is the
Tennessee state quarter, correct? Louisiana will also have a minor musical
theme.

response 54 of 124:

Feb 13 00:00 UTC 2002

Yes, the Tennessee quarter is honoring country music, with a guitar and 
a fiddle.   I've only seen that first one myself.