demon's backbeats series by catalog number

Pretty much randomly picking up a "Recommended for Me" CD from Amazon at about the right price to bring my shopping-cart total up to the $25 for free shipping, the disc I ended up with is called "I Get My Groove: Crossover Soul from the Deep South." Turns out it is one of a series of what now consists of 30 CDs in Demon UK's "Backbeats" series. Now, unfortunately for my pocketbook but not too unfortunately because these things can be had pretty cheap, I have a hankering for the whole series. They come as three sets of ten issues, but I've had to re-do the list from alphabetical to come up with the with the titles in order by catalog number:

BACKB001

Backbeats: Livin’ The Nightlife – New York 80’s Garage

BACKB002

Backbeats: The House That Jackin' Built - The Roots Of 80s Chicago House

BACKB003

Backbeats: Philly Disco – Dance Floor Anthems From The City Of Brotherly Love

BACKB004

Backbeats: Boogie’s Gonna Getcha – 80’s New York Boogie

BACKB005

Backbeats: Saturday House Fever - 90's Garage Anthems

BACKB006

Backbeats: That Driving Beat – 60’s & 70’s Northern Soul Stompers

BACKB007

Backbeats: Gimme A Break – 70’s Breakbeats & Future Samples

BACKB008

Backbeats: Back To My Place Baby – 70’s & 80’s Seductive Soul

BACKB009

Backbeats: Windy City Soul – The Smooth 70’s Soul Of Chicago

BACKB010

Backbeats: Soul Steppin' - 80's Soul Steppers

BACKB011

Backbeats: Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah – New York 70s Disco

BACKB012

Backbeats: Love & Jealousy - The Deeper Side Of Southern Soul

BACKB013

Backbeats: Motor City Soul – 70’s Soul From Detroit

BACKB014

Backbeats: Gimme That Beat – 70’s Funky Floorfillers

BACKB015

Backbeats: Philadelphia Freedom – The Foundation Of 70’s Disco

BACKB016

Backbeats: Soultime! – 60s & 70s Big City Soul Anthems

BACKB017

Backbeats: The Big Apple Bites Back –80’s New York House

BACKB018

Backbeats: Crate Digging Fever –70’s And 80’s Rare Groove Gems

BACKB019

Backbeats: I Get My Groove - Crossover Soul From The Deep South

BACKB020

Backbeats: Jazzy Vibes – Soulful Jazz Licks From The 70’s & 80’s

BACKB021

Backbeats: Soul A La Mode – 1970s Modern Soul

BACKB022

Backbeats: What's The Word? – Socially Conscious Soul Music

BACKB023

Backbeats: Smooth Grooves – Sophisticated 80s Philly Soul

BACKB024

Backbeats: Phillybusters – Underground Philly Dance Floor Gems

BACKB025

Backbeats: Bustin' out – Ghetto Grooves From Dusty Cellars

BACKB026

Backbeats: 2 Steps To Soul Heaven – More 70s & 80s Steppers

BACKB027

Backbeats: They Call It Crossover – More Mid-Tempo Soul Gems

BACKB028

Backbeats: Mod Life Crisis – 60s Mod Anthems

BACKB029

Backbeats: Lost In Time – More Northern Soul Treasures

BACKB030

Backbeats: The Pain Goes Deep – More Deep Soul Gems

I had the first ten all ordered, but it occurred to me that maybe I could stream these on MOG. The second one I looked up (The House that Jackin Built) indeed was moggable, so I hurriedly canceled my initial slath of orders, figuring to maybe pick up the ones later that might not be streamable. Turns out Jackin was the only one on MOG, though. So maybe I could have kept the initial orders in place. But this is a lot of pretty obscure collectorama, albeit no doubt choice. I wonder how much of it I really need. Still, the urge is there to get it all -- or at least have this list to go by.

