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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 01:22:53 -0500 
From: Ken Zuroski <kz08+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: CDC's shows.exe available for ftp at ftp.uwp.edu

I happened to have the rest of the CDC files available online in ASCII
form, so I too uploaded them to ftp.uwp.edu. The files include the classical
database (class.cdc), the jazz database (jazz.cdc), misc. disks (other.cdc),
and some other informational files ending in a ".doc" extension (e.g.,
"aim.doc," which describes the Adventures in Music series of CDs). 
Unfortunately this info that I uploaded was current as of July '92; I
order database disks from CDC about twice a year only, which is all I
need to find the CDs I want to buy, since I usually don't purchase new
releases as soon as they come out. Maybe someone has a more current
database they wouldn't mind uploading; if not, I'll upload an updated
version the next time I order disks. In the meantime, perhaps the database
will still be useful. Possibly some of the prices have changed in the
meantime; I don't know.

Ken

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From: cholette@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Cholette Martin)
Subject: Re: Pink Floyd: Shine On Box Set
Keywords: P.Floyd; Shine On Set.
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Distribution: rec.music.cd
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:32:56 GMT

In article <Guest.6.726130666@comm.mgmt.purdue.edu> Guest@comm.mgmt.purdue.edu (changhun park ) writes:
>In article <3h727+p@rpi.edu> monitn@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Nicholas Monitto) writes:
>>>In article <1993Jan3.161147.3713@Arco.COM> jrowney@arco.com writes:
>
>>>At a record show last week a dealer said it's history ... out of print, and
>>>unsold copies recalled. When they said "limited edition" they meant it.
>>
>>Hrm? I'll buy the "out of print" and "limited edition",
>
>** I, a novice collector on R'n'R, saw the set at a local store and plan 
>to buy it; But the price (not used) is $149.99 (before tax).
>   Is it worth that price? 'cause I can buy the 8 albums with 20% 
>discounts at another store that has more favorable regular prices (but this
>store does not have the boxed set.) (Only one CD and the book escape me in 
>that case.) Any comments?

Well it's the whole idea of a boxed set.  The 9 cd's are from the box set and
anyone who see the cd will notice that it is not the same as the standard issue
.  The collection is made to go together,  the description is hard to explain, 
for some sets it is simply a collection of great tunes put together with a 
BOOKLET in order to sell.  On the other hand others have a mystique about them
either because of who did it or what is on it.  I'll admit that the Floyd box
set is going to make money (lots of it!) but look at the albums that you get...
Dark Side of the Moon (the best selling rock album of all time),  Wish you were
Here,  the Wall...  all clasics,  all albums that most rock collectors would
have in a collection.  Whereas sets like Lynyrd Skynyrd,  Robert Johnston and
Eric Clapton (both his boxes,  Crossroads and the Layla Sessions)  comprise
anthologies of great artists and in some cases containing every known surviving
version of an artists works (specifically Rober Johnson (this is the correct
spelling,  sorry!)).  But all box sets have a certain allure whether or not you
like the group/artist.  (I saw a Frank Sinatra box set and it was amazing!  
There must have been 18-20 cd's in it!  It cost 375$ Canadian!  Even thought I
don't listen to him I still thought that the set was in some way, cool!)

Basically,  if you already have most of the cd's in the set I would suggest that
you not buy it,  there is nothing new in it,  except for the book,  which does
not uncover any ghastly secrets!  But if you really like Floyd or you want to 
add the cd's to your collection then the box is a must!

Michael Bertrand,
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From: constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino)
Subject: Re: CD technology: A few random questions
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 01:20:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.154418.13437@bsu-ucs> 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Matthew J. Stum) writes:
>1) Why isn't there a thicker layer of plastic on _top_ of the pitted metal
>   layer to prevent accidently scratching through the top?
>
>2) Why isn't the plastic itself more resistant to scratches?  Is it too
>   expensive to do otherwise?  Or are there light-carrying characteristics
>   in the current plastic that are unique?

Money.
Every additional nickel that the CD costs will probably raise the retail price
another dollar.

Tino
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From: kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim)
Subject: Sony's MasterSound CDs
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:32:27 GMT

I got two of Sony's MasterSound CDs (Mobile Fidelity's Ultradisc 
copycat), Billy Joel: 52nd Street and West Side Story: Original 
Broadway Cast (1958).  They are gold-plated but comes with a clumsy 
"deluxe" longbox with LP artworks attatched.  The sound quality is 
incredible, especially when compared with CBS/Columbia release.  With 
both discs, you will hear small details not found on CBS/Columbia 
discs.  Other MasterSound CDs include Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen: 
Born To Run and few others.  Other CBS/Columbia big acts, such as 
Simon & Garfunkel, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Jackson are likely 
to follow.

