CD List...

Got a bunch of CD's recently...

BENSON, GEORGE – BEST OF – INSTRUMENTALS, WARNER US CD

BOND ORGANIZATION, GRAHAM – SOUND OF '65, THE / THERE'S A BOND BETWEEN US, BGO UK CD

BONZO DOG BAND – KEYNSHAM, EMI UK CD re

CLARK, SONNY – SONNY'S CRIB, BLUE NOTE US CD

CUGAT, XAVIER – BANG BANG, UNIVERSAL JPN CD

DAMNED, THE – BLACK ALBUM, IMPERIAL JPN 2CD kami sleeve

ENO, BRIAN – BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE, TOSHIBA JPN CD kami

EVANS, BILL – CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF, VERVE JPN CD

FREE – MILLENNIUM COLLECTION, A&M US CD

GAYE, MARVIN – G.H., MOTOWN US CD

HALEY, BILL / COMETS – MILLENNIUM COLLECTION, MCA US CD

HANCOCK, HERBIE – SECRETS, COLUMBIA US CD

HI-POSI – 4N5, CONTEMPO JPN CD

LEWIS, JERRY LEE – MILLENNIUM COLLECTION, HIP-O US CD

PETER & GORDON – G.H., COLLECTABLES US CD

PRESLEY, ELVIS – ELVIS PRESLEY (1st album), RCA US CD re

ROBOSHOP MANIA – POP THE QUESTION?, TOYS FACTORY JPN CD

SHAKATAK – NIGHT BIRDS, JVC JPN CD kami sleeve

SINATRA, FRANK – AT THE SANDS, REPRISE US CD

STARR, RINGO – LIVERPOOL 8, CAPITOL US CD

STRANGLERS – ALL LIVE AND ALL OF THE NIGHT, EPIC UK CD re

V.A. – AM GOLD – 1966, TIME-LIFE US CD

V.A. – AM GOLD – 1969, TIME-LIFE US CD

V.A. – BILLBOARD TOP R&R HITS 1969, RHINO US CD

V.A. – BLUE NOTE: RVG SERIES SAMPLER, CAPITOL US CD promo

V.A. – D.I.Y. – ANARCHY IN THE UK (UK PUNK I '76-'77), RHINO US CD

V.A. – NIPPER'S GREATEST HITS 40's #2, RCA US CD

V.A. – SIRE: JUST SAY SIRE, RHINO US 3CD + DVD

V.A. – ULTRA LOUNGE – RHAPSODESIA, CAPITOL US CD

V.A. – ULTRA LOUNGE – TV TOWN, CAPITOL US CD

V.A. – ULTRA LOUNGE – WILD, COOL & SWINGIN', CAPITOL US CD

WIRTZ, MARK – PHILWIT & PEGASUS, RPM UK CD

- Ron

Playlist

HENDRIX, JIMI – All Along The Watchtower (“Legacy” version, re-processed stereo)

WHO, THE – Dogs (re-processed stereo)

ROLLING STONES – Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man (re-processed stereo)

MOTORS – Dreaming Your Life Away

SKIDS – Charade

MEMBERS – Offshore Banking Business (12”)

ATKINS, CHET- Yes Ma’am

FUGS – I Couldn’t Get High (mono)

SPECIALS – Pearl’s Café

MADNESS – Nutty Theme

FRAZIER CHORUS – Spoonhead

IT BITES – Murder Of The Planet Earth (Live ’89)

BOW WOW WOW – W.O.R.K. (12”)

M + M – Come Out And Dance

DUFFY, STEPHEN ‘TIN TIN’ – Push It

ULTRAVOX – King’s Lead Hat (Live ’80)

BLANCMANGE – Lose Your Love (12”)

GABRIEL, PETER – I Have The Touch (’85 remix)

XTC – Blue Overall

DAMNED – Do The Blitz

This took about 2 weeks to do...

