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  1. JamesSavik
    We had a terrible tornado that ran through Mississippi two weeks ago Friday. Many talk babblers have attributed this to climate change. It's not. The South and Mid-West are prone to seasonal tornado outbreaks. It seems worse because our population is denser. Tornadoes that used to blow down trees out in the country are more apt to hit something now.
    The Rolling Fork tornado isn't even the worst tornado in our state's history. In 1966, an EF-5 destroyed a large swath of South Jackson, killed three scores of people and went as far as Alabama. That's NOT climate change. It's seasonal weather for our region.
     
    Candlestick Park Tornado Outbreak, 1966
     
    If you are thinking holy shit, how do you live with that, think it through. Every part of our planet is prone to some sort of some natural calamity. Sure, the really horrific ones like asteroid impacts and tsunamis are extremely rare, but they can happen. The West Coast has earthquakes, wildfires and sleeping supervolcanos. The East Coast has ancient earthquake faults that quiver sporadically and if the Cumbre Vieja Volcano were to blow, everyone from Florida to Maine might surf to the Midwest.
    Life is not a safe condition. Live it well. It can end instantly with no warning.
    Is that a tornado siren? DOH!
     

  2. JamesSavik

    Real Life (is being a bitch)

    By JamesSavik,


    writing
    My Mom is in hospice care. I'm glad someone else is doing it because I just couldn't.
    I'm going to lose her, but in truth, she's already gone.
    I keep going to her bedside and reading to her. She smiles. I know she hears me.
    It won't be long now. She has Dysphagia, an inability to swallow, and is losing weight rapidly.
    If I vanish for a while, I have much to do.
     
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    As of this writing, the Agricultural Colonies of Evergreen, New Turin, Ukrainia, Silesia, Moskava, and Luzon have filed an official Article 100 request for representation in the Alliance Senate. Who do they think they are?
    They are six worlds with populations exceeding five hundred million, with self-sufficient local economies and industry, and the infrastructure required by Alliance law of a Class 1 world. Furthermore, those worlds are the Alliance's breadbasket, feeding billions in the core worlds and beyond. The growth of those worlds is nothing short of explosive. Evergreen alone, despite its uniquely dangerous ecology, will pass one billion citizens before the end of the fiscal year.
    Who do these colonials think they are? They are the pioneers and their decedents who took these empty worlds and built them from the ground up. They are geneticists who genegeneered the crops that feed billions. They are the farmers and ranchers who feed billions. Their accomplishments, energy, enterprise and vitality are nothing short of astonishing.
    Then why are they not represented in the Alliance Senate? That is a very dangerous question because the answer isn't what you've been told. No. They aren't immature societies. No. They aren't economically dependent on the core-worlds. No. Their beliefs may be old-fashioned, but they are by no means heretical. No. They are not inhabited completely by ignorant, bare-foot hicks. No. They aren't a threat to muh democracy.
    To answer the question of who do they think they are, they believe that they are part of a grand democratic institution called the Interstellar Alliance. They believe they are a part of the brotherhood of mankind. They are mistaken.
    For many years, the grand experiment in interstellar democracy called the Interstellar Alliance has been quietly becoming a Corpocracy. The sad truth is that the reason those worlds don't already have their own Senators is that no megacorp owns or controls those worlds. Were they to have senate delegations, this would dilute the solid block of votes of Core World own in the senate that allow that body to do anything its corporate masters want.
    If you want to know who truly threatens our democracy, you need only look towards the Core, the Corporations that have their seats on those worlds and the senators that they own. There's an old joke about senators should have to wear the patches of their corporate sponsors. Senator Harrison of Earth might as well have DESERD tattooed on his face. Bronson of Centauri B, should wear the logo of MilTech. It goes on and on. Regardless of party, philosophy or leaning, they are representing their corporate sponsors first, and the people last.
    When you hear the corporate shills denounce the colonial bumpkins, ask them to be sure they aren't speaking with their mouths full. The Colonials feed the core worlds, and that provides powerful leverage. All they need to do is stop shipments of their agricultural goods for a week, and the Core is in trouble. In two weeks, food inflation would be out of control. In a month, there would be food riots.
    This is a dangerous schism. Neither side can opt out. No one relinquishes power gladly or gracefully. The Alliance is headed for yet another crossroads. Will it live up to its own laws and seat a dozen new Colonial senators, or will it continue to find excuses to retain the whip hand?
    This issue isn't going away, and it needs to be settled soon.  Much depends on this vote. These colonies aren't the only colonies that are watching. Will they too be disenfranchised from the highest levels of power when it is supposed to be their turn? What good is an Alliance that won't even follow its own rules?
    This, ladies and gentlemen, is the rub. Do we live by the rules set down by law, or continue to move the goalposts in favor of the powerful?
    Be careful how you answer because we're all going to have to live with the results.
     

