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From: lazlo@triton.unm.edu (Lazlo Nibble)
Subject: Re: Free CDs?!
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 01:28:10 GMT
Organization: Sporadic and incomplete
Distribution: usa

boop@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (joseph.a.lapenta) writes:

> I've got a question.  How can CD clubs like Columbia House and BMG give
> CDs away so freely (8 CDs for $1.00)? 

CDs only cost about two bucks apiece to make -- probably less when they're
made in the quantities that the record clubs make them.  So even if they
lose sixteen bucks on the initial set you buy, they've already more than
made it back after you buy your first couple of "obligatory" discs.  Even
with licensing fees to other labels they probably clear a good ten dollars
on every full-price disc they sell . . . and you have to buy at least three
or four before you can quit the club.

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Lazlo (lazlo@triton.unm.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: ah532@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Gleba)
Subject: Tapes & CDS for sale
Reply-To: ah532@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Gleba)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 22:23:42 GMT

I have the following tapes and Cd's for sale. Everything is in excellent
condition, and all prices are negotiable.
 
Compact Discs
-------------
 
P.I.L. - The Greatest Hits So Far
Winger - In The Heart of the Young
Bel Biv Devoe - Poison
Boys II Men - Cooleyhighharmony
Metallica 
 
Tapes
-----
 
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Ugly Kid Joe - As Ugly As They Wanna Be
Andrew Dice Clay - 40 Too Long
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
Social Distortion
Styx - Edge Of The Century
White Lion - Big Game
The Escape Club - Dollars & Sex
The Dead Milkmen - Bucky Fellini
The Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba
Andrew Dice Clay - Dice Rules
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
M.C. Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
Skid Row
The Dead Milkmen - Eat Your Paisley
The Cure - Disintegration
Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
Winger
Tesla - The Great radio Controversy
The Cure - Standing On A Beach
Mariah Carey - Emotions
Erasure - The Innocents
U2 - Live Under A Blood Red Sky
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Flesh For Lulu - Big Fun City
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Metallica - And Justice For All
U2 - Rattle & Hum
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head
Natural Selection 
Guy - The Future
Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme
Another Bad Creation - Coolin at the plaground ya know!
SoundGarden - Badmotorfinger
Nirvana - Nevermind
 
Cassette Singles
----------------
Winger - Miles Away
Wilson Phillips - Impulsive
Candyman - Knockin' Boots
Sir Mixalot - Baby Got Back
Shanice - I Love Your Smile
 
I also Have Rare Live Recordings of the following groups
 
New Order
Metallica
NIN (2)
Living Colour
Circle Jerks

-- 
Bodybuilders and Volleyball Players Will Rule The World

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From: kwright@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ken Wright)
Subject: Re: Help with THE WALL
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Keywords: PINK FLOYD WALL MUSIC
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 05:52:02 GMT


I wish I could figure out how to quote, but regarding The Wall:

The MOVIE of The Wall has the full version of the song (which I've taped
cuz it really it a good song), as well as having "When The Lion's Broke
Free" (or something like that) part I and II.

I don't know of any full version of the song existing on LP or CD. You'll
just have to rent the movie, and tape it from there.

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Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
From: n5ppm264 (Charlie Board)
Subject: Cheap Trick Collections
Organization: bnr
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:29:10 GMT

I'm looking for track listings for any (non-US) Cheap Trick
best-ofs. I know there are at least two out there- a single CD UK disc 
and a double CD Japanese set.

Please send responses email to cnc405@bnr.ca

Thanks,
Charles Board
From: wwc2@quads.uchicago.edu (william wen-tai chen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: CD's for sale
Date: 14 Aug 92 05:26:24 GMT
Reply-To: wwc2@midway.uchicago.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

================>>>>> CD's For Sale <<<<<<============





The following almost brand new CD's (only played a few times) are sale at $7.99 (or 
best offer) each except where noted (i.e. double discs):



Catching Up with Depeche Mode

Sinead O'Connor - I do not want what I haven't got

Vanessa Williams - The Comfort Zone

REM - Green

REM - Document

REM - Eponymous

U2 - Achtung Baby

Bryan Adams - Waking up the Neighbors

Chicago - Greatest Hits

EMF - Schubert Dip

Rod Stewart Greatest Hits

Sheena Easton - What Comes Naturally

FYC - The Raw and the Remix

Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

En Vogue - Born to sing

MCHammer - Please Hammer don't hurt them

Schascle - Hauted by real life

Billy Idol - Vital Idol

Kraftwerk - the Mix

Black Box - Mixed Up!

