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My latest that I like quite well -

	John Cougar Mellencamp's "SCARECROW".  Some good old-fashioned
	mid-America R&R!  Good-quality CD, as well.

Dan

    
    	Cat Stevens
    	"Catch Bull at Four"
    	Exceptionally clean on vinyl,  a real treat
    	on CD. 

    
    
    		Brian Ferry/Roxy Music   Street life
    
    		20 tracks,75 minutes
    
    		Nuff said.
    

    Good disc!
    
    Jeff
    

    I just picked up three CD's the other day.
    
    GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS (Rounder). GT's first album
    is finally out. Really good blues (I especially like "One Bourbon,
    One Scotch, One Beer"). Doesn't sound particularly better than the
    LP, but that doesn't bother me none. GT's second album, MOVE IT
    ON OVER, is also available on CD finally, but I haven't got it yet.
    
    Frank Zappa, APOSTROPHE/OVERNIGHT SENSATION (Rykodisk). Zappa is
    perhaps an acquired taste, but I really liked this CD. Nice sound
    to it (I don't have the LP's to compare it with) as well as good
    music. Note that this is two separate albums combined on one CD
    for $21.99 (Lechmere price) --- it's a bargain.
    
    Chuck Berry, ROCK AND ROLL RARITIES (Chess). This is a collection
    of hits and lesser known songs. Some are "stereo remixes", some
    "previously unreleased versions" (ie. usually different studio
    takes), some the regular versions. Some of the cuts aren't that
    inspiring, but a good many are really solid performances. The
    amazing thing, though, is that the remastering is top notch. These
    sound like recordings made yesterday rather than 25-30 years ago.
    Impressive.
    
    --- jerry

    re: .5
    
    jerry, I covet your Zappa disc.  I've been able to find "The Grand
    Wahzoo" (An aquired taste, indeed) and the "Shut Up and Play Your
    Guitar" series which I haven't yet heard.  Just have to keep my
    eyes open, I guess.  Sigh....
    
    Gary

    re: .6

    I don't know where you're located but Rock 'n Mania in Framingham, MA
    had a dozen copies of Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation @ 19.99 this past
    Saturday.

I picked up both "Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation" and "We're Only in it 
for the Money/Lumpy Gravy" at the Minor Chord in Acton (in the same little
mall as Folsom's) for [$19.98 - ($5.00/3)] each on Friday night.  The 
also had "Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention" on CD.

Don't eat that yellow snow,
Bob

    I noticed Friday night that Newbury Comics had a whole mess of
    Zappa discs.
    
    re:.7
    
    Gary lives in South Carolina.
    
    --- jerry

    re: .9
       Thanks, jerry :^)
    
    I found (and purchased) a copy of "Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation".
    (Alas, I paid more than $19.99, but it's worth it.)  Nothing truly
    special about the sound quality except that there's no vail of clicks
    and pops to listen through.  The music itself is as fantastic as
    I remember it.  (Yes, I still have the LP's, but who listens to
    LP's? :v)  Now if we could just get FZ to give us "One Size Fits
    All" on CD.  
    
    Give `im an inch....
    Gary

    
    The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) Original Soundtrack.  Music composed
    and conducted by Brian May.  Varese Sarabande VCD47262.
    
    	I've been hoping and praying Varese Sarabande would get into
    CDs in a big way, and it looks like my dream will come true.  The
    recording level is a little lower than you might be used to, but
    the disc is nice and clean.  The last track has some of the movie
    sound effects in it.
    
    A Charlie Brown Christmas.  The Vince Guaraldi Trio.  Fantasy Records
    FCD-697-8431.
    
    All the music from the popular Christmas special.  Awesome.  For
    jazz piano lovers, Christmas music lovers, Peanuts lovers, and just
    about anyone else.
    
    Both puschased at Strawberries
    DFW

    
    Aliens Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.  Music composed and
    conducted by James Horner, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
    Varese Sarabande VCD47263
    
    	Even though Aliens was a huge hit, I didn't think anyone would
    put together a soundtrack album, much less release it on CD.  I
    was wrong, thank God.
    
    	While I am as loud a critic of James Horner as anyone for his
    habit of assembling movie scores out of bits and pieces of previous
    work, one has to give the man credit.  I'm listening to the disc
    right now, and I can see that last fight scene in my mind's eye.
    
    	There's an excellent photo of the whole cast in the inset that
    comes with the CD.  Sigourney Weaver has an absolutely priceless
    expression on her face.
    
    DFW
                                                                   

    I've bought a bunch of stuff over the last couple of weeks, though
    I probably won't remember them all.
    
    Vanilla Fudge, VANILLA FUDGE. This is a great album (where else
    can you hear covers of hits by the Supremes, the Zombies, the
    Beatles, and Sonny & Cher, all in one place? :-)), but frankly,
    the sound quality sucks. There is a terrible amount of hiss on
    this CD.
    
    THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS GREATEST HITS. The CB's are among my favorite
    little-known rock bands of the 60's, and I'm glad to finally see
    a CD of them. This sounds really good, and has got what I consider
    the CB's three classic hits: "In the Midnight Hour" (their version
    is my favorite of this song), "People Get Ready", and "Time Has
    Come Today". Definitely worth picking up, especially since it's
    one of CBS's bargain-priced CD's.
    
    PIANO TWO. Even better than PIANO ONE. This starts off with three
    impressive pieces, first one by Yanni, then two by Suzanne Cianni.
    Acoustic piano at its best.
    
    Guy Van Duser, AMERICAN FINGER-STYLE GUITAR. This is a selection
    of material from Van Duser's three solo albums. I would've preferred
    to have the three complete albums on a double CD, but beggars can't
    be choosers. If you haven't heard Van Duser play guitar, you're
    in for a treat. The man is amazing. His solo guitar version of John
    Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" has to be heard to be
    believed.
    
    Renaissance, RENAISSANCE and ILLUSION. These are the first two
    albums from this group. Or perhaps I should say the first group
    with this name, since the line-up changed completely between the
    second album and the third (except for Mike Dunford). I was a
    bit surprised to hear what sounded more like a late-60's/early-70's
    German progressive-rock band than what later Renaissance sounds
    like, but I can't say I was displeased. Not what I expected, but
    good stuff. Note: these are expensive German imports --- $22 each
    at Rockit Records.
    
    Clannad, RING OF GOLD. I was quite surprised by this Clannad album,
    which I'd never heard of. Judging from the contents, it looked to
    be a compilation of material from their first three albums. Much
    to my surprise and delight, it was a concert album instead. No,
    it's not the same as CLANNAD IN CONCERT; with the exception of 2
    songs, there's a completely different repetoire. Another expensive
    import.
    
    Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band, A TAPESTRY OF CAROLS. A collection
    of Christmas carols (many of them obscure and previously unknown
    to me) sung by Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span. Wonderful stuff,
    including "Angels in Their Realm of Glory", a variant of "Angels
    We Have Heard on High" done as a Cajun fiddle tune!
    
    --- jerry

    re .13 The Chambers Bros.  Is that the losn version of "Time"?
    
      Wayne

    re:.14
    
    Yep. All 10:nn glorious minutes of it.
    
    --- jerry

    re .15 Thanks,,, I know what disc I'll be looking for after Xmas!
    
        Wayne