Ska'd For Life - The Specials book

I found the book by Sir Horace Gentleman, the bassist of The Specials last weekend, in Los Angeles (at Book Soup, actually). I read it in about 3 sittings, a really engaging read, for me. I bought a heap of that stuff, when it was originally released. I don't think I ever saw The Specials, but I definitely saw Madness. I take a look at the Wikipedia article on The Specials - and it says that a number of them have re-formed, at present. Interesting.

The book mentions Rico Rodriguez, rather a lot (as he played and toured with said Specials). I found his CD "Man From Waireka" when I visited Japan last year. Great instrumental dub reggae. I remember thinking, when I got one of the 2-Tone 2CD collections, "This stuff is better than I remembered it!"

Music DVD's

Here's an almost-complete list of music DVD's that have interested me enough to buy them at retail...OK, I got some 'used', some as promos - some are merely "DVD Audio" (noted)...

ABC - 20th Century Masters DVD Collection

BEATLES, THE - Anthology 5 DVD set

BEATLES, THE - Hard Day's Night, A (film)

BEATLES, THE - Yellow Submarine (film)

BEE GEES - Live "One For All"

BEE GEES - Number Ones (CD + DVD)

BELAFONTE, HARRY - Long Road To Freedom (documentary)

BIRTHDAY PARTY - Pleasure Heads Must Burn

BLUR - Best of

BOWIE, DAVID - Best of Bowie

BOWIE, DAVID - Serious Moonlight

BOWIE, DAVID - Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture

BROUGHTON BAND, EDGAR - At Rockpalast

CALE, JOHN - Fragments Of A Rainy Season

CAN - Can DVD ( + CD)

COCKER, JOE - Mad Dogs & Englishmen (film)

COHEN, LEONARD - Ladies & Gentlemen (documentary)

CREAM - Farewell Concert

CROWDED HOUSE - (debut) (DVD-A)

CURVED AIR - Masters From The Vaults

DAFT PUNK - A Story About Dogs…

DAFT PUNK - Interstella 5555 (film)

DAMNED, THE - Final Damnation (Live)

DIBANGO, MANU - Soul Makossa (Live)

DJAVAN - Ao Vivo

DOORS, THE - Storytellers: A Celebration

DUDZIAK, URSZULA - Live At Warsaw Jazz Festival (PAL)

DYLAN, BOB - No Direction Home (film)

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER - Live '70 (DualDisc)

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER - Pictures At An Exhibition (Live)

FAMILY - Masters From The Vaults

FERRY, BRYAN - Live In Paris

FIRESIGN THEATRE - Boom Dot Bust (DVD-A)

FIXX, THE - 20th Century Masters DVD Collection

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Hard On

GABRIEL, PETER - Play The Videos

HARRISON, GEORGE - Dark Horse Years '76 - '92

HATFIELD & THE NORTH - Classic Rock Legends

HENDRIX, JIMI - Electric Ladyland (documentary)

HENDRIX, JIMI - Rainbow Bridge (film)

INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - Be Glad, For The Song… (film)

JACKSON, JOE - Steppin' Out - Very Best of

JACKSON, MICHAEL - Thriller (CD + DVD)

JOHN, ELTON - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (documentary)

KAJI, HIDEKI - Mini-Skirt (bonus DVD)

KERSHAW, NIK - Universal Masters DVD Collection

KODAMA, KAZUFUMI - (CD + DVD)

KOOL & THE GANG - Best of Musik Laden - Live

LEVEL 42 - Universal Masters DVD Collection

LURIE, JOHN - Fishing With John (series)

MIDNIGHT OIL - 20,000 Watt RSL Collection

MIDNIGHT OIL - Black Fella, White Fella (documentary)

MOCEAN WORKER - Detonator / Diagnosis (EP)

MOMUS - Man Of Letters

MONKEES, THE - Head (film)

MONOCHROME SET - Classic Rock Productions

MOTORHEAD - Ace Of Spades (DVD-A)

MOTORHEAD - Best Of

MOTORHEAD - Deaf Forever (DVD-A)