     
  5. JamesSavik
    "Darling, you must know at least half our guests will be spies."
    "Theonia, it's rude to call them spies on this planet. Thracians call them the press."
    Her Slavic smile always won any arguments, "Sorry Senator Harry. You shouldn't have married a daughter of New Moskava."
    The couple's twins arrived from the stairs that went up to the residence. Senator Harry Hanson looked up and motioned for them to come down, and they reluctantly approached. Bryan and Ryan, who were at 16 a pair of the youngest of the Gemini Soldiers liberated during the Corporate War, were not thrilled to be here. There were many more interesting things for teens to do during the week-long celebration of the end of the Rim War than a stuffy old press conference.
    Theonia and Harry were filled with a huge swell of pride in the boys.
    Harry said, "Thanks for being good sports about this. I know you hate this kind of thing. How is your buddy Jeff?"
    Bryan said, "It's important, but I hope we can get back to the Ski Lodge soon."
    "Jeff is pretty nervous. He wants to get back, too," Ryan shrugged, "You would think he had never been on a holovid before."
    Theonia said, "Some people don't like having their pictures all over the galaxy. Do we know who the interviewer will be?"
    Harry said, "Jessica Sang, Landing City Times."
    "Ohhh... an actual serious journalist," Ryan cracked.
    Bryan smacked his brother and said, "At least our pictures won't end up on the teen boards like last time."
    Harry's personal assistant chimed and said, "The News conference will be ready in the Mesa Room in fifteen minutes."
    "Call your friend. We need to start now."
    The two teens quickly disappeared back up the stairs.
     
     
     
  6. JamesSavik
    Every Thanksgiving week for many years, I've prepared a Lasagna on Monday.
    The reason for this is quite logical. I love it, and have been making it for years. In a week dominated by cooking a turkey, how did lasagna become involved?
    To answer that question, we must travel back in time to a golden age: the late eighties. The family gets together, we have a turkey feast and football. So, before traveling to my parents, I made a lasagna. It's one of my best recipes and it always turns out good.
    My mother and her sisters, who had the kitchen in a state of disaster, were DELIGHTED at the appearance of the unanticipated lasagna. They put it in the oven and were no longer distracted by having to make lunch or dinner on that crucial Tuesday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week.
    This became my Thanksgiving tradition. I always make a lasagna on Monday and it's always a hit. The turkey and all the trimmings are for Thursday. However, smelling all of that cooking makes you hungry. Having lasagna on hand makes the whole thing work.
    So... happy Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy a square of lasagna! Think of it as an appetizer.
     
     
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    Cats Grieve

    By JamesSavik,


    cats
    You have to know them to understand, but they do.
    When they are missing someone, they look for them, call for them, and wait for them in their usual places.
    After a while, somehow they know their person isn't coming back, and it's heartbreaking to watch.
     
     
     
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    Something you don't know about me.