Spinal Tap Sound Track

The Karate Kid Part III Sound Track

Bette Midler - For the Boys Sound Track

Eric Clapton - 24 Nights (2 CD's - $16.99)

Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild/A Retrospective (2 CD's - $16.99)

The best of the Doors (2 CD's - $16.99)

James Galway Plays Mozart (2 CD's - $19.99)
From: dld30@quts.ccc.amdahl.com (Dave Dooley)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Planet P & Tony Carey
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:00:20 GMT
Reply-To: dld30@QUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Dave Dooley)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Aug18.101503.27414@stc.nato.int> koelman@stc.nato.int writes:
>In article <4830@miramon.lulea.trab.se> lehe@lulea.trab.se (Lennart  
>Hedenstr|m) writes:
>> Correct me if I am wrong but I have some foggy memory of reading that
>> Tony Carey once was a member of Ritchie Blackmore's Rinbow, playing
>> keyboards.
>> 
>
>correct see below
>
>>Does anyone have any info on Tony Carey?
>>He produced the Planet P album in Germany (1983, Geffen)
>>Is it available on CD?
>Not to my knowledge, but several of his solo works are available as
>German imports. The only name that comes to mind right now is "I Won't
>Be Home Tonight".

It (the Planet P album) is scheduled for re-release on CD here in the
US on October 6. Don't know about the other release though.
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From: koelman@cuby.stc.nl (Ton Koelman)
Subject: Re: Planet P & Tony Carey
Reply-To: koelman@stc.nato.int
Organization: SHAPE Technical Centre, NL
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 10:13:53 GMT

In article <3346@ra.nrl.navy.mil> luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther)  
writes:
> In article <1992Aug13.105947.25205@stc.nato.int> koelman@stc.nato.int  
writes:
> >
> >Does anyone have any info on Tony Carey?
> >He produced the Planet P album in Germany (1983, Geffen)
> >Is it available on CD?
> >What else has he done?
> >
> The two Planet P albums I know of are 'Planet P' and 'Pink World'.
> I've seen three Tony Carey solo albums, although there may be more.
> The two I have are called 'Some Tough City' and 'Blue Highway'. I
> think STC is much better than BH. He has a third album which I can't
> remember the title of, although I think it has 'Eddie' in it. The
> cover has a drawing of Tony standing with his back to you, looking
> at a spaceship or something.
> 
> There a couple of songs off of STC that are the kind you recognize and
> then say, "Wow! I didn't know *he* did that!', specifically A Fine, Fine
> Day, and First Day of Summer. 

Gosh. How do I get this stuff?
I picked up the Planet P album (on vinyl) 
by accident. I love it.

I'll keep looking for CDs but I don't think
the chances of finding them over here (i.e. close
to Germany) are any higher...

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SHAPE Technical Centre, P.O. Box 174, 2501 CD  The Hague
The Netherlands  (voice: 31-70-3142429, fax: 31-70-3142111)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: harin@iti.gov.sg (Harinderpal Singh)
Subject: Re: Johnny Hates Jazz
Reply-To: harin@iti.gov.sg
Organization: Information Technology Institute, National Computer Board, S'pore
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 02:41:55 GMT

In article 6123@iscsvax.uni.edu, wilson0189@iscsvax.uni.edu () writes:
>What ever happened to the group Johhny Hates Jazz?  They fell
>off the face of the Earth like Jimmy Hoaffa.

After their mega-successful _Turn Back The Clock_ album, Clark Datchler split from the others and released his own _Raindance_ album. The remaining members of JHJ were joined by Phil Thornalley. They released an album _Tall Stories_ that didn't cause much of a stir anywhere.