P.S. Both discs had Limited Edition marked on the case.
From: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: CD technology: A few random questions
Date: 10 Jan 93 21:10:49 GMT
Reply-To: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University

In article <1993Jan8.154418.13437@bsu-ucs>, 00mjstum@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Matthew J. Stum) writes:
>Just a few random questions:
>
>3) Why don't most portable CD players contain built-in buffers to help reduce
>   skipping due to jar and shock?  When this was brought up about the MD
>   players it was seen as a new revelation... I would've thought it was
>   common-sense.  I've got a portable player that, when sitting on my
>   desk at work, will skip if I press the spacebar too hard.  A fraction-
>   of-a-second buffer would do just fine in that case.  Nothing fancy.

Sony and Philips both have portable CD players out that employ buffering.  
However, at least the Sony is very expensive (in the $500 range).  To 
utilize buffering, the data must be read from the CD faster than the rate 
required by the D/A converters to reconstruct the music.  This means that the 
CD has to be spun at a faster rate, thus expending more energy.  As a result,
batteries don't last nearly as long when these players are operated in the 
non-skip mode.  I believe at least one of them is switchable between non-skip 
and "skip" :) modes, giving you the option of longer battery life if you're 
using the player in a less jarring environment.  Although adding the buffer 
would certainly increase the price of the player, it seems like a nice enough 
feature that people might be willing to pay the price...

-Lynn  (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)
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From: akp1@quads.uchicago.edu (Adam K. Powers)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for symphonic rock
Date: 7 Jan 93 16:48:59 GMT
Reply-To: akp1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago

This isn't 'symphonic' as in rock songs played by only by a symphony, but
rather a rock band collaborating with a symphony:

Procol Harum: _Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra_
which is available on CD thru both A&M and Mobile Fidelity (*not* a gold CD)

Of course, then you could probably include Elton John's _Live in Australia_
album too.  Symphonic works by rock performers would open up a whole new can
of worms and include folks like Frank Zappa.  Anybody know much about the 
Electric Prunes or the New York Rock Ensemble?

						-Adam K. Powers
						akp1@midway.uchicago.edu
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From: hackett@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Mike Hackett)
Subject: Re: Genesis Questions
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:48:13 GMT

In article <1993Jan2.053225.12566@mercury.cair.du.edu> mwasserm@diana.cair.du.edu (MARC Y. WASSERMAN) writes:
>2.  Is their second album, "Trespass", available on CD?  I cannot
>find it.

>Marc Wasserman
>mwasserm@diana.cair.du.edu


At this time, Trespass is only available in the UK on the Virgin/Charisma
label.  I've got both picture disc sets from them, and Trespass is in the
first, but a friend of mine also has the regular Trespass release, picked
up in an import store.  I have seen a Genesis box - a big blue thing with
an early picture of the band - that contains only the Trespass CD and,
ridiculously enough, a poster of Phil Collins (who wasn't in the band at
the time) for his Serious Hits tour/album!  I don't know who puts that
thing out, but I got a good laugh out of it!

Now, I have heard rumours that Genesis and Atlantic are going to remaster
and rerelease most of the back-catalogue, including Trespass, in the U.S.,
but even if it is true, I don't expect to see it happen for at least a
year or more.


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From: beowulf@wam.umd.edu (vaya con carne)
Subject: Re: CARTOON MUSIC! HELP AND A CHALLENGE
Organization: lazy slobs on vacation, inc.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:58:49 GMT

In article <1ih9chINN15d@specialist.genrad.com>, gwl@specialist.genrad.com (Glenn W. Lea) writes:
|> If it was released in '92, then it's probably the new Raymond Scott
|> collection on Columbia.  It might be stashed in the jazz section of
|> your record store.  It's absolutely wonderful.

the album in question is called The Carl Stalling Project,
released by the warner bros in '92 and in the soundtrack
section of most stores i've seen.

amie
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From: shobaki@groucho.cse.ogi.edu (weasel)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: A couple'o'questions
Date: 12 Jan 93 18:43:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.48402
Distribution: world
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute - Computer Science & Engineering

Hi, 
I have a couple of questions that i thought maybe some of you music/cd
gurus may be able to answer:

1> On the CD Peace and Love inc. by Information Society, there is a track 
   whose title reads 300BPS N81 (terminal mode).  I assume from listening to
   it that it is a text message transmitted at 300BPS, etc. I _can't_ seem to 
   get my com program, or either of my modems to pick up the signal, has anyone
   managed this yet, and if so, how much didi you need to amplify the signal?
   what does it say?

