albums you want on CD ?

[boogyjuice]

Originally Posted by kdavid13

Very beautiful indeed. When I made my own CD-R from my vinyl Lp ; I had to design my own WITCH OF LOVE jacket ; taken from the original picture but I added my own personal touch.

Originally Posted by FranceJoliFan

I bet it looks nice.

Speaking of "which"

Yeah,i bet it does too



The great collectable stuff from Japan

[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by boogyjuice

There's a fair list of online-shops and companies who do :

I know about these places and I buy many things online, since it's the only way to get them now. I was referring to physical stores, where I can see the product first, browse items and find things I might not have otherwise known about, and not have to pay shipping that is often more than the cost of the item itself.

As sales of physical media continue to fall, back-catalog and niche items are the first things to disappear. It doesn't make any business sense to press a CD or LP if it's only going to sell a few dozen copies. I'm not all that hopeful for legit download releases either, since -- contrary to what is sometimes implied by the news -- the increase in download and vinyl sales is not making up for the drop in CDs... not by a long shot. The fact of the matter is that people today have come to expect music for free, which doesn't give much incentive for any business to sell it.

The way things are going, what we can expect now is that the music industry will be focused on live performance, which is the only thing people will still pay for. Bands will do a a few songs and give them away, and then spend years touring. It doesn't matter if they never have any more "hits" or never record again; as long as people will buy a ticket to hear them play back their hit songs, they're set.

Physical media will exist as a niche market, aimed at collectors and possibly priced that way. I won't be surprised to see LPs limited to a couple of hundred copies, and sold direct from the artist for $200 or so. Why sell for $20 when people are just going to flip them for ten times that amount on eBay in a year?

[boogyjuice]

Ah, okay ... i see.
And thanks for the insight.
Yeah, it's indeed in a somewhat depressing state of affairs.
I'm glad that these collector-companies are filling the gaps to some degree.
And the physical shops are becoming more an extinct species like you stated.
A few major ones have been dropping like flies in the past few years.
I wonder if the famous Amoebe Records in Frisco will survive ... they're still offering a lot of rare collector's vinyl in the store and i believe also on ebay.
Another major one who's been selling very rare stuff online is the in Portland/Oregon-located store of Craig Moerer.
With that being said, i think that if you combine your sales with on & offline-shopping, your shop might survive a little longer.

[windjammer]

I actually think that you`re all to negative when it comes to cds being
reissued.In July and August their is around 36 funk and soul cds
coming out in Japan for around $13-$14 each.That can`t be to bad
can it.

Here`s some example:
1.Atlantic Starr -- Brilliance (Japanese pressing) Around July 23
2.Atlantic Starr -- Straight To The Point . . . CD Mid-August, 2008
3.Bar Kays -- Propositions . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
4.Bell & James -- Bell & James . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
5.Cameo -- Alligator Woman . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
6.Central Line -- Central Line . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
7.Con Funk Shun -- Candy . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
8.Con Funk Shun -- Loveshine . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
9.Con Funk Shun -- Secrets (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
10.Con Funk Shun -- Touch . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
11.Junior -- Ji . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
12.Klique -- It's Winning Time . . . CD Around July 23
13.Klique -- Let's Wear It Out! . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
14.Kool & The Gang -- Celebrate . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
15.LTD -- Love Magic . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
16. Alton McClain & Destiny -- It Must Be Love . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
17.Stephanie Mills -- Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'? . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
18.Alicia Myers -- Alicia . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
19.One Way -- One Way Featuring Al Hudson . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
20.Rufus & Chaka -- Masterjam (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
21.Yarbrough & Peoples -- Two Of Us . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
22."Lovesmith" `81

[boogyjuice]

Originally Posted by windjammer

I actually think that you`re all to negative when it comes to cds being
reissued.In July and August their is around 36 funk and soul cds
coming out in Japan for around $13-$14 each.That can`t be to bad
can it.

Here`s some example:
1.Atlantic Starr -- Brilliance (Japanese pressing) Around July 23
2.Atlantic Starr -- Straight To The Point . . . CD Mid-August, 2008
3.Bar Kays -- Propositions . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
4.Bell & James -- Bell & James . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
5.Cameo -- Alligator Woman . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
6.Central Line -- Central Line . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
7.Con Funk Shun -- Candy . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
8.Con Funk Shun -- Loveshine . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
9.Con Funk Shun -- Secrets (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
10.Con Funk Shun -- Touch . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
11.Junior -- Ji . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
12.Klique -- It's Winning Time . . . CD Around July 23
13.Klique -- Let's Wear It Out! . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
14.Kool & The Gang -- Celebrate . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
15.LTD -- Love Magic . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
16. Alton McClain & Destiny -- It Must Be Love . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
17.Stephanie Mills -- Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'? . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
18.Alicia Myers -- Alicia . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
19.One Way -- One Way Featuring Al Hudson . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
20.Rufus & Chaka -- Masterjam (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
21.Yarbrough & Peoples -- Two Of Us . . . CD Around July 23, 2008
22."Lovesmith" `81

Yeah, i've catched a glimpse of that awesome amount of rewinds earlier this day online
There's also & already the One Way-album "Pull Fancy Dancer" out on a Japanese pressing.
Cameo's "Knights of the Soundtable" and Gwen Guthrie's album "Just for You" can be added to those hot reissues as well,
and there might be more to come.