searching for 1969

(in my music collection database):
Abyssinians & Friends, The…    TREE OF SATTA    Blood & Fire    1969      
Bach, Johann Sebastian    MAGNIFICAT/CANTATA BWV 10/CANTATA BWV 140 (Münchinger) [in The Decca Sound box]    Decca    1969/1985/2011      
Band, The…    BAND, THE…    Capitol    1969/2000    Xgau: core  
Bartók/Ravel/Prokofiev    PIANO CONCERTOS (Katchen, Kertesz) [in The Decca Sound box]    Decca    1969/2011      
Beatles, The…    ABBEY ROAD    Parlophone    1969      
Beatles, The…    ABBEY ROAD [remaster]    EMI/Apple    1969/2009      
Berlioz, Hector    LES TROYENS (Sir Colin Davis)    Philips    1969      
Bowie, David    ESSENTIAL DAVID BOWIE, THE…: Best of 1969-1974    EMI/Capitol    1997    Xgau: CC  
Buffalo Springfield    RETROSPECTIVE    Atco    1969      
Byrds, The…    BALLAD OF EASY RIDER, THE…    Columbia    1969    Xgau: B+  
Campbell, Glen    GENTLE ON MY MIND/BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX/WICHITA LINEMAN/GALVESTON    Capitol/amazon    1967-1969      
Carpenters, The…    SINGLES 1969-1981    A&M/amazon    2000    Xgau: C+  
Chicago    CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE…    Columbia    1969      
Cocker, Joe    JOE COCKER!    A&M    1969    Xgau: A  
Creedence Clearwater Revival    GREEN RIVER [40th Anniversary Bonus Tracks]    Fantasy/amazon    1969      
Creedence Clearwater Revival    WILLIE AND THE POORBOYS    Fantasy    1969    Xgau: A+  
Crosby, Stills and Nash    CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH    Atlantic    1969      
Dalton, Karen    IT'S SO HARD TO TELL WHO'S GOING TO LOVE YOU THE BEST    Koch    1969      
Davis, Miles    COMPLETE IN A SILENT WAY SESSIONS, THE…    Sony    1969/2004    Davis, Miles    FILLES DE KILIMANJARO    Columbia/Legacy    1969/2002      
Davis, Miles    IN A SILENT WAY    Columbia/amazon    1969      
Davis, Miles    MILES IN BERLIN    Columbia/Legacy    1969/2005      
Davis, Miles    MILES IN TOKYO    Columbia/Legacy    1969/2005      
Davis, Miles    PANTHALASSA: The Music of… 1969-1974    Columbia    1998    Xgau: A  
Delaney & Bonnie    ORIGINAL DELANEY & BONNIE, THE…    Elektra    1969    Xgau: A+  
Dibango, Manu    SOUL MAKOSSA    Musidisc (France)    1969/1994    Xgau: A-  
Donovan    DONOVAN'S GREATEST HITS    Epic    1969    Xgau: Core  
Drake, Nick    FIVE LEAVES LEFT    Hannibal    1969      
Dvorák/Tchaikovsky    CELLO CONCERTO IN B MINOR Op. 104 / VARIATIONS ON A ROCOCO THEME (Rostropovich) (in 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon Red Box: Disc 50)    Deutsche Grammophon    1969/2009      
Dylan, Bob    NASHVILLE SKYLINE    Columbia    1969    Xgau: Core  
Everly Brothers, The…    WALK RIGHT BACK: …On Warner Bros. 1960 to 1969    Warner Archives    1993      
Fairport Convention    LIEGE AND LIEF    A&M    1969    Xgau: B-  
Firesign Theatre    HOW CAN YOU BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE WHEN YOU'RE NOT ANYWHERE AT ALL    Columbia    1969    Xgau: A+  
Flamin' Groovies    SUPERSNAZZ    Sony Collectors Series    1969/1990    Xgau: B+  
Garner, Erroll    CONCERT BY THE SEA (in The Perfect Jazz Collection box)    Columbia/Legacy    1969/2010      
Grateful Dead    AOXOMOXOA    Warner Bros.    1969    Xgau: A  
Grateful Dead    LIVE/DEAD    Warner Bros.    1969    Xgau: A+  
Guthrie, Arlo    RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD    Reprise    1969    Xgau: A  
Happenings, The…    GREATEST GOLDEN HITS    Wounded Bird    1969      
Henderson, Joe    POWER TO THE PEOPLE    Milestone/eMusic    1969      
Hubbard, Freddie    WITHOUT A SONG: Live in Europe 1969    Blue Note    2009      
Jones, Thad-Mel Lewis, Orchestra    CENTRAL PARK NORTH    Blue Note/amazon    1969      
Joplin, Janis    I GOT DEM OL' KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN MAMA!    Columbia Legacy    1969/1999    Xgau: A-  
King Crimson    IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING    Atlantic    1969    Xgau: D+  
Kinks, The…    ARTHUR    Reprise/Sanctuary    1969/2011    Xgau: A-  
Kirk, Rahsaan Roland    VOLUNTEERED SLAVERY    WEA    1969      
Kottke, Leo    6- AND 12-STRING GUITAR    Takoma/Fantasy    1969      