NIAGARA - Flammes (clips)

OLDFIELD, MIKE - Elements

OLDFIELD, MIKE - Exposed (Live)

PINK FLOYD - The Wall (film)

PINL FLOYD - Dark Side Of The Moon (documentary)

PLASTICS - Live

PRESLEY, ELVIS - Elvis Presley (documentary)

PROCOL HARUM - Best of Musik Laden - Live

QUEEN - Greatest Video Hits Vol. 1

ROLLING STONES - Bridges To Babylon Tour '97-'98

ROXY MUSIC / T. REX - Best of Musik Laden - Live

RUTLES, THE - All You Need Is Cash (film)

SAKAMOTO, RYUICHI - Moto-Tronic (CD + DVD)

SAKAMOTO, RYUICHI - Sweet Revenge (Tour '94)

SCREAMERS - Live in San Francisco

SILVER, HORACE - Live at the Umbria Jazz Festival

SIMPLE MINDS - New Gold Dream (DVD-A)

SIMPLE MINDS - Seen The Lights (Visual History)

SLADE - Flame (film)

SLADE - Very Best of

SLY & ROBBIE - Superthruster (EP)

SOFT BALLET - (CD + DVD)

SOFT CELL - Non-Stop Exotic Video Show

SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, JON - Fang Visual

SPINAL TAP - This Is Spinal Tap (film)

SPLIT ENZ - Split Enz (clips) (PAL)

STRANGLERS, THE - Video Collection '77-'82

SUPREME BEINGS OF LEISURE - Strangelove Addiction (EP)

T. REX - Born To Boogie (film)

TORTOISE - A Lazarus Taxon (CD's + DVD)

TOWNSHEND / LANE - Rough Mix (DualDisc)

TOWNSHEND, PETE - Music from Lifehouse (Live)

TOWNSHEND, PETE - Psychoderelict (Live in NYC)

TRAFFIC - Last Great Traffic Jam (Live)

VARIOUS - 80's Jukebox

VARIOUS - Get It On (70's Jukebox)

VARIOUS - Hullabaloo (3 x volumes)

VARIOUS - Matador Records 10th Anniversary

VARIOUS - Monterey Pop (film)

VARIOUS - Music Scene (2 x volumes)

VARIOUS - OHM+ - Early Gurus of Electronic Music (CD's + DVD)

VARIOUS - Old Grey Whistle Test

VARIOUS - Supershow (Colosseum etc.)

WHO, THE - 30 Years of Maximum R&B

WHO, THE - Endless Wire (Live At Lyon '06)

WHO, THE - Kids Are Alright, The (film)

WHO, THE - Quadrophenia (film)

WHO, THE - Who's Better, Who's Best (clips)

WHO, THE - Who's Next (documentary)

WOODSTOCK (film)

Y.M.O. - Clips

Y.M.O. - Complete Hurrah

Y.M.O. - Live '83 + Hurrah

Y.M.O. - Live At Budokan 1980

Y.M.O. - Propaganda (film)

Y.M.O. - Technodon in Tokyo Dome

Y.M.O. - Trans Atlantic Tour '79

YES - 9012Live

YES - Greatest Video Hits

ZAPPA, FRANK - Apostrophe / Over-Nite Sensation (documentary)

ZAPPA, FRANK - Baby Snakes (film)

ZAPPA, FRANK - Dub Room Special

ZAPPA, FRANK - Halloween (DVD-A)

Charles Bukowski

I recently lucked into a 1st edition (1971, 2000 copies) 'Black Sparrow' Charles Bukowski book, "Post Office". I read it again over the last two nights. It's a very amusing book. It's rather difficult to find out about rare books; one auction site has it listed for $400 - $700. It's not a hard-cover, it's not signed - it's merely a 1st edition. The typesetting looks 'different' from the later editions, to me.

Anybody know anything about the possible sale of a 'rare' book? Rare phonograph records, I know about! But, books?

- Ron