    By JamesSavik,


    caregiving, loss
    In 2017, my elderly mother fell and broke her hip. She was ninety at the time. I became a full-time caregiver.
    Her hip was fixed by surgery, but she needed time to recover and physical therapy to allow her to stand and walk with a walker. It took some time to get her there, but she was able to dress and take care of herself. I had to fix meals, do all the household chores.
    This has been a long, hard grind. Rather than getting better, it was a long, slow decline.
    In February, Mom had another fall. She fractured the bone of her hip socket. This is better by far than breaking a bone, but in come ways, it was worse. She went to a rehab place after her hospital stay, and that was a big mistake. She couldn't do anything on that hip for six weeks as it healed. So, she went to a rehab that was unable to do any rehab.
    I paid for two extra months, and she came home May 1st with home physical therapy. In July, she started getting weaker and weaker. I was alarmed and took her to the doctor, and they said she was as well as she could be for a 96-year-old.
    Last week she had a fever and I took her to the ER. She had a bad infection and was in the hospital until Friday, when she was discharged to an "elder care facility".
    I don't think she'll be coming home. I feel like a failure, but I know I've done my best for her.
    She is my last blood relative.
    If you live long enough, you may find yourself alone, simply because you've outlived them.
     
     
  10. JamesSavik
    Continuity of Government (COG)

    First really became a serious concern in the fifties at the height of the Cold War, when everyone with a chemistry set was playing with weapons of mass destruction. This made a whole generation of officers, who made their spurs after the surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor, extremely worried.

    COG (Continuity of Government) are the contingencies, plans, and facilities to continue government activities and operations after a major attack or large-scale natural disaster. Considerable efforts were made over the years of the Cold War to ensure the continuity of government. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created by an executive order during the Carter administration. It eventually grew to the point of being cabinet-level. Numerous facilities are scattered all over the country in out-of-the-way places. Each agency is responsible for creating and maintaining its Continuity of Operations Plan (COO).

    There was a happy decade after the fall of the Soviet Union when COG was just a paranoid Cold War era nightmare. Many facilities were shut down or mothballed. Funding was slashed.

    It took the 9/11 attacks to move COG forward with new funding and legislation. The Department of Homeland Security was established, and the Patriot Act was passed.

    The United States COG plan is robust, established, and well-funded.

    Any foreign or domestic enemy who wished to settle accounts with the United States or topple its government altogether must understand that it will take a titanic effort. The United States is dug-in deep in facilities built to withstand nukes. The citizens may be dead in the hundreds of millions, but by God, the IRS will survive to tax the cockroaches.
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    It's not aliens, we're already here.

    By JamesSavik,


    mad ramblings
    Aliens are not invading.
    Why would a civilization who can cross light-years invade us with weather balloons?
    Now, we Vampyre, we've been here all along.
    Hollywood never did get us right, despite all the hints we dropped. Bela Legosi? Humph! Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt were better, but they've never done us justice.
    We were stranded on Earth, oh about sixty thousand of your human years ago. If that date rings a bell, that was when Neanderthals went into a steep decline and modern man became dominant. No need to than us. Neanderthal was... pretty useless. One sniff of a female and they lost their minds. Don't be conceited, some of you modern men have the same problem.
    Vampyre are just like anyone else. Some are good, some are bad, some are apathetic, and some are mad as hatters.
    One lie from Hollywood we really resent is that we drink blood. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is, we do need something from you, but it's hard to explain. We need what you humans might call life energy. We drain a little, you get sleepy, and it's been restored when you wake. No need for murder and the associated mess.
    Yes. We can take too much, but only the mad ones do that. When the Council discovers a rogue, they are dealt with and will never be a problem for humans or Vampyre again.
    Damn. I've said too much. Don't worry. You won't remember a thing when you wake...
     

