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SwedeSound · « **Reply #580 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 03:13 am »

I got these CDs (all mint with original liner notes) at a garage sale for a DOLLAR each... There were hundreds to choose from. She must've been getting rid of everything she'd put on iTunes. It was a great collection, and there were many others I could have bought, but there were two or three other guys going thru it while I was, so I'm pretty pleased with what I managed to grab:

Ali Farka Toure/Ry Cooder/   Talking Timbuktu
Billie Holiday/   Love Songs
Bob Marley/   Songs of Freedom (disc 3)
Bob Marley/   Catch a Fire
Chris Isaak/   Heart Shaped World
Dave Matthews Band/   Listener Supported (*live, two cds)
Elvis Costello/   King of America
G. Love and Special Sauce
Getz/Gilberto
Gipsy Kings/   Best of
Jane's Addiction/   Nothing's Shocking
Janis Joplin/   Greatest Hits
La Traviata/   Discs 1 and 2
Latin Essential II
Lyle Lovett/   The Road to Ensenada
Maceo Parker/   Life on Planet Groove
Nina Simone/   Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Nina Simone/   The Essential
Norah Jones/   Feels Like Home
Phish/   Lawnboy
Phish/   Junta
Phish/   Rift
Pink Floyd/   Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pixies/    Trompe Le Monde
Radiohead/   Amnesiac
Radiohead/   Kid A
Red Hot Chili Peppers/   Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers/   Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Ryan Adams/   Gold
Sade/   Best of
Talking Heads/   Speaking in Tongues
The Shins/   Oh, Inverted World
Tom Petty/   Full Moon Fever
Tom Waits/   Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits/   The Early Years
Tom Waits/   Bone Machine
White Stripes/   White Blood Cells

Zero · « **Reply #581 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 03:42 am »

Wow Swedesound - what a score! Im jealous!

SwedeSound · « **Reply #582 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 04:11 am »

I know. I still get chills thinking about it. A guy next to me must have bought 150 cds. There had to be more than 1,000 there ... and I think it might have been a couple different collections -- roommates, maybe. But dang. Good stuff.

K.C. · « **Reply #583 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 09:01 am »

I just bought the new Van Morrison and I'm sorry I did.

Photon46 · « **Reply #584 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 02:12 pm »

I just got a great score of eight Telarc sacd discs from Berkshire Music Outlet (www2.broinc.com) for CHEAP @ $4.99 each. It looks like a number of them are from tower Records old inventory. Most are classical, but I also got Rory Block's "Last Fair Deal" and Robert Lockwoods "Delta Crossroads." They are a great place to get classical titles for bargain prices.

mcullinan · « **Reply #585 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 02:20 pm »

HAs anyone heard of the Black Keys? Wow... Really Great Stuff. Attack and Release is their latest. I also have Big Come Up. Really Fantastic! Check it yo..
Mike

btw I discovered them through Playback magazine, the webzine.

Randy · « **Reply #586 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 02:47 pm »

I have been a classical fan for decades and have thousands of CDs, but every once in a while I find something really special that I've had no idea was out there. The Rachmaninov cello sonata is one of those pieces. This is truly a symphony for cello and piano with a particularly ravishing final movement. Anyway, search it on Amazon and you'll find reviews written much better than I can write. Fanfare magazine says the best version is the Truls Mork recording. There's a link below where you can order copies, all used, I believe, since it is now out of print. It took me a few months to locate a copy, but there are several available at Amazon now. For other versions, many rated five stars by reviewers, just search at Amazon, "Rachmaninov, cello sonata."

I see that there is at least one source for a new copy of this in the states.

http://www.amazon.com/Truls-M%C3%B8rk-Rachmaninov-Miaskovsky-Thibaudet/dp/B000002SQG/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1208183672&sr=1-19

zapper7 · « **Reply #587 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 03:15 pm »

Just got the new Maceo Parker "Roots and Grooves" 2-disc set. The first disc is a tribute to Ray Charles, and the second are some of his more recognized songs.
It is done with a big band instead of his usual group, but the extra fill in is really nice, sound quality excellent too.

JoshK · « **Reply #588 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 04:02 pm »

Quote from: mcullinan on 14 Apr 2008, 02:20 pm

HAs anyone heard of the Black Keys? Wow... Really Great Stuff. Attack and Release is their latest. I also have Big Come Up. Really Fantastic! Check it yo..
Mike

btw I discovered them through Playback magazine, the webzine.

I have all of them. Attack and Release is good, I like the last one prior and the Rubber Factory the best I think.

I recent picked up:
Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring
The Black Keys - Attack and Release
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Raconteurs - the new one

arthurs · « **Reply #589 on:** 14 Apr 2008, 04:05 pm »

Quote from: K.C. on 14 Apr 2008, 09:01 am

I just bought the new Van Morrison and I'm sorry I did.

Yup, what a disappointment....

slinco · « **Reply #590 on:** 21 Apr 2008, 02:34 pm »

James McMurtry just dropped a new one on the 15th. Great stuff as usual!!! Only $9.99 at Amazon right now....

JoshK · « **Reply #591 on:** 29 Apr 2008, 11:47 pm »

Too much music to list, but I've picked up some concert DVD's recently...

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Music Hall [Blu-ray]
David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live At The Royal Albert Hall [Blu-ray]
Porcupine Tree: Arriving Somewhere (2pc) [DVD]
Calexico: World Drifts In (Live At The Barbican London) [DVD]

some young guy · « **Reply #592 on:** 30 Apr 2008, 12:35 am »

I just started buying some older stuff on different formats for comparison.

Talking Heads- Fear of music on DVD Audio
Motorhead- The Ace of Spades on DVD Audio
Dire Straights- Brothers in Arms on XRCD2
The Cure- Japanese Whispers on W. German CD

Demarche · « **Reply #593 on:** 5 May 2008, 07:05 pm »

These are both excellent new albums from 2 great songwriters.

http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=14325

http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=14326

Demarche · « **Reply #594 on:** 5 May 2008, 07:08 pm »

oops, newbie mistake.

mcullinan · « **Reply #595 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 01:43 am »

Flobots Fight with Tools
Great album Hip Hop/Rap with Funk and Jazz
Very unique and entertaining.
Mike

launche · « **Reply #596 on:** 10 Jun 2008, 04:06 am »

consttraveler · « **Reply #597 on:** 12 Jun 2008, 02:24 pm »

I mostly listen to vinyl, but a couple of days ago I picked-up the Cd's of The Beatles "Abbey Road" and The Band "Music from Big Pink" (the albums grew legs when I was in college).

ecramer · « **Reply #598 on:** 12 Jun 2008, 02:37 pm »

Live at the Blue Note [BOX SET] [LIVE]
Oscar Peterson

borders 40%off box set sale $20.00

Whitese · « **Reply #599 on:** 12 Jun 2008, 04:08 pm »

All classical!!!