2> I have noticed on my Nine Inch Nails CD's that they are all marked with a
   denotation of HALO <n> (where n is a number) Pretty Hate Machine is HALO 2
   Broken is HALO 5, Sin is HALO 4, Head Like a Hole is HALO 3.  Doeas anyone
   know what this means? also, what is HALO 1? I must get it :)

-Kal
From: v026ltr5@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Monty)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: FGTH's _Welcome_To_The_Pleasuredome_
Date: 6 Jan 93 15:43:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1993Jan5.165208.7321@news.cs.brandeis.edu>,
weitzman@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Adam J. Weitzman) writes...
>OK, folks, I *finally* got myself to purchase the newer edition of Frankie
>Goes To Hollywood's classic (IMHO) _Welcome_To_The_Pleasuredome_ on CD, the
>new Island/Polygram version, on the basis of rumors here on the net that
>it might be identical to the 2LP and cassette versions that came out in 1984,
>the year of the album's release. Well, (drumroll please)....
>It is.

This is great. Now I just have to actually buy it.

>Another curiosity: I always thought that the division between Snatch Of Fury
>and Welcome was exactly where the first CD cut it (which is why I have 
>listed it that way above). However, since the newer CD is cut differently,
>I started wondering. On the credits to the cassette, Gerry Marsden is 
>credited for writing Ferry, which he did, *and* Snatch Of Fury, which he
>probably didn't. On the old CD, they cut the "Life goes on day after day"
>(lyrics from Ferry) part out on what I considered to be the intro to Welcome.
>I'm now guessing that they did that (as well as cutting Ferry) to be able to
>remove the Marsden credit from the CD entirely. Based on the cassette, though,
>the piece of music those lyrics appear on is Snatch Of Fury, not Welcome. Is
>it possible that the new CD is actually where the divisions of the songs
>belong, based on this evidence? (The new cut cuts it *right* before the drums
>kick in.)

Well, this may make no sense, but I always thought that Snatch of Fury
was the small part of Ferry and nothing else. I thought it was a
play on words - Snatch of Ferry, so to speak. Or am I nuts?

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From: daw@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Dave Webb)
Subject: BMG/Columbia House Phone Numbers wanted..
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:28:33 GMT


Could someone please mail me the number for BMG and Columbia House Record
Clubs?  It seems that 1-800-WAMADEUS doesn't work anymore.
		THanx in advance,
			Dave Webb


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From: Riddle@sscux1.ssc.gov (Jerry G. Riddle)
Subject: brodcast news
Followup-To: rec.music.cd
Organization: Super Conducting Supercollider Labs
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:33:40 GMT

Please help me out. In the movie "BROADCAST NEWS" with William Hurt there
is a French sounding song that is played. I think the title is "L'EDITION
SPECIALE"  by an artist named Cambrel or Gambrel. I cannot locate it at
all. I think maybe it might show up in some foreign listing, but as of yet
I can't find it. 
Thanks for the help 
Jerry



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From: rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk (Richard Lloyd)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Tori Amos single (not the Crucified EP)
Date: 7 Jan 93 12:09:09 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University

In article <C0GEDM.8zz@willamette.edu>, tjones@willamette.edu (Tyler Jones) writes:
>    If there's any Tori fans out there, be sure and get this single if you can.

You neglected to say that this Winter Digipak CD single is a US-ONLY release.
It is available in the UK as an import only (7.79 pounds in my local HMV !),
but contains previously UK-released tracks. This is hardly surprising consider-
ing Tori has released 8 CD singles in the UK so far (all with non-album mater-
ial on them !).

Of course, the UK's already had 2 Winter CD singles, 2 Crucify CD singles,
2 Silent All These Years CD singles, 1 Me And A Gun CD single and 1 China
CD single. Talk about single saturation or what ??

> In closing, this single is radically cool, and a definite must-have for Tori
> fans.

I'll be getting it sent to me from the US, but other non-US Tori fans will have
a devil of a time a) finding this US single and b) not getting ripped off for
8 or 9 pounds in the process. I paid an average of 2 pounds (3 dollars) for
my UK Tori CD singles, so I find it objectionable that import singles cost FOUR
TIMES that amount !

> I can't wait for a new album (if there will ever be
> one) given this latest sample of her work.

I think Tori deserves a rest after releasing some 21 non-album tracks on UK
CD singles and amassing a huge number of tour dates !! I'd hope she'd consider
making a new album towards the end of 1993 though.