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    Super Bowl Salsa

    By JamesSavik,


    recipes, southern
    OK. I'm going to provide you one of my secret recipes. Don't spread it around. This salsa makes others look sad. It's not blazing hot, but it is delicious!
    Needed:
    Food Processor
    Dried chili peppers: 1 each Ancho, Pasilla and Mulato (Chosen to be mild, if you want hotter salsa, pick hotter peppers)
    5 large tomatillos
    1 Jalapeno pepper, cored without seeds
    3 cloves garlic
    1 medium-sized white onion
    1 teaspoon salt
     
    Instructions:
    1 - with the dried Ancho, Pasilla and Mulato peppers, remove the stems and seeds, and boil for twenty minutes in a pint of water.
    2 - once boiled, put the now hydrated peppers into your food processor with 1/2 cup of the water they were boiled in
    3 - run food processor and make sure the peppers are well shredded, set aside
    4 - heat oven to 450 (232.2 C)
    5 - cover a cookie sheet with foil
    6 - cut tomatillos in half and put on foil, cut side down. Also place Jalapeno and garlic on foil
    7 - roast tomatillos, pepper and garlic in the oven for 15 minutes
    8 - quarter the onion and place in the food processor
    9 - Add 2 tablespoons of the Ancho, Pasilla and Mulato mix to the food processor, save the rest.
    10- Add salt, roasted tomatillos, garlic, Jalapenos, and drippings from the cookie sheet to the food processor.
    11- Run the food processor, and you're done.
     
    This recipe has a citrus, smoky flavor with modest heat. If you want more heat, pick hotter peppers, like Serranos or hot Jalapenos. This recipe works well at a Super Bowl party where not everyone wants a fiery salsa.
    The additional pepper mixture that I haven't used will be in my next batch of chili.
     

  13. JamesSavik
    Jeff Beck died Jan. 10th. I can't describe how good he was as a guitarist. He was enormously talented, played for the Yardbirds and, practically, everybody else in rock. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice - once was a Yardbird and again as a solo artist.
    Jeff Beck Dies Suddenly of Meningitis (ABC)
    Here's one of my favorites.
    If you have a streaming service, do yourself a favor and look for some of his work. I suggest the albums Blow by Blow, Wired or There and Back. His work transcended genres spanning rock, blues and, jazz. He was a great influence on music and was known to often work with promising young artists.
    I'm going to miss him.
     


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    Are we in for a Volcanic Winter?

    By JamesSavik,


    Interesting stuff
    The Hunga-Tonga Eruption may have had something to do with the severity of this winter.   This eruption occurred slightly less than a year ago (2022 Jan 15) and was classified as a five on the Volcanic Explosivity Index(VEI). Some may even argue it was as much as a six. In the case of this volcanic eruption, satellites recorded the entire thing and showed the explosive plume reaching the mesosphere.   There have been many incidents of volcanic cooling in our history. The massive eruption of Mount Tambora in present-day Indonesia caused the Year Without a Summer in 1816. Many Volcanic Winters have been discovered by carefully examining historical records and ice cores from the arctic.   There are two schools of thought on the actual mechanism that creates this condition: a) the volume of material and b)the height at which the material is when it is blasted into the atmosphere. Once this gas and dust get in the jet stream, it is distributed worldwide.    
  15. JamesSavik
    Paramount has done such a fine job with Star Trek, turning it over to the 10,000 Woke Monkey's Typing script shop, Gene Roddenberry wouldn't even recognize it and would be horribly embarrassed by it.
    Star Trek offered an optimistic, idealistic post-scarcity vision of the future. It offered insights into technology that inspired its child viewers to grow up, become engineers and invent the tech. What the hell were they thinking? They took something inspiring and wonderful, then shit all over it.
    As someone who actually tries when I write, I am enraged by low-energy efforts that will be published or produced anyway. Especially on established franchises with significant cultural importance and impact. There is fan-fiction better written and more thoughtful than the video diarrhea Paramount has excreted in its latest round of ABJECT FAILURE with this franchise.
    With such a rich heritage, telling a decent story and following cannon should be a labor of love. Instead, it's an F-ing labor to watch in its current state.
    After Pic-tard and Douche-covery, I doubt the whole franchise is worth more than about tree-fiddy max.

    It'll probably be sold out of the trunk of a meth dealer's car.
    God knows what sacrilege the next bunch of Hollywood fuk-wits will get up to with it. My hopes Trek's legacy will be treated with any respect are about ZERO because that optimism and hope is something the WOKE machine cannot tolerate in its serfs. It needs us hopeless and broken to tolerate its future vision.
     