Led Zeppelin    LED ZEPPELIN (Boxed Set Disc 1)    Atlantic    1969      
Led Zeppelin    LED ZEPPELIN (Boxed Set Disc 1)    Atlantic    1969    Xgau: B  
Led Zeppelin    LED ZEPPELIN II (Boxed Set Disc 2)    Atlantic    1969    Xgau: B  
Left Banke, The…    THERE'S GONNA BE A STORM: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969    Mercury    1992      
Los Lonely Boys    1969    Playing in Traffic/Mega Force/amazon    2009       Lyons, Jimmy    OTHER AFTERNOONS    Get Back/download (flac)    1969      
Masked Marauders, The…    MASKED MARAUDERS, THE…    Reprise/eMusic    1969    Xgau: ?  
Mayall, John & the Bluesbreakers    AS IT ALL BEGAN: The Best of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 1964-1969    Polydor    1998      
MC5    KICK OUT THE JAMS    Elektra    1969      
MC5    KICK OUT THE JAMS    Elektra/amazon    1969      
McLaughlin, John    EXTRAPOLATION    Polydor    1969/1991      
Mother Earth    MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE    Mercury    1969    Xgau: A  
Mystery of Santo Domingo de Silos, The…    GREGORIAN CHANT FROM SPAIN    Deutsche Grammaphon    1969      
NRBQ    PEEK-A-BOO: THE BEST OF… (1969-1989)    Rhino    1990      
Octopus    OCTOPUS    LP/ESP    1969      
Pacific Gas & Electric    PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC/ARE YOU READY?    Columbia    1969/1970    Xgau: A-/B  
Procol Harum    SALTY DOG, A… Plus!    Westside    1969    Xgau: A+(B+ now)  
Prokofiev, Sergei    SYMPHONIES No. 1 "Classical" & No. 5 (Karajan)    Deutsche Grammophon    1969/1982      
Rascals, The…    SEE    Atlantic    1969    Xgau: A-  
Redding, Otis    LOVE MAN    Atco    1969    Xgau: A  
Roach, Max    WE INSIST! FREEDOM NOW SUITE    Candid/eMusic    1969      
Rolling Stones    LET IT BLEED    Abkco    1969/1986    Xgau: Core  
Rolling Stones    LET IT BLEED    Abkco/amazon    1969/2005    Xgau: core  
Russell, George    ELECTRONIC SONATA FOR SOULS LOVED BY NATURE: 1968    Soul Note/amazon    1969      
Scaggs, Boz    BOZ SCAGGS    Atlantic/eMusic    1969    Xgau: B+  
Simone, Nina    BEST OF NINA SIMONE, THE… [PolyGram]    Polygram/amazon    1969   
Sly & The Family Stone    STAND!    Epic/Legacy    1969/2007    Xgau: RS4.5  
Smith, Lonnie    TURNING POINT    EMI/amazon    1969      
Spann, Otis with Fleetwood Mac    BIGGEST THING SINCE COLOSSUS, THE… (in The Perfect Blues Collection box)    Blue Horizon/Legacy    1969/2011      
Spector, Phil    BACK TO MONO (1958-1969)    Abkco    1991    Xgau: ?  
Spence, Alexander "Skip"    OAR    Columbia    1969/1991    Xgau: C-  
Spirit    CLEAR    Ode    1969    Xgau: C+  
Springfield, Dusty    DUSTY IN MEMPHIS    Rhino/Atlantic    1969    Xgau: Core  
Steig, Jeremy    LEGWORK    LPSolid State    1969      
Stewart, Rod    ROD STEWART ALBUM, THE…    LP/Mercury    1969    Xgau: A-  
Stooges, The…    STOOGES, THE…    Elektra    1969    Xgau: B+  
Sutton, Ralph & Dick Cary    RENDEZVOUS AT SUNNIE'S 1969    Arbors/eMusic    2005  
THE 1969 WARNER/REPRISE SONGBOOK playlist    DVD-R    stream    2011/2/22      
various    CLASSIC RHYTHM & BLUES COLLECTION: 1967-1969    2Time-Life    1999?      various    TURKISH FREAKOUT: Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980    Bouzouki Joe    2010      
Velvet Underground    VELVET UNDERGROUND LIVE 1969    Mercury    1988    Xgau: A-  
Velvet Underground    VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE    Verve    1969    Xgau: A  
Vinson, Eddie "Cleanhead"    KIDNEY STEW IS FINE    Delmark    1969/1993    Xgau: A-  
Walker, T-Bone    FUNKY TOWN    Beat Goes On/download    1969      
Who, The…    TOMMY    MCA    1969/1996      
Williams, Tony, Lifetime, The…    EMERGENCY!    Polydor    1969    Xgau: A  
Winter, Johnny    JOHNNY WINTER (in The Perfect Blues Collection box)    Columbia/Legacy    1969/2004/2011      
Winter, Johnny    SECOND WINTER    Columbia    1969      
Wuorinen, Charles    WORKS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (1969-1983)    Bridge    1988      
Yamaguchi, Goro    SHAKUHACHI MUSIC: A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky    Nonesuch Explorer    1969/2007      
Young, Neil    EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE    Reprise/eMusic    1969    Xgau: B+  