Clark Datchler also seems to be headed into oblivion. I'm not sure if saw a new album from him recently but I certainly haven't heard anything about it.

Again, just my 2 cents worth...
				Harin
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From: dap@portal.vpharm.com (David A. Pearlman)
Subject: Re: Planet P & Tony Carey
Organization: Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 13:49:47 GMT

In article <96r702cX1eNv01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> dld30@QUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Dave Dooley) writes:
>In article <1992Aug18.101503.27414@stc.nato.int> koelman@stc.nato.int writes:
>>In article <4830@miramon.lulea.trab.se> lehe@lulea.trab.se (Lennart  
>>Hedenstr|m) writes:
>>> Correct me if I am wrong but I have some foggy memory of reading that
>>> Tony Carey once was a member of Ritchie Blackmore's Rinbow, playing
>>> keyboards.
>>> 
>>
>>correct see below
>>
>>>Does anyone have any info on Tony Carey?
>>>He produced the Planet P album in Germany (1983, Geffen)
>>>Is it available on CD?
>>Not to my knowledge, but several of his solo works are available as
>>German imports. The only name that comes to mind right now is "I Won't
>>Be Home Tonight".
>
>It (the Planet P album) is scheduled for re-release on CD here in the
>US on October 6. Don't know about the other release though.

Carey/Planet P appeared on 3 labels in the US:

Rochshire (first Tony Carey album)
Geffen (first Planet P album)
MCA (two Tony Carey solo albums and Planet P's "Pink World")

The album being re-released is probably on Geffen. MCA may eventually
get around to re-releasing their stuff. Rochshire is long defunct; It
turned out that the label was funded by funds embezzeled by the wife of the
guy who started it (embezzeled from another company). 
I have no idea who (if anyone) owns the release rights
for the album that appeared on Rochshire.

Fans of Carey should also look for a long-out-of print early
'80's album on Columbia by The Pinups. Carey wrote most of the material
for that all-female group's only album. 

dap
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    David A. Pearlman

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.                     email: dap@vpharm.com
From: ddl683@csc.albany.edu (Dreaming)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Gipsy Kings
Date: 14 Aug 92 19:41:19 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Organization: Hall of Holy Holdsworth, Albany, NY

In article <1992Aug13.215949.3842@rtsg.mot.com>, mehrpuya@rtsg.mot.com
(Djamschid Mehrpuyan) wrote:
> I am a very big fan of the Gipsy Kings.  Can anyone tell me if they 
> have released a new CD this year ?  Do you know of any other groups
> from Spain that are similar to the Gipsy Kings ?
> 
> By the way, they are from the extreme northern part of Spain.  French
> and spanish is spoken there.
> 
> Feel free to e-mail me any info you migh have.
> 
> Thanks,   -Dj

[This is from my housemate, who has a question.  Take it away, Al:]

I am a native speaker of Ecuadorean Spanish.  I am wondering about what
language exactly they are singing in.  I can usually detect some Spanish
lyrics in a number of their songs, but I can never convince myself that all
of the lyrics from any single song of theirs is Spanish.  For example,
consider the song, QUIERO SABER from the album THE GYPSY KINGS.  The lyrics
which I have DETECTED are:  quiero saber/lo que no me importa de ti/y
conocer un nuevo amor/que tu manera de ser/ me deja conocer/ que tu nuncas
has llorado un dia/para mi, etc.

In my view, either I don't understand their dialect of Spanish, or this is
a major non-sequitor.  Other examples are A MI MANERA (THE GYPSY KINGS),
BAMBALEO, and CAMINANDO POR LA CALLE (MOSAIQUE).

I guess that they could just be singing in Catalan, but I just don't know. 
I have read in People magazine that The Gypsy Kings sing in Spanish,
French, and Catalan.  I know French too, I have never detected any French
in either THE GYPSY KINGS or MOSAIQUE.

Anyway, I am confused, and I hope that you could help me out.