     
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    Technical Difficulties

    By JamesSavik,


    humor
    Speaking as a tekkie, there are times when you have a huge charlie-foxtrot on your hands and there's nothing you can do about it. A tiny little resistor, capacitor or transistor decided to commit suicide and takes your system with him. It's totally NOT your fault, but you are the TEKKIE on the spot and take the heat for it anyway.
    Having been there and done that, I suggest 1) have a thick skin and 2) a sense of humor.
    Murphy will visit you. It's going to take you x amount of time to figure out what's wrong and fix it. Depending on how fast you can perform that x will make you anything from a Tekkie Super-hero to that guy running from an angry mob with torches.
    Laugh about it. Take the joke. There's nothing for it but to embrace the suck.
    You really win when you can make your victims... opps, I mean customers laugh, you might survive.
    This guy's Technical Difficulties screensaver is the right idea.

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    Shrimp & Wild Rice Cassarole

    By JamesSavik,


    recipe
    All this can be found at any Walmart. You'll need:
    2 X boxes of Uncle Ben's Original Wild Rice
    1 pound of small peeled shrimp
    1 onion diced
    1 bell pepper diced
    1 clove of garlic diced
    1 cup cheese - your choice but I like medium cheddar
     
    Steps
    1 Make the wild rice according to directions.
    2 Dice the onion, bell pepper and garlic
    3 Combine vegetables, wild rice and shrimp in a mixing bowl and stir evenly
    4 Place shrimp and rice mixture in a 9 X 13 casserole pan
    5 Cover the top with cheese
    6 Cover the casserole pan with foil
    7 cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes
    8 remove foil, cook an addition 5 minutes
    9 Let stand for 20 minutes before you serve
    ______________________________________________________________
     
    This is a recipe lost to our family years ago when the aunt who always made it passed away. I've been valiantly trying to reconstruct the recipe, and I think this iteration is probably as close as I will get.
    This is a good recipe to make a day or two before Thanksgiving or Christmas and throw it in the oven before the feast.
     
  18. JamesSavik
    I was new at school and a kid I played sports with invited me over Saturday and said, bring a couple of your favorite albums - the more obscure, the better. We love hearing new stuff.
    HAA! Boy could I ever do obscure. I took Can Future Days, Yes Close to the Edge and ELP Tarkus.
    This wasn't exactly a party. It was just a few dudes with albums showing up with chips and snacks and listening to music.
    It was always cool. We got to hear new stuff. I literally heard Kansas for the first time at one of these get-togethers.
    This isn't something that I've ever seen anyone doing since. Something cool has been lost.
    This is a custom I would love to see make a comeback.
    Just a reminder to some authors of some things we did for fun back in the day.
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    Jeb Stuart

    By JamesSavik,


    cats
    Meet my pal, Jeb Stuart. We met one-day last spring and I knew we were going to be pals from the start. He was a young Tom riding on the back of a terrified medium-sized dog. I fed Jeb and eventually tamed him enough to adopt him.   Why Jeb Stuart? We live in Mississippi, he's gray and obviously a cavalry man.
  20. JamesSavik

