LOVE AND KISSES - ALEC R COSTANDINOS on Cd UNIDISC RECORDS

[ruoffended]

Got very lucky , i just receive this cd that was on auction on ebay , got it for 13. US DOLLARD , the sound is fantastic it was release by UNIDISC RECORDS in 1988 and contains 3 lps from Mr. COSTANDINOS , this is the track listing ;

1. Romeo and juliet (act 1 and 2) - ALEC COSTANDINOS AND THE SYNCOPHONIC ORCHESTRA 15.27
2. Romeo and juliet (act 3 , 4 and 5) - ALEC COSTANDINOS AND THE SYNCOPHONIC ORCHESTRA 16.41
3. I've found love (now that i found you) - LOVE AND KISSES 16.04
4. How much , how much i love you - LOVE AND KISSES 16.18
5. Accidental lover - LOVE AND KISSES 9.58

This is a pure treasure , i wonder what else did they have release back then.....RU

[ruoffended]

I forgot to say that they had made a huge mistake, is family name is misprint on the cover and also inside liner notes, they had wrote Alec Constandinos, wich is obviously not .....funny and stange......RU

[markydefad]

Doesn't that just creep you out when a record company can't spell the name of their artist correctly?????

I swear there are mispellings of artist's names on that Gregg Diamond "Disco-Tech" compilation, also.

It just makes ya wonder "Who ARE these idiots that can't even take the time to check the spelling of the names of the folks they are trying to sell to the public"?

I AM a stickler for spelling, I guess--NOT that I don't have my typos--BUT if I see them I make an attempt to EDIT them. I guess it's the "school marm" in me. But, it just seems to me that if you're taking the time to type the damn thing--at least make sure you're communicating your info and presenting it in the best possible light.

OK, enough. I'm sure I made 20 typos in this little message/rant.

[Graham_Start]

On 2002-05-28 17:18, ruoffended wrote:
Got very lucky , i just receive this cd that was on auction on ebay , got it for 13. US DOLLARD , the sound is fantastic

WHAT? I've heard this CD, and it was clearly mastered from a bunch of old cassettes... the original LPs sound waaaay better.

it was release by UNIDISC RECORDS in 1988 and contains 3 lps from Mr. COSTANDINOS ,

Actually, despite what the cover says, it contains 1 LP, and excerpts from two others. "Accidental Lover" is over 17 minutes long in full form (minus a couple on the US version because they took out the spoken word intro). It also doesn't have anything from side 2 from "How Much, How Much I Love You".

This is a pure treasure , i wonder what else did they have release back then.....RU

A mountain of compilations aside, pretty much the same stuff they've got out today; although I did find their reissue of Andrea True Connection's "More More More". They claim it has two full-length LPs on it, but it only has about half of "White Witch" (which is dreadful anyway) -- however it does have an extended version of "It's All Up To You" that was, to the best of my knowledge, previously unreleased.

But I will say this: you didn't overpay for it. Previously this CD has gone for over $100 on eBay, which is a terrible amout to pay for such a badly botched compilation. And despite my issues with it, it's still sonically better than the Gregg Diamond Discotech CD.

[Jeff H]

Oh, I just knew this post would set Graham off again...!

Which reminds me that I have to pull out my copy of the CoNstandinos CD in question and give it a listen. (I'm almost embarrassed to confess that I never heard anything wrong with it when I played it previously... )

[ruoffended]

Graham , i know the album is not complete , but at least i got that , i was looking for quite a while to get something from ALEC , after giving it a listen on both sound system in my house plus also the one in my volvo , it sounds excellent to me ,but again i dont have a turntable ,i have to go see my friends for that, im happy with it , while im waiting to get those reissued if ever one day......thanx for the other infos ....Ru

[ruoffended]

forgot to say ,ive tried to make myself an other cd copy , neither of the 5 tracks was printing , i was not able , this is the first time thats happening to me , from all the albums i have so far ,it never happened , and the disc is in 100% shape no marks or whatever , anybody knows why ??? i always make another copy of everything i buy to keep my originals safe...anyway .....Ru

[ol'skinflint]

Originally Posted by Graham_Start

WHAT? I've heard this CD, and it was clearly mastered from a bunch of old cassettes... the original LPs sound waaaay better.


Actually, despite what the cover says, it contains 1 LP, and excerpts from two others. "Accidental Lover" is over 17 minutes long in full form (minus a couple on the US version because they took out the spoken word intro). It also doesn't have anything from side 2 from "How Much, How Much I Love You".


A mountain of compilations aside, pretty much the same stuff they've got out today; although I did find their reissue of Andrea True Connection's "More More More". They claim it has two full-length LPs on it, but it only has about half of "White Witch" (which is dreadful anyway) -- however it does have an extended version of "It's All Up To You" that was, to the best of my knowledge, previously unreleased.

But I will say this: you didn't overpay for it. Previously this CD has gone for over $100 on eBay, which is a terrible amout to pay for such a badly botched compilation. And despite my issues with it, it's still sonically better than the Gregg Diamond Discotech CD.

I've heard the Costandinos CD and found nothing wrong with the sound. In fact it was crystal clear. I even heard a BANJO on "How Much I Love You", but the packaging is cheap looking and disappointing.