HW: discs stolen / Christian's polite request

[Richard Lockwood]

Bit of Chameleons info - a bit of research reveals that this was later
released as "Free Trade Hall Rehearsals".  You might have a better chance
finding that.

Cheers,

Rich.


> Now, that's better...  :-)  Come down now Christian?!!  :-)
>
> I'll see what I can do re The Chameleons - most likely to be a bunch of
MP3s
> though.
>
> The others I'm a bit buggered on.
>
> Sorry.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich.
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> From: "Amphetamine Embalmer" <superskrull666 at YAHOO.CO.UK>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 4:41 PM
> Subject: HW: discs stolen
>
>
> > I recently had, much to my personal tragedy, my
> > original copy of the now long out of print Chameleons
> > CD, "Tripping Dogs", stolen from my collection along
> > with many of my other favorite discs over the holdiays
> > last Christmas. It was orginally released on the
> > Glass Pyramid label out of Switzerland and is
> > presumably quite rare, and I'm not completely sure if
> > it was an official release. I am wondering if any
> > kindred souls could point me in the right direction as
> > to where I can find myself a replacement copy, or even
> > in the worst of cases, I could probably live with a
> > temporary CDR copy of the disc, if anyone would be
> > kind enough to burn me one in some kind of trade,
> > though I'd of course much rather prefer the real
> > thing. This Chameleons CD sure beats any of their
> > studio albums I have heard, also owning their fine
> > "Strange Times" and the less satisfying "Script Of The
> > Bridge" at various points in time, suspecting
> > "Tripping Dogs" to be some kind of live studio
> > session. In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing a full
> > Chameleons discography posted somewhere if someone
> > could provide one, or just the directions to one.
> >
> > On an equally miserable note, I also had my original
> > copy of Sun Dial's now quite rare UFO label
> > "Overspill" CDEP, also disappear with the recent CD
> > theft. I originally picked this excellent CD up in
> > 1991, immediately after seeing their "Fireball" video
> > on MTV Europe's "120 Minutes", and became a big fan of
> > this band ever since. This item is also sorely missed.
> > A copy of this disc would probably fetch at least
> > between $20-30 today, and I'd be very happy if anyone
> > has any idea as to where I could find a replacement.
> > Frustratingly enough, I've already had this CD
> > replaced once already, after having, much to my
> > aggrivation, lost my original copy back in 1994,
> > accidentally leaving it behind in a motel room, a two
> > years of searching, finally finding a replacement copy
> > from some garagerock mailorder outfit in 1996, a loss
> > I truly hated to have repeated over the holidays. It
> > has to be Sun Dial's finest release to date in my
> > opinion, along with  their original "Other Way Out" LP
> > and the scorching "Live Drug" set, possibly along with
> > the archive remastered "Return Journey" disc. Anyway,
> > I'd be eternally grateful if anyone could point me in
> > the right direction for yet a replacement copy of my
> > original "Overspill" CD.
> >
> > Not to mention that I also had the original Flicknife
> > label CD of Hawkwind's "Chronicle Of The Black Sword"
> > stolen, the Hawkwind album which started me off as a
> > diehard fan at age 16 in 1988, a totally irreplacable
> > item, along with the Oldhitz label CD release with all
> > the bonus tracks, of the first Inner City Unit LP,
> > "Passout" from 1980, and the Stellar label CD of the
> > very first Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band album,
> > "Golden Light", as well, as these three other rare
> > psych CD's were also stolen along with about 30 other
> > valuable and favorite discs of mine. If anyone can
> > help me find genuine replacements of any of these
> > other discs, as well, I'd be very, very, very
> > grateful...!
> >
> > Thanks for any pointers or anything that may help me
> > out.
> >
> > -Christian
> > http://bloomingdales.dreamstation.com/pulp/
> >
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