Al
(ar7482@albnyvms.bitnet)
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From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: Gipsy Kings
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:15:59 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.cd
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Aug13.215949.3842@rtsg.mot.com> mehrpuya@rtsg.mot.com (Djamschid Mehrpuyan) writes:
>
>I am a very big fan of the Gipsy Kings.  Can anyone tell me if they 
>have released a new CD this year ?  Do you know of any other groups
>from Spain that are similar to the Gipsy Kings ?

The closest thing I can think of is Strunz and Farah.  They're a truely
internation group with members from Iran, Costa Rica, Camaroon, and Mexico.
They've got five CD's available.  "Primal Magic", their second most recent
release, one the billboards "World Music" award in '91. Check em out.

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| John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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From: gardar@grun.is (Gardar Runolfsson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: makeing a CD
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:15:43 GMT
Organization: G.Run hf

hi there,

I need info concerning the cost of makeing a cd. i.e.
I have a tape which I might want to release on CD in
a quantity approx 1000.

any help is much appriceated


-- 

Regards
Gardar Runolfsson
gardar@grun.is
From: my00@gte.com (Michael Yuen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Why "1 bit" players
Date: 14 Aug 92 12:58:00 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.cd
Distribution: na
Organization: GTE Labs

In article <34198@cbmvax.commodore.com>, grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George
Robbins) wrote:
> 
> In article <2524@mas1.UUCP> kens@mas1.UUCP (Ken Showman) writes:
> > >        Does anyone know the real story behind the new "1 bit" cd 
> > >players and how they work to perform better?  When I go to the 
> > 
> > I believe that "1 bit" means that the player reads the information on
> > the disc 1 bit at a time, rather than 1 word (16 bits) at a time.  This
> 
> Bzzzt.  Nice idea, but 100% wrong.  The 1-bit refers to the DAC,
> not reading the disk.  Given the data structure and error correction
> coding on the disk, reading it a bit a time would be kinda silly.
> 
> -- 
> George Robbins - now working for,     uucp:   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr

CD (like a single headed disk drive in a computer) is a serial device,
meaning that all data are recorded and retrieved one bit at a time, even
though, the CD data format is 16-bit wide (due to 16-bit sampling from A/D
in the recording process). It's the responsibility of the CD-player's
decoding logic to assemble data to 16-bit format before presenting it to
the DAC.  Both stero channels are stored in sequence. Ever notice that CD
transports have on only one output. 

If a 1-bit DAC is used,  the DAC is fed 1 bit at a time. The DAC
accumulates all 16 bit  information before outputing the sample value.
That's why the clock frequency for a 1-bit DAC is much higher than that of
the multi-bit counterpart.

-Mike

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From: daz@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Dazza Primm)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd,rec.music.newage
Subject: Re: Clan of the Cave Bear (soundtrack)
Date: 22 Aug 92 11:26:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia

boop@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (joseph.a.lapenta) writes:

>Does anyone know if the sountrack to "Clan of the Cave Bear" exists
>on CD?.  And how about the soundtrack to "Starman"?  The
>synclavier scores for these movies are pretty interesting.
>However, I can't seem to locate either of them.  Any information
>would be greatly appreciated.
The Soundtrack to Clan of the Cave Bear, music by Alan SIlvestri, has
been issued on CD, on the VArese SArabande label. I am not sure if it is
out of print or not. Starman, music by Jack Nitzche, is also on the
VArese Sarabande label, also, not sure if it is still in print or not.

Daz.

--
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 "What's the point in being grown up, if you can't be childish sometimes!"
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From: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Noteworthy
Date: 20 Aug 92 19:00:35 GMT
Reply-To: barrett@astro.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett)
Organization: BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED

In article <12350015@hpmwcim.sr.hp.com> hughw@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Hugh Williams) writes:
>  NOTEWORTHY +1 800 648 7972 [8:30am-6:00pm EST] (fax +1 603 833 9220)
                                                              ^^^
							      |||

This should be "883", not "833".

                                                        Dan

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From: pmuller@oliver.sun.ac.za (Pieter Muller)
Subject: JJ Cale "5"
Reply-To: pmuller@cs.sun.ac.za
Organization: Stellenbosch University, South Africa
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 11:11:58 GMT

On my CD of JJ Cale's "5" album, the track "Katy Kool Lady" from the LP
was replaced by another song.  The CD cover is the same as the LP cover,
so it does not list the new song.  The CD is published on the Mercury
label, and is (P)1979 Polygram, Made in Germany.

