The Police "Ghost In The Machine"SACD!!!!Damnit I've been looking for months & NOBODY can get me on one.VERY FRUSTRATING.
What is the one CD you can't find?
Years ago I had listened to an audiophile test album with a white cover and little credits to go on the back side. I fell in love with it immediatly. The owner of the album was kind enough to make me a tape but would not part with it at any price. Later I discovered that members of the band Steps Ahead played on it, and even released one of the tunes on their cd. I have searched for years to find it on either cd or vynal yet have never come across it.This would be my greatest find. Just wondering how many others have a similar situation.And what is the one cd you just can't get?
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Here's the link to Tonto http://www1.gemm.com/item/TONTO'S--EXPANDING--HEAD--BAND/S-l-T/GML837517650/ Here's the link to Michael Stearns http://www1.gemm.com/item/STEARNS-c-MICHAEL/PLANETARY--UNFOLDING/GML896926932/ Here's Porter Ricks http://www1.gemm.com/item/RICKS-c-PORTER/PORTER--RICKS/GML913558344/ And here is Thomas Koner-Aubrite http://www1.gemm.com/item/THOMAS--K%D6NER/AUBRITE/GML891551125/ |
Oh...I know how to find 'em I just don't wanna pay what people are asking for 'em. The Tonto's ... was a different one on gemm...the one that I want is almost $800. Someone has one on amazon or eBay for "only" $300. The Stearns disc routinely goes for about $150. The Koner usually goes for $75-100 and I thought the Porter Ricks was more expensive than that. I was thinking of one I already had that goes for a bunch. Now that I know I can get that one for regular price I'll have to order one. |
This is not even available on CD but if anyone out there has Horace Silver's "Spiritualizing the Senses" on Silveto Records either in LP or Cassette format, please shoot me a message. This goes back to circa 1983. When I sold my entire LP collection in late 2005, this went with it not checking to see if this was available on CD. I just assumed and we all know what happens when you assume!! |
Up until a year or two ago, it was Steve Winwood and Stomu Yomashta's GO and GO TWO. They were released back in the 70's and I just loved them back then. They finally were re-released, along with a live version, in a 2-CD set. It's got Stevie singing, and Al DiMeola on the guitar. Just a great set of music - very atmospheric. |
The one CD I can't find is Katie Melua "Piece by Piece". I bought it and loaded it into my music server. Then, because all of my storage racks are full, I put it some place safe until I added more storage. I forgot where. That was months ago. I have looked everywhere and still can't find that CD. Now where did that girl go? -:) |
Without parallel, in my estimation, the truly superlative Wally Badarou recording, "Chief Inspector." Stunning stuff, far outpaced even his considerable lesser efforts. I had it in both LP and cassette formats, and a couple of his subsequent recordings on CD. I've looked forever for a CD version of "Chief Inspector," but no luck. Afro-Caribbean with significant jazz threads |
MY GREATEST FIND Well about six months ago I was in a used cd shop and decided to finally purchas the scheffield track record. I had seen this around before but it was either to expensive or their was somthing better. At the time I knew it would be a cool recording but did not know what was on it. Sure enough I get it home throw it on and SHURE ENOUGH it was " the Album " I had search for all those years. |
I've been looking for Vivante's version of Muddy Waters' "Folk Singer" album on vinyl. I've seen lots of MoFi's and Classic pressings for sale, as well as the original Chess and Pye from England. Vivante's version is on 180 gram vinyl and may not be as pleasingly mastered as either the MoFi or the Classic. However, I have bought every other LP that Vivante brought to the U.S., and this would complete my collection. (They went dark a few years ago.) |
I've been on a thirty-year-plus quest to find "A Childrens' Christmas" by the Bravo Players/Bravo Singers...other artist name with "Bravo", unsure of exact artist name(s) in any format. It contained 3 tracks I still remember from childhood - "Mixie Pixie", "Eighteen Cents", and "The Little Stocking with the Hole in the Toe". Purely sentimental reasons for this...I don't think it was any sort of especially high-fidelity-engineered recording. I run across references to it occasionally in cyberspace but no offers to sell save for a long expired ebay listing I saw earlier this year... |
Many years ago I had a Chico Hamilton LP with a short (30 seconds) piece on it called "I Found Out" where the guitarist strummed his open strings and Chico said gravely "I found out." Can't find this onCD or even on vynil. Did I imagine it? Two CDs I can never find are Big Bright Street and Hirth from Earth by Hirth Martinez, great little known songwriter in the 70s. |
Logic - Logic Systems - This was a Japanese electronic music performer (group?). I heard the cd once in the mid-80's and the cd was from the early 80's, the early days of cd's. I've never seen it since, although I do have a copy that the person who played it for me put on a nice Nakamichi cassette. I'd love to come across the cd again, but alas, it has eluded me. :( |
I am in search of the original Johnny Cash Man in Black cd. It was recorded upon his return from Vietnam in the early seventies. It has billy Graham on it as well. This was a master piece album to me and although I have found hacked up vinyl versions I have not found it on CD. Any one know or have this one??? |
In the early 80's (if memory serves me) Ry Cooder came to London to gig, and performed a half hour or so set on the as was 'Old Grey Whistle Test' program by the Beeb. On it he did a version of 'How can a poor man stand such times and live'. It a version without the accordion and lasts 7 minutes or so. Brilliant. If only I could get a copy. |
The EP and LP issued by the band Alternative Learning, which was Scott Miller's band prior to Game Theory. I don't believe these were ever issued on CD. I recently purchased on eBay the CD version of Game Theory's "Lolita Nation," which is quite rare and a lot more expensive than anyone except a seller would appreciate. To give you some idea of the relative unavailability of the Alternative Learning records, Miller has said that they make "Lolita Nation" seem like Michael Jackson's "Thriller" by comparison. I fully expect never to see a copy in my lifetime. |
took me a while to find this obscure one hit wonder. |
I found a CD single of this - so yes I have both the original radio single and the "stadium" live version (which I think was more popular in the clubs and was in this video). Stadium rock was popular in the mid 80's (recall Billy Squiers The Stroke, Simple Minds Alive and Kicking etc.) Anyone reading threads will know that I have a totally eclectic tastes in music though (I like EVERYTHING). BTW - I have a Stadium Rock setting on my Roland drum set - it can be a lot of fun - although the long reverb can be tiring after while...but I do enjoy to plug my drum set into the speakers every now and them and rock out. |