A pretty slapdash list

Being represented as a "favorite" rather than a "greatest" or "best" 25 albums list, I went with what came to mind when I tried to look deep in my heart. Here's what I sent:

I was thinking tonight was the deadline and that Friday would be the results, but I guess Friday is the deadline. Still, I whipped this up so I'll send it. Despite myself though (not being much for lists, at least my own):

(in no particular order)

1. Beach Boy PET SOUNDS    10
2. Neil Young TRANS    10
3. Beatles WHITE ALBUM    10
4. Kinks KINK KRONIKLES    10
5. Beach Boys WILD HONEY    10
6. Kinks SOMETHING ELSE    10
7. Pink Floyd PIPER AT THE GATES    10
8. Sir Thomas Beecham MUSIC OF DELIUS    10
9. Duster Bennett JUSTA DUSTER    10
10. Kinks GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM    10
11. Bob Dylan BLONDE ON BLONDE    10
12. Kinks ARTHUR    10
13. Shangri-Las GREATEST HITS    10
14. Lana Del Rey BORN TO DIE (yes, right beside the Shangri-Las; and not an ironical bone in my body!)    10
15. Rolling Stones FLOWERS    10
16. CHRONOPHAGIE    10
17. Pet Shop Boys VERY    10
18. Tradewinds EXCURSIONS    10
19. Insect Trust HOBOKEN SATURDAY NIGHT    10
20. The Zombies ODESSEY AND ORACLE    10
21. Chocolate Watchband INNER MYSTIQUE (don't try to listen to this on MOG -- it's a re-recording)    10
22. Spirit TIME CIRCLE    10
23. X WILD GIFT/LOS ANGELES    10
24. Go-Betweens 1978-1990    10
25. Nick Lowe BASHER    10

Too much Kinks, I know. Lots of stuff I remember fondly from my record playing days (going back to teen-age years), pretty much what I remember wearing out the most. Year of birth: 1949.
Now to give the albums on Raul's list a listen, and maybe a couple of mine I haven't heard in 45 years.

Of course plenty of afterthoughts. For example, can't believe I list all those Kinks albums but not Village Green. Stuff that might beat out some of the above if list were still open for changes: Marshall Crenshaw FIELD DAY, The Pretenders THE SINGLES (although I think I've listened to the first album more), The KLF THE WHITE ROOM, my Etta James LP LOSERS WEEPERS, The Foundations DIGGIN' THE... (picked up for 22¢ along with two Duster Bennetts -- the other one 12DB's might actually be the one that belongs on the above list, if either do), Syd Barrett BARRETT, Deep Purple MACHINE HEAD, David Bowie CHANGESONEBOWIE, John Lennon PLASTIC ONO BAND, Stevie Wonder ANTHOLOGY (1977), R.E.M. OUT OF TIME, Billie Holiday's GREATEST HITS (Decca, 1968), Colin Blunstone ONE YEAR...but that's just me and my what happened to be in my record collection.
And plenty of classical music albums got plenty of play for me back when albums had two sides and they took work to replace on the record player. Mostly budget labels: Vox, Seraphim, London Treasury, Nonesuch. Anything conducted by Beecham or Stokowski. Holst THE PLANETS. Berlioz SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE. And Mozart, big time. Schubert too.

