All I want for Christmas
OK. Here's both a rant and a stupid entry about cd's I want.
For some reason Rhino's 1991 9-disc set "British Invasion: The History of British Rock" is out of print in a major way. One can stiil get the last 3 not-so-essential volumes at Tower and Rhino.com, but damn it I want them all in one fell swoop. I would post a link, but I can't find one to the whole track listing. Suffice to say it starts with the Mersey beat early 60's stuff and goes through acid rock at the end of the decade. Besides some common Kinks, Animals, Donovan, Cream, & Yardbirds tracks, the main reason to own this is for all the best Lennon/Mccartney give-away songs by the likes of Peter and Gordon, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, the Fourmost, etc etc. For an example of the types of obscurities on here,think "Rushmore soundtrack" expanded to about 200 songs. This box set is so damn exhaustive and came with an accompanying book, not a crappy skinny 6"X 12" typical long-box type booklet. Damn it, Damn it. A whole set just went for $299 on ebay, with some of the individual cd's (very chinsily packaged-but it was 1991) selling used on Amazon for $44.95 each. Give me a damn break.
If anybody has these 9 volumes and wants to trade cd-r's, let me know. I hate to pirate legitimate releases, but I can't help that it's out of print. I need some cd-r's just to tide me over till I can find a real set at a reasonable price. I have more underground Beatles, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Dylan, etc. classic rock cd's that you never knew existed-just ask "Superhype" AND "absurdity".
Other random cd's I will buy when I have a positive cashflow, and gainful employment:
1. The Easybeats-Definitve Collection 2cd
2. The Pretty Things-P.F. Sorrow
3. The Zombies-Oddessey and Oracle (+17 bonus tracks)
4. Mike Nesmith- And The Hits Just Keep On Coming/Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
5. Travis-12 Memories
6. Whatever the new Rat Pack live cd/DVD set is called.
7. Johnny Cash -Live at San Quentin Complete
8. Johnny Cash -Live at Madison Square Garden 1969
9. Margot Guryan - Take a Picture
10.Margot Guryan -25 Demos
For some reason Rhino's 1991 9-disc set "British Invasion: The History of British Rock" is out of print in a major way. One can stiil get the last 3 not-so-essential volumes at Tower and Rhino.com, but damn it I want them all in one fell swoop. I would post a link, but I can't find one to the whole track listing. Suffice to say it starts with the Mersey beat early 60's stuff and goes through acid rock at the end of the decade. Besides some common Kinks, Animals, Donovan, Cream, & Yardbirds tracks, the main reason to own this is for all the best Lennon/Mccartney give-away songs by the likes of Peter and Gordon, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, the Fourmost, etc etc. For an example of the types of obscurities on here,think "Rushmore soundtrack" expanded to about 200 songs. This box set is so damn exhaustive and came with an accompanying book, not a crappy skinny 6"X 12" typical long-box type booklet. Damn it, Damn it. A whole set just went for $299 on ebay, with some of the individual cd's (very chinsily packaged-but it was 1991) selling used on Amazon for $44.95 each. Give me a damn break.
If anybody has these 9 volumes and wants to trade cd-r's, let me know. I hate to pirate legitimate releases, but I can't help that it's out of print. I need some cd-r's just to tide me over till I can find a real set at a reasonable price. I have more underground Beatles, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Dylan, etc. classic rock cd's that you never knew existed-just ask "Superhype" AND "absurdity".
Other random cd's I will buy when I have a positive cashflow, and gainful employment:
1. The Easybeats-Definitve Collection 2cd
2. The Pretty Things-P.F. Sorrow
3. The Zombies-Oddessey and Oracle (+17 bonus tracks)
4. Mike Nesmith- And The Hits Just Keep On Coming/Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
5. Travis-12 Memories
6. Whatever the new Rat Pack live cd/DVD set is called.
7. Johnny Cash -Live at San Quentin Complete
8. Johnny Cash -Live at Madison Square Garden 1969
9. Margot Guryan - Take a Picture
10.Margot Guryan -25 Demos