HW: Warrior Box Offer

[Michael Blackman]

If you are 100% sure it is not the misspressed version?  I already have a
misspress lol ;-)

I would love the griffin box set and all if I am in time ;-)

Cheers
Michael B


----- Original Message -----
From: Henderson Keith <keith.henderson at PSI.CH>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:48 AM
Subject: HW: Warrior Box Offer


> OK folks...
>
> So, after two months of living here in Baden, Schweiz, I *finally* find
the
> cool CD store!  Silly me, I thought *all* the businesses would be listed
in
> the "Gelben Seiten" but no!  Apparently only the ones that *pay*!
Zero-zero
> (the store's name) didn't get even a line listing.  But the place does
exist
> and if you are strolling around the streets looking for a new easier way
to
> get from the Weite Gasse shopping district to the bus station in the rain,
> you might just find yourself walking past said establishment by sheer
luck.
> And then if you find it's open, and take a walk inside, you then discover
> they have a vast array of wonderful music...though at terribly high
prices.
> :)
>
> So....once I discover that the back room is where all the 'rock' stuff is,
I
> find large numbers of interesting items by many German bands (whole
> card-divided sections for Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, and the like) and yes,
> even a healthy Hawkwind section *not* dominated by reissue rubbish!  To my
> surprise, a Dojo Warrior on the Edge of Time is included.  (They only have
> the booklet in a sleeve on display to save shelf space and prevent theft,
> but I believe it is still 'new' as the used CDs seemed to be elsewhere.)
No
> price was listed, but I think the std. price in these circumstances is CHF
> 31,90 which is equivalent to $22/Euro22 or UKP14.
>
> But I didn't buy it.
>
> *Because* instead I bought the Griffin boxset that they had on the
separate
> shelf for such over-size items, still shrinkwrapped.  For those who don't
> know, this is the release with the Godwin-penned collector's book, that
also
> has some short interview text in the back.  Hence, just a 'one-CD' box.
It
> also has "Motorhead" tacked onto the end of the CD.  It was CHF 42,00,
which
> translates to $29/Euro29 or UKP18.50.
>
> OK, so...I've already got one (actually I have both of these releases back
> in the USA, the Dojo copy signed by NikT and so I never ditched that when
I
> got the Griffin box too...and I'm not now either), so I picked it up for
> some lucky person on this list who needs it.  I'll only ask for
straight-up
> costs (I'm not into profiting for no other reason than being in the right
> place at the right time), and I can accept both US and Euro(pean)
currency,
> and in a pinch could deal with Aussie$ too (since I work with one who is
> shortly going 'home' for the holidays and so I could probably 'trade' with
> her).  I will also shortly (within one month's time) be in both the UK and
> US myself, so if this person is willing to be patient (and happens to be
in
> one of these two countries) you have the opportunity for cheap shipping
> costs too (or even none if you will be in Walthamstow Dec. 13).
>
> I'll do this first come, first served (the US way, which maybe isn't the
way
> they do things here in Switzerland, renting an apartment without this
> benefit being my first clue), so write (right) now to 'reserve.'
>
> First person who responds wanting the box, gets the box (if that's what
they
> want).  Second person who wants the CD in any form, gets me to go back
this
> coming weekend and pick up the other (stand-alone) copy (assuming it's
still
> there...likely, if it's this old and still "new") for CHF32.  I'd rather
> that both of these go to folks who don't have the CD in any form (rather
> than someone just filling a 'kollektion' hole for only this reason), but
if
> you, say, have the Dojo disc and *really* want the 'box set' version, I
> won't stop you.  (Especially if you then went and passed off the Dojo one
to
> someone else who's been looking for some time.)
>
> Anyway, yesterday was a miserable nasty rainy day and I was pissed off
about
> the damn laundry machines in my building not working and having to dry my
> clothes in my apartment (which wasn't working so well since it was already
> so damn humid in there), so I just left to go into the 'city' to waste
time
> and forget about something that should have been so minor, and lo and
> behold, a cool CD store!  And the guy speaks English too!  For myself, I
> only bought the 'new' Nektar CD, a live in the studio set from 1974 that
was
> previously unreleased including songs that never were otherwise recorded.
> It came out alongside a new 2CD version of "Sunday Night at the
Roundhouse"
> that has that entire show included, which I'll have to get next time I
feel
> a little richer.  They also had the Man in the Moon CD (which I will get
too
> sometime, though I have had the LP since c. 1983).  But not the new
Remember
> the Future CD properly remastered (which *does* now finally exist!).
>
> Oh, they didn't really have anything else terribly exciting Hawkwind-wise,
> no 25 Years On (I traded mine away years ago not knowing it's rarity, so
if
> they had it I woulda gotten it for myself), no Quark, so don't bother
> asking.  :)  They did have a Space Ritual remaster, which coulda been the
> digipak version, not sure (like I said, only the booklets were included).
> But this is now available as jewel box version, so not terribly rare in a
> sense.  But anyway, if someone particularly wants the digipak version of
> this, I could look into that for you next visit and get back to you.
Note:
> Probably about 40 CHF or more for this!
>
> Grakkl (FAA)
> respond by personal email only, bitte....keith.henderson at psi.ch
>
> P.S.  Nektar trivia...Brooke Shields is the cover model on the terrible
> "Magic is a Child" album.  Interesting possibilities for Hawkwind-linkages
> (Calvert appearing with Nektar on one album) into the entire acting
domain!
> If you call what Brooke Shields does "acting."