Recent pick ups:
Dirty Water 2: More Birth of Punk Attitude

Various Artists

precipitated by its being Chuck Eddy's #1 reissue pick for 2011 -- also, I downloaded Dirty Water 1 from eMusic - $5.99 for 2 discs.

Plus these things (brought on perhaps from stray comments by the Expert Witness continguum or somewhere else):
The Bristol Sessions: Historic Recordings from Bristol, Tennessee

Various Artists

Cellar Full of Motown 2

Various Artists

Freakbeat Scene

Various Artists

Vol. 3- Cellarful Of Motown! Rarest Detroit Grooves

Cellarful of Motown

Cellarful of Motown: Rarest Motown Grooves

Various Artists

Sacred Chrome Orb

Joe Fiedler Trio

Classic Blues Artwork from the 1920's: 2012 Calendar (+CD)

Various Artists

 

And these books:

• All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
  Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera
• 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
  Ha-Joon Chang
• Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
  Matt Taibbi

Hard to believe it's the end of the first week in January and I am able to ride my bicycle the 13-14 miles round trip to Ankeny, like I only expect to be able to do during Spring/Summer/Fall. Last year I tried it one time when the roads were clear of snow, but it turned out the bicycle trail (Hi-Trestle, check out out, although I still haven't ventured north to the actual High Trestle) was clearly not. There was a bit of a breeze on the return trip and automobilers do like to exercise their advantage (pea brain attached to massive horsepower = ? [you tell me, and yes I do mean you]) , but the excursion went very well considering the time of year. Especially considering the time of year, or did I already say that?

Trawling around Amazon mp3s for bargains, I'm thinking about getting "Our Father" by Russian Monks, a half-hour side of their Chants album, for 99¢. Both sides can be had for $1.98, but T. Fisher (the one and only) especially recommends "Our Father" -- and I'd sure hate to get carried away with this New Age stuff. It would be easy to do.

A couple new arrivals (Milo recommendations):
 
Where Will You Be Christmas Day / Various Artists
 
Lifetime Intimate Portraits: Christmas Belles / Various Artists

Also:
 
Follies (New Broadway Cast Recording) / Stephen Sondheim, et al
 
New York Dolls - Lookin' Fine On Television / New York Dolls
 
8 Classic Albums / Hank Mobley

 

Plus these books:
 
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway Leatherbound Edition: Volume 1, 1907-1922 / Ernest Hemingway, et al
 
Parallel Stories: A Novel / Péter Nádas, Imre Goldstein

Getting a little carried away here, but I couldn't resist. These now too are here:
The Decca Sound (50 disc cube)
Wilhelm Furtwangler: The Legacy / Wilhelm Furtwangler (107-disc whopper)
Jumping The Shuffle Blues: Jamaican Sound System
Jook Joint Blues: That's What They Want  / Various Artists
Mozart: Piano Sonatas [Box Set]  / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christoph Eschenbach
 
  Pebbles, Vol. 1: Original 60s Punk & Psych Classics / Various Artists

also, this (another Milo recommendation):
Iron Butterfly FILLMORE EAST 1968

And these books too:
Then We Came to the End: A Novel / Joshua Ferris

Cloudstreet : A Novel / Tim Winton

Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny / Nile Rodgers
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays / David Foster Wallace
Red Leaves (Otto Penzler Book) / Thomas H. Cook
The Rehearsal: A Novel / Eleanor Catton
Eat the Document: A Novel / Dana Spiotta
There But For The: A Novel / Ali Smith
The Dead Circus: A Novel / John Kaye

Nice haul today:
111: The Collector's Edition 2 (Deutsche Grammophon, 56CD cube) -- I see it's risen in price on Amazon since I carted it off
Ray Charles 4 CD Set - Vintage Vaults -- dirt cheap, but it could have easily fit on two CDs (and a much smaller box); we'll see how it plays
40 Odd Years (4 CD/1 DVD) / Loudon Wainwright III (Xgau recommendation)

And a few books (following up on various recommendations in this Expert Witness comment thread):
Tuff / Paul Beatty
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel / Per Petterson
Mortals / Norman Rush
Whites / Norman Rush -- already have Mating here somewhere
And there are more on the way -- I need to spend more of my time sitting down with a book.

