Shawn

Has anyone emailed Cuscuna about this yet?

If this was true mine would have fallen off years ago.

It would have to be an error in the duplication master they sent to the pressing plant. Someone screwed up when saving the audio files (most likely).

i have the old tocj of this mclean album. it does not have any alternates. is this one ok? please say, yes! a simple yes is all i need now! Yes. I wish I still owned it, I used to.

Well, that's actually pretty damn depressing to me personally. I worked for Muzak for 7 years, it was easily the best company I ever worked for. I have many friends there and find it hard to believe this is happening. I really don't think I can handle any more depressing news right now, it feels like the entire world is crashing in on my head. Everyday there is something else...

That can't be right, that was the problem with the Collector's choice edition from 1995. Blue Note no longer puts the alternate takes after the master take, they are at the end of the disc.

For those that love those "snuggie" commercials...

THANK YOU! I was in dire need of a laugh tonight....

HEAVEN & HELL SET TO REVEAL THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Highly Anticipated New Album From Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice To Be Released April 28 From Rhino LOS ANGELES --Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinny Appice returned to the stage after 15 years in 2007, launching a triumphant world tour as Heaven & Hell. Revitalized and inspired by its time on the road, the quartet recently returned to the studio, recording the band's first album since 1992's Dehumanizer. The highly anticipated album, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, will be available from Rhino on April 28. "Everyone had so much fun playing together that we didn't want it to end," says the group. "We started writing together and the songs started flowing like we never stopped. We wound up writing and recording an album that stands up to anything we've ever done. We're really proud of the music and excited for people to hear it." The dark tone heard on THE DEVIL YOU KNOW is clear from several of the album's song titles, such as "Bible Black," "Rock & Roll Angel," "Breaking Into Heaven," "Atom & Evil" and "Eating The Cannibals." The seeds of the new album were planted in 2006, when Dio, Iommi, Butler and Appice returned to the studio to record a trio of new songs for Black Sabbath: The Dio Years, a recent compilation of essential tracks taken from the quartet's four albums together. Soon after, the band launched a run of sold-out shows around the world. Rhino Entertainment 3400 West Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91505

The reason those memories stick in my mind so clearly is because when I was 5 I went to live with my Mother and her new husband, which started 9 years of utter hell. So those memories of that house in West Virginia are like a life raft in a shark filled sea of childhood memories.

Yep. That's probably why I'm flashing back to childhood.

Like almost all other advances in recording, it was first developed for use in Hollywood and then s-l-o-w-l-y made it's way around to the record companies. I was reading about Fantasia earlier today, it was recorded with 8 separate tracks that were then mixed down to a 3 track master. This was called "Fantasound" and required specially installed equipment to reproduce the 3 tracks in the theater. Of course that was outrageously expensive, so in 1941 they collapsed the mix back down to mono and it was shown that way until 1956 when they re-released it in stereo.

Yet another good reason to start selling FLAC downloads directly from the Blue Note site.

Up with some additions & shipping discount for multiple purchases.

Nick Drake James Taylor (sorry, I grew up with him) James Dewar (Stone The Crows, Robin Trower) Stephen Stills David Gilmour Phil Lynott Paul Rodgers Doug Pinnick (King's X) Ian Gillan Robert Plant Ronnie James Dio (go ahead and laugh) Bill Withers Ian Anderson Chris Cornell Jim Morrison Jimi Hendrix Scott "Wino" Weinrich Ann Wilson (Heart) John Garcia (Kyuss) Marvin Gaye Curtis Mayfield Sam Cooke

The first 8 tracks on the disc were released on the 45 Sessions Mosaic & Blue Note reissue. Leaving only Cry Me A River and Uptight as the orphaned tracks.

Sure. I'll PM you.

Thanks again for letting me share my random thoughts. One other nice little note: My Grandmother is still alive, still in the same house I grew up in, and the house is still free & clear.

The current financial crisis has me thinking about some of the little things I had forgotten, which for some reason now seem very important. The setting: small town in Hardy County West Virginia, population of under 300, early 70s, I'm being raised by my Grandparents. 1. The houses and property are modest, but they are paid for (probably a long time before I was born). 2. We are sustained primarily by my Grandfather's Real Estate office, but in a town that small there aren't many customers. 3. The cars are old, the furniture is worn and patched (the couch in the living room was rescued from the dump 20 years earlier) 4. The clothes are purchased at thrift stores and the little general store downtown. 5. The TV is at least a decade old and B&W, we get 3 channels, the stereo is probably of the same vintage. 6. Most of the food is grown in the garden out back, my Grandmother and I spend most of our day working it. 7. Once every few months we wash out all the returnable bottles and take them to the grocery store for cash, my Grandmother usually lets me purchase a treat with some of the money. 8. There really isn't any money for toys, so my main toy is an old push lawn mower that my grandfather removed the engine from so I could push it around the yard and pretend to mow. My Grandmother gives me old broken appliances to tear apart and inspect the inner workings when they break. 9. We eat every meal together at the dinner table. 10. We play board games (Scrabble, Monopoly, Sorry) and read from books. The local PBS station plays old movies at night, my Grandmother lets me stay up late and watch them with her sometimes, mostly musicals. 11. There isn't any money for anything frivolous, so I'm encouraged to use my imagination, draw, play outside. 12. There are no credit cards, anything requiring to be purchased is either paid for in cash or done without. 13. The majority of our neighbors are poor as well, my Grandmother makes food for them when they are sick or cannot afford it. My Grandfather might give someone a ride to the doctor, or take them to the grocery store. 14. I've never heard the word stress, my Grandmother works hard all day in the house and garden but never complains. 15. But most importantly we're happy. We have each other. I feel secure and loved. Life is very simple, but very good. I don't have anything important or philosophical to say, but it's a nice little tapestry of memories from a world very different from this one. Maybe there's a lesson in there as well. Hope you didn't mind me sharing.

I'm going to seriously have to investigate this band, absolutely stunning. The Dirty Three - Hope (from Horse Stories) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eOqlxd_q90

BIG ASS MF'n BAKED POTATO

Metallica - Kill 'Em All (Mobile Fidelity reissue) Half speed mastered for maximum aggression release.

I haven't owned a cassette player since 1994.

Yep. 100% agree with that.

I'm still waiting for the reissue of Ted Nugent - Weekend Warriors on 8-track.