Does this song appear on any other JJ album?  I'll try to describe it.  
It is a very mellow song, with JJ doing the vocals, and possibly the piano.
The lyrics are (I think):

  Sure do miss you baby, you know its been a while.
  Way too long, since you been gone, I'm almost a stone.

  You treat me kind and gentle, you're always on my mind.
  A love that's true, I keep for you, until the end of time.

  Someday you'll get to come back.  Stay with me a while.
  I'll take some time, I'll make you mine.
  I'll keep you out of style.

I phoned a local rock DJ (Chris Prior of Radio 5), but he says his copy of 
the CD has the right track.  I'm wondering how many other people have the 
same CD, and if this might turn out to be a collectors piece.

-- Pieter

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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: QUESTION: Why "1 bit" players
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:40:59 GMT
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Distribution: na
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <2524@mas1.UUCP> kens@mas1.UUCP (Ken Showman) writes:
> >        Does anyone know the real story behind the new "1 bit" cd 
> >players and how they work to perform better?  When I go to the 
> >dealers, they can't tell me anything worth while.  All they say is 
> >it's better.  How is one bit better than 16 bit?  How are CD's 
> >different from micro computers then (on micro's 16 bit sure beats 1 
> >bit)!  Does anyone know the techonogy behind it?
> 
> I believe that "1 bit" means that the player reads the information on
> the disc 1 bit at a time, rather than 1 word (16 bits) at a time.  This
> means, I think, that it is more likely to be correct (especially if it
> reads each bit more than once) since there's only 1 place the info could
> be misread, rather than 16.
> I'm sort of guessing here, I think I heard something like this.

Bzzzt.  Nice idea, but 100% wrong.  The 1-bit refers to the DAC,
not reading the disk.  Given the data structure and error correction
coding on the disk, reading it a bit a time would be kinda silly.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,     uucp:   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing:   domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com
Commodore, Engineering Department     phone:  215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
From: death@acca.nmsu.edu (The Grimm Reaper)
Subject: Re: Longest CD's in the universe
Organization: New Mexico State University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 19:34:35 GMT

Brendan Jones (brendan@otc.otca.oz) wrote:
: in article <2523@mas1.UUCP>, kens@mas1.UUCP (Ken Showman) says:
: >>Sting			Live			GSCD 1130		78:09
: > What Sting album is this?
: 
: The submitter of this information indicated that this CD may be a bootleg.  I
: should probably indicate this in the listing next time around.

"The Doors In Concert" CD, Disc #1, is over 70 minutes.  I believe it is
72 minutes, but not sure.  The other disc is 68 minutes.  This is
definately not bootleg...
 ----- "Only sheep need a leader." - Nomeansno

death@acca.nmsu.edu
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: rec.music.cd
Subject: Re: Renaissance on CD
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:57:49 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <ow4gPB5w164w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca> kevin@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Kevin Scott) writes:
|Got "Azure D'Or" today, and I feel the need to put the record straight.
|
|While some of that may be true on album, the reviewer would do well to 
|check out the CD. The clarity and strength of the recording shines 
|through; every instrument is as clear as day and this treatment didn't 
|damage the group's sound in any way at all.

I've been curious how "Camera, Camera" sounds on CD.  The recording is pretty
good on vinyl.


>In fact, this is probably 
>their best album. I feel that way more so now that I've heard the great 
>things I didn't hear on the vinyl pressing. The "3-minute song" format 
>didn't hurt Renaissance any, either. They aren't disposable pop songs, 
>after all...you simply get more songs (albeit shorter ones) for your 
>money.
 
Now this is going a bit far.  I understand where you're coming from.  I
think "Camera, Camera" is a good case where it shows that Renaissance is
quite capable of doing the "3 minute song" format succesfully.  They're
talent still comes through.  There just isn't anything on Azure D'or that
really hooks me.  I don't know how you could compare anything of that album
with anything off "Turn of the Cards".

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| John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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