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orinoco
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response 16 of 44:
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Sep 27 15:01 UTC 2002 |
Over-complete releases seem to annoy people who aren't hard-core fans, though.
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mcnally
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response 17 of 44:
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Sep 27 20:48 UTC 2002 |
That's true..
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dbratman
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response 18 of 44:
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Sep 27 22:44 UTC 2002 |
If I were a Stones fan, I wouldn't mind missing the stuff that was on
the US release but not on the UK, so long as I could get it on some
other CD where it belonged. (I think there may have been one or two
Beatles songs put on US releases that weren't on the UK releases, and
on the CDs those songs were put on the UK releases they originally
belonged to.)
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krj
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response 19 of 44:
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Sep 28 15:01 UTC 2002 |
(( resp:15 :: Castle Communications, who Mike praises for their Kinks
reissues, is to the best of my knowledge a UK operation.
Castle has won great esteem among British folk fans for their
reissues from the important 70s folk label Transatlantic --
most were packaged 2 LPs to 1 CD (though not the most valuable/
popular band, Pentangle) and sound quality was about as good as
one gets on folk albums from that era. ))
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mcnally
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response 20 of 44:
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Sep 28 19:51 UTC 2002 |
Ken's right.. Castle seem to be British. Maybe Bear Family are
the German re-issue specialists I was thinking of..
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krj
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response 21 of 44:
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Oct 1 21:27 UTC 2002 |
NP: "Forty Licks," just out this afternoon. Couldn't resist.
More after I play it a bit.
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twenex
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response 22 of 44:
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Jul 29 17:55 UTC 2003 |
You bought it the afternoon it was released? Flipping heck. How was it?
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dcat
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response 23 of 44:
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Jul 29 19:33 UTC 2003 |
Saw it recently when I was looking at cds for my mother, whose birthday was
last week. A bit put off by the ~ 40 USD price tag, though.
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krj
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response 24 of 44:
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Jul 29 20:39 UTC 2003 |
$40 seems way high for the Stones collection "Forty Licks;" it was $26
when it was released at Barnes & Noble, and Amazon US has it for $24.
In general it satisfies most of my Rolling Stones needs; it seems to
completely replace the "Hot Rocks" anthology and picks up the few
post-1975 hit songs I might want to hear. Sound quality seems as good
as can be expected on the early material. I suppose I should be more
into the Stones' early-mid period album work, but the only album I
ever grew to love was "Sticky Fingers," the one which was current when
I started listening to rock music.
So, overall, "Forty Licks" seems to be a good example of a career-spanning
compilation done right.
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dbratman
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response 25 of 44:
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Jul 30 17:15 UTC 2003 |
I bought "Forty Licks", at a clearance sale of an obscure CD store that
was going out of business.
And having listened to these greatest hits of the Rolling Stones
several times with great care (as opposed to, say, hearing a song as
background music at some party or on a radio station in some store,
which is my usual low-fi way of encountering rock), I can now say with
complete confidence that I am not a Stones fan. At all. Period.
There's not a single song here that spurs any appreciative feelings in
me whatever.
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krj
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response 26 of 44:
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Jul 30 17:30 UTC 2003 |
Having been a friend of David's for over 20 years, this does not surprise
me in the least. :)
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jaklumen
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response 27 of 44:
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Jul 31 02:57 UTC 2003 |
*chuckle* I don't much like a lot of Stone songs save "Satisfaction"
and "Under My Thumb," the latter which is really my fave. Just struck
a chord with me and who knew a xylophone could sound cool in a rock
song?
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happyboy
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response 28 of 44:
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Jul 31 08:16 UTC 2003 |
captain beefheart
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jules
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response 29 of 44:
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Aug 5 23:55 UTC 2003 |
the best stones = we love you, 10,000 light years from home..i hadnt heard
such great music. i discovered this stuff only 3 years ago. amazing stones.
i really dont care for much of the "radio' stones.
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otaking
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response 30 of 44:
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Aug 10 20:55 UTC 2003 |
I just bought the 2-CD Led Zepplin greates hits album (I forget the name,
since it's at work right now). Really good stuff. I'm surprised that I
haven't heard most of this sooner. Heck, I never even heard Stairway to Heaven
until 3 years ago.
BTW, Best Buy is selling both CDs for $15. Much better than the $16 each at
other stores.
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orinoco
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response 31 of 44:
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Aug 11 03:37 UTC 2003 |
Wow. I wish I'd been able to avoid Stairway to Heaven for that long. I mean,
it's a good song and all, but still...
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dbratman
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response 32 of 44:
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Aug 21 05:52 UTC 2003 |
I think I heard "Stairway to Heaven" once, but I'm quite sure I'd have
to be told what it was if I heard it again.
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jules
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response 33 of 44:
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Aug 23 02:28 UTC 2003 |
no way.
i do not believe you.
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dbratman
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response 34 of 44:
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Aug 31 05:53 UTC 2003 |
Jules, why would I lie? It wasn't that instantly memorable a song.
The tune never struck me when people have tried to croon "Stairway to
Gilligan's Island" at me, either.
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jaklumen
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response 35 of 44:
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Aug 31 22:18 UTC 2003 |
Hey, I liked that parody.
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gelinas
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response 36 of 44:
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Dec 5 10:40 UTC 2003 |
"Mother's Little Helper" was by the Stones? Never knew that. Cool.
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eeyore
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response 37 of 44:
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Feb 15 02:25 UTC 2004 |
There is little by the Stones that I like. "Mother's Little Helper" is one
major exception.
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mcnally
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response 38 of 44:
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Feb 15 04:54 UTC 2004 |
It's hard to imagine, given how wide a range of music the Stones recorded,
that that would be the only song to suit your tastes. On the other hand,
it's not much of a stretch to think that maybe you haven't heard much on
the radio to suit your fancy since only a small portion of their catalog
ever gets airplay.
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eeyore
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response 39 of 44:
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Feb 15 14:27 UTC 2004 |
And since there is little I have liked on the air, why would I go searching
it out. And I never said it was the *only* song I liked. :)
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mcnally
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response 40 of 44:
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Feb 15 21:19 UTC 2004 |
> And since there is little I have liked on the air, why would I go
> searching it out.
If you generalize the scope of that question to include all music,
not just the Stones, would you arrive at the same answer?
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