    My Music Collection, Part 2

    By JamesSavik,


    progressive rock
    I've been working on it and have my collection sorted by group and release year (when known). It includes all CDs and vinyl. There is more to add but I'll be parsimonious about adding it as it is stuff I might unload on e-bay. Yes- I do have doubles of various things I might have on the trading block.
    ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    3 Doors Down The Better Life Republic Records, Universal CD, Album, PMD   2000 3 Doors Down Away From The Sun Republic Records, Universal Records CD, Album   2002 A Flock Of Seagulls The Best Of A Flock Of Seagulls Jive CD, Comp   1991 ABBA Gold (Greatest Hits) Polar CD, Comp, RE, RM   2008 AC/DC Highway To Hell Columbia CD, Album, RE, RM, Dig   0 AC/DC Back In Black Columbia, Albert Productions CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM, Dig   0 AC/DC For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) Epic, Albert Productions, Epic, Albert Productions, Epic, Albert Productions CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM, Dig   2003 Adema Insomniac's Dream Arista CD, EP, Enh   2002 Adema Unstable Arista CD, Album, Enh + DVD, Ltd, Bon   2003 Adema Planets Earache CD, Album   2005 Aerosmith Aerosmith's Greatest Hits Columbia LP, Comp, Pit   1980 Aerosmith Aerosmith's Greatest Hits Columbia CD, Comp, RE   1993 Al Stewart Greatest Hits Rhino Records (2) CD, Comp, RM   2004 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill Maverick, Reprise Records CD, Album   1995 Alice In Chains Greatest Hits Columbia, Columbia CD, Comp   2001 Asia (2) Asia Geffen Records LP, Album, Club   1982 Asia (2) Asia Geffen Records CD, Album   1990 Asia (2) Asia Geffen Records, Geffen Records CD, Album   1990 Asia (2) The Very Best Of Asia: Heat Of The Moment (1982-1990) Geffen Records CD, Comp, RM   2000 Audioslave Audioslave Epic, Epic, Interscope Records, Interscope Records CD, Album   2002 Audioslave Out Of Exile Interscope Records, Epic CD, Album   2005 Basement Jaxx The Singles XL Recordings 2xCD, Comp, S/Edition   2005 Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits Capitol Records CD, Comp, Dig   2005 Billy Idol Greatest Hits Capitol Records, Chrysalis CD, Comp, RM   2001 Billy Joel The Stranger Columbia CD, Album, RE   1998 Billy Joel 52nd Street Columbia CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM   1998 Billy Joel The Hits Columbia, Legacy CD, Comp, RM   2010 Black Sabbath Paranoid Warner Bros. Records CD, Album, RE   0 Black Sabbath Greatest Hits 1970-1978 Rhino Entertainment Company CD, Comp, RM   2006 Black Sabbath Paranoid Warner Records, Rhino Records (2), Warner Records, Rhino Records (2) CD, Album, RE, RM, RP, Dig   2019 Blind Faith (2) Blind Faith RSO CD, Album, RE   1986 Blink-182 Greatest Hits Geffen Records, UMe LP, Blu + LP, Gre + Comp, Ltd, RE   2020 Blondie 10 Great Songs Capitol Records CD, Comp   2009 Blue Öyster Cult Super Hits Columbia, Legacy CD, Comp   1998 Boston Don't Look Back Epic LP, Album, RE   0 Boston Don't Look Back Epic, Legacy CD, Album, RE, RM, Jew   2006 Bright Eyes Digital Ash In A Digital Urn Saddle Creek CD, Album   2005 Bright Eyes Fevers And Mirrors Saddle Creek CD, Album, RP   2006 Bruce Springsteen Born To Run Columbia CD, Album, RE   1990 Butthole Surfers Electriclarryland Capitol Records CD, Album, EMI   1996 Camel Moonmadness Janus Records LP, Album, Gat   1976 Camel Breathless Arista LP, Album, Pit   1978 Camel Mirage Deram, Universal CD, Album, RE, RM   2002 Can Future Days Mute, Spoon Records, Mute, Spoon Records CD, Album, RE, RM   2008 Cheap Trick At Budokan Epic CD, Album, RE, RM   0 Cheap Trick The Greatest Hits Epic CD, Comp, RP   0 Cheap Trick Cheap Trick At Budokan Epic LP, Album, Gat   1979 Cheap Trick Cheap Trick At Budokan Epic LP, Album, Gat   1979 Cheap Trick Authorized Greatest Hits Epic, Legacy CD, Album, Comp   2000 Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head Capitol Records CD, Album, RE, Cin   0 Coldplay Parachutes Parlophone, Nettwerk America CD, Album   2000 Coldplay