A couple more new things here now:
I'm Jimmy Reed [2CD limited deluxe edition] / Jimmy Reed (thanks to Cam for this recommendation)
100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950's [8CD] / Various Artists (and thanks to Liam for this recommendation)

more music

More music here lately:
Roots of Doo Wop / Various Artists (another Milo recommendation)
8 Classic Albums / Red Garland 
Various Artists 20 Years of Dischord

Today's mail haul:
Absolute

Scritti Politti

My 10-CD boxes (and virtual boxes), many of them costing less than what a single disc used to cost (and still does, if you're desperate to have it and that's what it costs):

Armstrong, Louis    IT'S LOUIS ARMSTRONG    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
Bailey, Mildred    COMPLETE COLUMBIA RECORDINGS OF…, THE…    10CD    Mosaic    2000       
Barbirolli, Sir John    GREAT EMI RECORDINGS, THE…    10CD    EMI Classics    2010       
Beecham, Thomas    MAESTRO, THE…    10CD    Documents/Membran    2006       
Beethoven, Ludwig van    PIANO SONATAS vols 1-10    10CD    ASV Quicksilva    1992       
Beethoven, Ludwig van    STRING QUARTETS, QUINTETS AND FRAGMENTS, COMPLETE… (Endelion)    10CD    Warner    2008       
Brahms, Johannes    99 MOST ESSENTIAL BRAHMS MASTERPIECES, THE…    10CDR    X5/amazon    2010       
Casals, Pablo    ORIGINAL JACKET COLLECTION, THE…    10CD    Sony    2010       
Chopin, Frédéric    PIANO WORKS (Samson François)    10CDR    EMI Classics    2001       
Corelli, Arcangelo    COMPLETE WORKS    10CD    Brilliant Classics    2004       
Davis, Miles    JUST SQUEEZE ME    10CD    Documents/Membran    2006       
Dvorák, Antonin    99 MOST ESSENTIAL DVORAK MASTERPIECES, THE…    10CDR    X5/amazon    2007       
Ellington, Duke    DUKE ELLINGTON    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
Gauk, Alexander    HISTORICAL RUSSIAN ARCHIVES    10CD    Brilliant Classics    2008       
Goodman, Benny    I HAD TO DO IT    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
Holiday, Billie    BILLIE HOLIDAY    10CD    Documents/Membran    2006       
Hooker, John Lee    JOHN LEE HOOKER: Blues Is the Healer    10CD    Documents/Membran           
Led Zeppelin    BOXED SET    10CD    Atlantic    1993       
Lupu, Radu    COMPLETE DECCA SOLO RECORDINGS    10CD    Decca    2010       
Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti    MOZART BRAHMS BEETHOVEN DEBUSSY A.M.O. [Vol. 2]    10CD    Documents/Membran    2006       
Miller, Glenn    IN THE MOOD    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
Mitropoulos, Dmitri    CONDUCTOR: Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Franck, Chausson, Mahler, Ravel, A.M. O.    10CD    Documents/Membran    2009       
Mozart, Wolfgang A.    SYMPHONIES, THE… (Mackerras, Prague)    10CD    Telarc    2008       
Parker, Charlie    NOW'S THE TIME    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
Reinhardt, Django    DJANGOLOGY    10CD    Documents/Membran    2006       
Rozhdestvensky, Gennady    HISTORICAL RUSSIAN ARCHIVES    10CD    Brilliant Classics    2010       
Stokowski, Leopold    MAVERICK CONDUCTOR, THE… (Icon)    10CD    EMI Classics    2009       
various    99 MOST ESSENTIAL PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, THE…    10CDR    X5/amazon    2009       
various    AMERICAN ROADSONGS: From Coast to Coast    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    BIG BAND ERA, THE…    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
various    BOOGIE WOOGIE    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    CLASSICAL 101 (101 Great Orchestral Classics, Vols. 1-10)    10CDR    Naxos/ClassicsOnline    2010       
various    COUNTRY & WESTERN    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    COUNTRY & WESTERN: Original Masters    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    GOD SAVE THE BOX!: Punk Original Masters    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
various    GOIN' MAD BLUES    10CD    Documents/Membran    2006       
various    HISTORY OF ROCK: Vol. 1-10    10CD    Collectables    2003 -- could fit on five CDs     
various    JAZZ COLLECTOR EDITION    10CD    LaserLight    (Delta)       
various    OLDIES BUT GOLDIES: Original Masters    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
various    RHYTHM & BLUES: Original Masters    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    ROCK 'N' ROLL: Get All Stars Here    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK    10CD    Documents/Membran    2006       
various    STARS IN LAS VEGAS    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    SWING TIME FOR DANCING    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various    TOP RANKING REGGAE    10CD    Documents/Membran           
various composers    99 MOST ESSENTIAL ADAGIOS, THE…    10CDR    X5/amazon    2011       
various composers    99 MOST ESSENTIAL PIANO PIECES, THE…    10CDR    X5/amazon    2010       
various composers    99 MOST ESSENTIAL VIOLIN MASTERPIECES, THE…    10CDR    X5/amazon    2010       
Waller, Fats    FATS WALLER    10CD    Documents/Membran    2005       
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold    LUTE SONATAS (Transcribed for Guitar)    10CD    Arte Nova    2007       