It's been a long time since Japan has released this much releases at one time, and i'm actually more
than thrilled of what has been reissued these last few years, whether it's from the official masters or not.

Some official reissues that pop to mind :

- Leroy Hutson - Paradise (1982)
- Ronn Matlock - Love City (1979)
- Teena Marie - Wild and Peaceful (1979)

I'm not shure if Wounded Bird Records has access to the official masters,
but i read & hear good reviews about the sound-quality though.
Some selections from them are various albums from :

- Richard "Dimples" Fields
- Patrice Rushen
- Sisters Sledge
- Lenny White & Twennynine

And Roger Troutman's second album, "The Saga Continues" from 1984 has also been reissued by Wounded Bird.

You should check the links which i posted earlier.
There hasn't been exactly a decline in the reissue-market lately.
My still-to-purchase list is growing and growing, lol.

[FranceJoliFan]

Originally Posted by windjammer

4.Bell & James -- Bell & James . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
17.Stephanie Mills -- Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'? . . . CD Around August 20, 2008
20.Rufus & Chaka -- Masterjam (Japanese pressing) . . . CD Around August

These three are must haves.

Thanks for posting the list.

[Jackson9]

i have pre-ordered the Stephanie Mills and Gwen Guthrie CD's.. first time on CD for both..

i wish they would put out a proper CD issue of Betty Wright's Travelin' In The Wright Circle.. a classic album IMO and a favourite of mine. it did come out as a two-fer but they omitted the final song and edited down several others to fit it all on the disc! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[SandraDee]

'Sincerely' by The Emotions & 'Everything Is Everything' by Diana Ross have recently been released on CD for the first time. Some really surprising stuff still turns up on CD, so we should never abandon hope - without hope what is there in life?

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by SandraDee

'Sincerely' by The Emotions & 'Everything Is Everything' by Diana Ross have recently been released on CD for the first time. Some really surprising stuff still turns up on CD, so we should never abandon hope - without hope what is there in life?

Everything Is Everything having one of my favorite early solo Diana tracks.."I'm Still Waiting"
Plus it has 7 bonus tracks including a remix of I'm still waiting
someone catch me before I faint............

[boogyjuice]

Originally Posted by SandraDee

'Sincerely' by The Emotions

I was in awe when i saw that re-issue pop online. Excellent job by Expansion Records in the UK.
They've done also a great series of 4 albums by the late Webster Lewis.
Yeah, the re-issue market is on a good roll imo.
Been playing the vinyl press of that fine Emotions-album many times in the past.

And cool artwork which the Red-Label did in the 80's :

[Westwood]

Day did you get a free Everything Is Everything sticker with an alternative shot with your order like I did?
HipOSelect is churning out some real jems, too bad that the Motown Bulletin Board is dead, it was THE place to be for Motown, I love Motown :))

[rhessel]

Hi:

- The complete Costandinos work;
- Ritchie Family;
- Phylicia Allen.

Cheers.

[Dayna]

Originally Posted by Westwood

Day did you get a free Everything Is Everything sticker with an alternative shot with your order like I did?
HipOSelect is churning out some real jems, too bad that the Motown Bulletin Board is dead, it was THE place to be for Motown, I love Motown :))

NO...I had a copy of the Cd sent to me with a photo I wanted signed by Diana..I want a sticker..waaaaaaaaa..
I'm lucky in that I get quite a few free Cd's in the form of promotional packages that artists send me..Kind of so I can get a first listen and promote it by word of mouth or take to local clubs,wanting me to get them gigs because they assume I'm still booking full time,which I still do on occasion...Some are from artists I have never even heard of and they suck but some are delicious and very accomplished and achieved artists..
this is the photo and also 2 of my latest Diana one of a kind dolls that I repaint,redress and recut and style their hair...Plus Marky's favorite Ross album cover in a frame..
click the photo's they will enlarge..

ross3433.jpg

repaints.jpg

[dancer5612004]

MIDNIGHT RHYTHM with "Workin & Slavin (I Need Love)."

[Westwood]

Originally Posted by Dayna

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