Richard K. Lloyd, 
Computer Science Dept.,   JANET     : rkl@uk.ac.liverpool.compsci
Liverpool University,     Internet  : rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk
Merseyside, England,    Q: "What's the world's fastest home micro ?"
Great Britain.          A: "The Archimedes A3000. 4 MIPS for under 800 pounds."
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
Subject: 4 Sale: Sealed Elton John Boxed set
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:53:15 GMT

MCA's Elton John boxed set, "To Be Continued..." is out of production and 
a lot of folks are looking for a CD version of it.  I found a copy of the
Japanese version  (yes the booklet is in English as well as Japanese) as
a favor to some of you who wrote to me asking where they could get it.
I am selling it for basically my cost--$80 (=price in yen + tax + shipping,etc.)
- I'll include shipping and handling.  The price is non-negotiable at 
this point.

Please write for further details, jjmckay@uiuc.edu.
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From: dap@portal.vpharm.com (David A. Pearlman)
Subject: Re: Pink Floyd: Shine On Box Set
Organization: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:01:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.103713.24648@csus.edu> roy@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Roy J.) writes:
>In article <C0Ar62.4u8@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
>>
>>At a record show last week a dealer said it's history ... out of print, and
>>unsold copies recalled. When they said "limited edition" they meant it.
>
>I don't understand.  Why would they produce so few copies that they
>would sell out so quickly?  For that matter, why are they recalling
>unsold copies?  (Is this really true?)  Had I known this was going to
>happen, I would have bought it a couple weeks ago when it was on sale
>for $125 at my local Tower Records.  Oh well... :-(

It may have been a "limited edition." But it was DEFINITELY *not* recalled.
You can still find copies all over the place here in Boston: HMV, Tower,
Newberry, several of the small shops. In the past few days I've seen
copies at all these places, at the same prices as before.

Nip this bogus rumor in the bud.

dap
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From: hannon@umbc4.umbc.edu (Mr. Scott Hannon; PHYS (GRAD))
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Scorpions Tokyo Tapes on CD?
Date: 4 Jan 1993 17:37:41 GMT
Organization: Univ. of MD, Baltimore County
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc4.umbc.edu

In article <1992Dec30.162820.17653@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com
(jeffrey.n.jones) writes:
>Is the Scorpions Tokyo Tapes out on CD and if so where can I get it?

Yes, its available in Europe [and as an import in the USA]. I've seen it
recently, so I assume its still in print and easy to obtain.

Taken by Force is/was also available as an import [both Japan and Europe
I think].

Lonesome Crow was released about 3 years ago here in the USA on the Rampage
label [part of Rhino]. I think its now out of print.

Scott.
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Scott Hannon, Mon Jan 4 1993 (hannon@umbc4.umbc.edu)
From: suckow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Michael Suckow)
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:59:56 GMT
Subject: Re: brodcast news
Organization: Hewlett Packard CPCD, Sunnyvale CA
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd

>Please help me out. In the movie "BROADCAST NEWS" with William Hurt there
>is a French sounding song that is played. I think the title is "L'EDITION
>SPECIALE"  by an artist named Cambrel or Gambrel. I cannot locate it at
>all. I think maybe it might show up in some foreign listing, but as of yet
>I can't find it. 
>Thanks for the help 
>Jerry

You're right, the song is named "L'EDITION SPECIALE".

The song, by the French singer Francis Cabrel, is on the album named
"QUESTION D'EQUILIBRE". You may be able to find it as an import in
the "France" section of a good music store.

Michael Suckow
From: v999r36x@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Yao S. Ko)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: CDC's shows.exe available for ftp at ftp.uwp.edu
Keywords: ftp, CDC, shows.exe
Date: 6 Jan 93 15:44:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Hi,

I just uploaded the file shows.exe from CDC to the /pub/incoming/databases
at the ftp.uwp.edu. The ASCII file shows.cdc is also available for 
non-pc users.

I don't plan to update the file regularly and I hope someone in the NYC or
Chicago area can do us a favor for the uploading and updating.

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From: burley@apple-gunkies.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for symphonic rock
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:11:07
Organization: Free Software Foundation 545 Tech Square Cambridge, MA 02139
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In-reply-to: malcolm@wrs.com's message of 7 Jan 93 18:08:04 GMT

In article <malcolm.726430084@wrs.com> malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes) writes:

   Here's a list of releases that have been collaborations with symphonies and 
   orchestras where the artists are also performing on the project:

Add a recording of Genesis music, done by the same people/label as did the
Jethro Tull.  I don't find it quite as entrancing as the JT, but I do enjoy
it more than The Orchestral Tubular Bells, and some parts of the Genesis
are really gorgeous.  Of course, I generally enjoy the original music even
more!  :-)
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