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[mike coleman]

and more still.....
it would almost appear at this point like someone is having a joke on and
taking advantage of we fans
it was cute for the longest time but at this point I think it actually harms
Hawkwind and their integrity and whoever is behind this needs a serious
spanking in the extreme
If we are to be taken advantage of, at least gives us better
repeats....(Space Ritual 2 being bordeline IMHO, likely the lesser of the
evils)
and for god's sake, repress the new one and remove that cheese album
cover.....


On 10/28/08, mike coleman <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ooops more....Eli Friedman pointed out that the 2002 Cleopatra version
> (pretty sure that's correct) has a repo of the tour program, so this could
> be a sway element, and also, Christian has the newest one on CD, and this is
> where I go unhelpful due to money constraints, but maybe he has something to
> say????
>
> On 10/28/08, mike coleman <insect.brain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Going on friends enthusiasm, if you were doing vinyl it would be
>> easy.....THE NEW ONE, 180 gram colored vinyl and "amped up" sound, HOWEVER
>> the CD not so easy, as this could come down to subjective album cover
>> preference....I want the one Jonah just got......(you may like digipaks best
>> and go for the spalax), I've not heard the Cleopatra version releases in
>> 2002 and 2005....
>> also, what are we to do about the Wembley Empire Pool CD????   Steve
>> Youles if you are out there I read about it on your site but am confused if
>> it actually has anything new included....
>>
>>
>>  On 10/28/08, Jonathan Jarrett <jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:57:57AM -0500, mike coleman typed out:
>>> > also, you in particular Scott, will want the Space Ritual Sundown
>>> Volume 2
>>> > double vinyl, pressed on 180 gram colored vinyl, as it too is tweaked
>>> and
>>> > for an example has (according to my friend) Nik speaking of a restored
>>> verse
>>> > in a song where (the first line of) the words were origianlly
>>> > botched......(nevermind the cover which IMHO is for 3 year olds, is a
>>> > satanic attempt to play Barney Bubbles, and someone needs to die, the
>>> back
>>> > cover makes up for it)
>>>
>>>        So help me on this. There are now something like 40,000
>>> versions, give or take, of _Space Ritual 2_, some of which may or may
>>> not have cleaned-up sound, edits, I don't know what. What, for the sort
>>> of low-grade Kollector who only wants the music once, is the 'versio
>>> desiderata'? What's the one with the most on it sounding best and
>>> ideally looking good too? Yr opinions earnestly solicited, yours,
>>>                                                                  Jon
>>>
>>> --
>>> "When fortune wanes, of what assistance are quantities of elephants?"
>>>            (Juvaini, Afghan Muslim chronicler, c. 1206)
>>> Jon Jarrett, Fitzwilliam Museum, jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
>>>
>>
>>
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