A couple new things here to listen to now:
The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint and Soul Note (7CD) / Henry Threadgill
---There are a number of these Black Saint/Soul Note mini-boxes available now. It would be great to have them all. One of those mega-boxes like the classical music-label holding companies have been blowing out back catalog with would be hard to resist.

São Paulo Confessions / Suba

oldies order

Every merchant has to have something Black Friday. I try to ignore, BUT:

Item		Price	Qty	Total
	Animusic Sampler DVD (DVD) Item Number: ALP 3002D	$2.98	1	$0.00
	Deja Nu by Dion (CD) Item Number: COL 2794 Special Promotional Price	$0.98	1	$0.98
	The Great Tomato Singer/Songwriter Collection by Various Artists (CD) Item Number: ZHUS 2104	$3.50	1	$3.50
	King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents (Live) by The Waitresses (CD) Item Number: ZZKB 88024 Rare & Hard-to-Find	$2.98	1	$2.98
	King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents... Live, January 12, 1984 by Girlschool (CD) Item Number: ZHUS 88032	$3.95	1	$3.95
	Live From The Stone Pony (CD+DVD) by Marshall Crenshaw (CD) Item Number: ZZKB 40030 Rare & Hard-to-Find	$4.98	1	$4.98
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sidetrack city

Sidetrack city once again: email from Google Music acknowledging my order for "free song" yesterday prompted me to go there and find 48 more free songs to "buy", but I had to click three times on each one (buy, continue, close). So now I have a playlist with more than three hours of free songs. I'll try to make time to listen to it! Meanwhile, I'm glad I at least bought something (the Rolling Stones Brussels Affair: 1973), so I don't have to feel so much like the free-loader I am. One of these days, if I ever buy a mobile device, I will look long and hard at something Android, so I can not only listen to my Google Music song library, but also upload my own music...and then, what? Use the device as a music player? My iPod sits doing nothing, unused for weeks, thanks to the fact that I'm not a mobile person, any more than I have to be -- and when I am I don't do the headphone-wearing don't-bother-me thing. The only person I might really want to have that work with takes headphones as a signal more to interrupt than to let the music be listened to.

Further to the annals of conspicuous consumption, this today:
Americans Swinging in Paris

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Seemed like a good deal at the time (just now):
Absolute

Scritti Politti (from Amazon seller)

Anyone foolish enough to want to know “...the things around the web [I] like, agree with, or want to recommend to others” they can now be found at http://goo.gl/n19eK.

Note to self:
I downloaded some free "noise.art.poetry" at http://www.erratum.org/, guided there from Mysteries blog. No clue what it is but the price is right. Later on I will surely not remember what this is or where it came from, so maybe this post will help.