[Mael-list] Rarities

[Jay Bond]

It's a tricky question Gordon. I have Introducing on vinyl, in red,  
and obtained a vinyl to cd rip of it from somebody else. But I just  
bought the 'first time on cd' official release of the album, which  
also seems to be a vinyl to cd rip. To be honest, I think the  
official release is a bit better in the low end, but the unofficial  
one I got had a fabulous printed cd- much nicer than the (yawn)  
yellow cd officially released.
Maybe a bigger question is if it is ethical to expect you to pay for  
something every time it is released in a new format? I bought  
Introducing on vinyl, and I bought it on cd- am I a sucker? I could  
have just downloaded it and justified myself by saying 'I already own  
it'. But, it just seemed right to pay for it.
As for the Heaven and Hell collections, I seriously doubt they will  
ever be released again, but I could load both into my computer and  
send you a single cd that has all the material that hasn't been  
officially released on another cd at one time or another. Sparks  
don't make any money off the resale market at places like Gemm dot  
com, but you can find most of what you need at sites like that, if  
you have to own everything.
Sometimes you just have to say no- they have re-re-released most of  
the Island records on cd, same as the ones released on Island a few  
years ago but with a couple of live tracks added on. I have the  
original vinyl of all those albums, both English imports and domestic  
(only domestic for Big Beat), and the Island remastered cds, and I  
will not be buying the new versions for the bonus live tracks- but if  
anybody wants to send the live tracks to me. . . I feel I've paid  
enough already.
Jay in Toronto

On 12-Dec-07, at 6:56 PM, Gordon Kelley wrote:

> What about out of print items such as the Heaven and Hell  
> collections or singles? I have almost all the singles from GSASV  
> and Balls, and I think most or all of those are no longer available.
>
> The H&H collection is going for $60 used on amazon.com and isn't  
> available on amazon.fr (it's a French-only release). I'm pretty  
> sure it's not available new anywhere. Correct me if I'm wrong! It  
> was very rare to begin with.
>
> I'd be happy to share out-of-print items if nobody has a problem  
> with that. I concur that sharing items still available new is  
> stealing.
>
> I also have several Sparks shows available: 2 BBC Rock Hour  
> soundboards from 1982 and 1983, the Halfnelson demos from 1969, and  
> Arista demos from 1978! Plus I have some 2006 and 2004 shows, but  
> they're pretty lousy audience recordings.
>
> E-mail me and we'll set something up.
>
> Gordon (who is brand new to this list, though I've been an  
> obsessive Sparks fan since about 1983 and I used to be part of the  
> mail-order Official Fan Club.)
>
> On Dec 12, 2007, at 3:42 PM, Marcus S. Payne wrote:
>
>> << Hence I am very grateful for the yousendit links.>>
>>
>> You're welcome, Dave :o)
>>
>> Does anyone else have any rare, non commercially
>> available Sparks which they'd like to share in this
>> way? (not commercially available stuff, obviously - I
>> don't condone stealing ;o))
>>
>> M.
>>
>>
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