X&Y Capitol Records CD, Album, Cin   2005 Counting Crows Films About Ghosts (The Best Of Counting Crows) Geffen Records CD, Comp   2004 Cowboy Junkies Platinum & Gold Collection RCA, BMG Heritage CD, Comp   2003 Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits) Fantasy, Fantasy CD, Comp, RE, RM   2007 Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty Chronicle (The 20 Greatest Hits) Fantasy, Fantasy CD, Comp, RE, RM   2007 Crossfade (5) Crossfade Columbia, Columbia, FG Records CD, Album, Enh   2004 Darude Before The Storm Groovilicious CD, Album, RE   2001 Daryl Hall & John Oates The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates RCA, Arista, Legacy 2xCD, Comp   2005 David Bowie ChangesOneBowie RCA Victor, MainMan LP, Comp, RE, Ind   0 David Bowie ChangesTwoBowie RCA LP, Comp   1981 David Bowie Let's Dance EMI America, EMI America LP, Album, Club   1983 David Bowie The Best Of David Bowie 1974 / 1979 Virgin Records America, Inc. CD, Comp, Enh, RM   1998 David Bowie Best Of Bowie Virgin, Virgin CD, Comp, RM   2002 David Bowie David Bowie Parlophone CD, Album, RE, RM   2015 Deep Purple The Very Best Of Deep Purple Rhino Records (2), Warner Archives CD, Comp, RE, RM   0 Deep Purple Deepest Purple : The Very Best Of Deep Purple Warner Bros. Records, Purple Records LP, Comp, Club   1980 Devo Greatest Hits Warner Bros. Records CD, Comp, RE   0 Dire Straits Dire Straits Warner Bros. Records CD, Album, RE   0 Dire Straits Alchemy - Dire Straits Live Warner Bros. Records 2xLP, Album, Club, RE   0 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms Warner Bros. Records LP, Album, Club   1985 Dire Straits Money For Nothing Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records CD, Comp, Club   1988 Dishwalla Pet Your Friends A&M Records CD, Album   1995 Disturbed The Sickness Giant Records, Reprise Records CD, Album   0 Disturbed Believe Reprise Records CD, Album, Enh   2002 Disturbed Believe Reprise Records CD, Album, Enh   2002 Disturbed Ten Thousand Fists Reprise Records CD, Album   2005 Don Henley The Very Best Of Don Henley Geffen Records CD, Comp, RM   2009 Don McLean Classics Curb Records CD, Comp   1992 Dream Theater Octavarium Atlantic CD, Album   2005 Dream Theater Systematic Chaos Roadrunner Records CD, Album   2007 Dream Theater Black Clouds & Silver Linings Roadrunner Records CD, Album   2009 Dream Theater Original Album Series Rhino Records (2), ATCO Records Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Al 2011 Drowning Pool (2) Sinner Wind-Up CD, Album   2001 Eagles Hotel California Asylum Records, Asylum Records CD, Album, Club, RE, BMG   0 Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Asylum Records, Asylum Records CD, Comp, RE   0 Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Asylum Records, Asylum Records CD, Comp, RE   0 Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Asylum Records, Columbia House LP, Album, Comp, Club, RP, Emb   1976 Eagles Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 Asylum Records LP, Comp   1982 Eagles Hell Freezes Over Geffen Records, Eagles Recording Company CD, Album   1994 Eagles Hell Freezes Over Geffen Records, Eagles Recording Company CD, Album   1994 Eagles The Very Best Of Warner Strategic Marketing 2xCD, Comp   2003 Eagles The Very Best Of Warner Strategic Marketing 2xCD, Comp   2003 Eagles The Studio Albums 1972-1979 Asylum Records, Warner Music, Asylum Records, Warner Music CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, 2013 Electric Light Orchestra The Essential Electric Light Orchestra Epic, Legacy CD, Comp   2003 Electric Light Orchestra Playlist: The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra Legacy, Epic CD, Comp, Enh   2011 Elton John Greatest Hits Volume II Polydor CD, Comp, Club, RE   0 Elton John Greatest Hits Polydor CD, Comp, RE   1992 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works - Volume 1 Rhino Records (2) 2xCD, Album, RE, RM   0 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies And Gentlemen Manticore 3xLP, Album, PRC   1974 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus Atlantic LP, Album, RE, Gat   1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery Atlantic LP, Album, RE, Spe   1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery Atlantic LP, Album, RE, Spe   1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy Atlantic, Atlantic LP, Album, RE,  RI   1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works (Volume 2) Atlantic, WEA LP, Album   1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson Lake & Palmer Cotillion LP, Album, RE, Qua   1977 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Love Beach Atlantic LP, Album   1978 Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Best Of Emerson Lake & Palmer Atlantic LP, Comp   1980 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery Atlantic CD, Album, RE   1987 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy Atlantic CD, Album, RE   1993 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Welcome Back, My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen Victory (10), Victory (10) 2xCD, Album, RE, RM   1993 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson Lake & Palmer Shout! Factory CD, Album, RE, RM   2007 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus Shout! Factory CD, Album, RE, RM   2007 Eric Clapton The Cream Of Clapton Polydor, Chronicles CD, Comp, RE, RM, UML   0 Eric Clapton Just One Night RSO 2xLP, Album, 72    1980 Eric Clapton Time Pieces - The Best Of Eric Clapton RSO LP, Comp, Club, RE   1984 Eric Clapton The Best Of Eric Clapton Polydor, Chronicles CD, Comp, RM   2004 Eric Clapton Complete Clapton Reprise Records 2xCD, Comp   2007 Evanescence The Open Door Wind-Up, Sony BMG Music Entertainment CD, Album, Dig   2006 Everclear Sparkle And Fade Capitol Records, Tim/Kerr Records CD, Album   1995 Everclear Ten Years Gone ★ The Best Of Everclear ★ 1994-2004 Capitol Records CD, Comp   2004 Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits Warner Bros. Records CD, Comp   1988 Flogging Molly Swagger SideOneDummy Records CD, Album   2000 Foghat The Best Of Foghat Volume 2 Rhino Records (2) CD, Comp   1992 Foreigner Foreigner Atlantic LP, Album, RE, MO    1977 Garbage Garbage Almo Sounds CD, Album   1995 Garbage Version 2.0 Almo Sounds CD, Album   1998 Garbage Bleed Like Me Warner Bros. Records CD, Album   2005 George Thorogood 10 Great Songs Capitol Records CD, Comp   2009 George Thorogood 10 Great Songs Capitol Records CD, Comp   2009 Gerry Rafferty City To City Parlophone CD, Album, RE   0 Gerry Rafferty City To City United Artists Records LP, Album   1978 Gerry Rafferty Right Down The Line - The Best Of Gerry Rafferty EMI USA CD, Comp, Club   1989 Glenn Frey No Fun Aloud Elektra CD, Album, RE   1994 Glenn Frey Solo Collection MCA Records CD, Comp   1995 Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles Warner Bros. Records CD, Comp   2007 Good Charlotte The Young And The Hopeless Epic, Daylight CD, Album, Enh   2002 Good Charlotte Good Charlotte Epic, Daylight, Epic CD, Album, RE   2003 Good Charlotte The Chronicles Of Life And Death Epic, Daylight CD, Album, Lif   2004 Gordon Lightfoot An Introduction To Gordon Lightfoot Rhino Records (2) CD, Comp   2018 Green Day Dookie Reprise Records CD, Album, SRC   1994 Green Day International Superhits! Reprise Records CD, Comp   2001 Green Day American Idiot Reprise Records, Reprise Records CD, Album   2004 Green Day American Idiot Reprise Records CD, Album, Cle   2012 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction Geffen Records, Geffen Records, Uzi Suicide, Uzi Suicide CD, Album, RP, Son   1990 Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits Geffen Records CD, Comp, Dig   2004 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction Geffen Records CD, Album, RE   2013 Hank Williams 20 Of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits Mercury CD, Comp   1997 Harry Chapin Greatest Stories - Live Elektra 2xLP, RE, AR    1976 Hawks (2) Hawks Columbia LP, Album, Pit   1981 Heart Greatest Hits / Live Epic CD, Comp, RE   1989 Hoobastank Hoobastank Island Records CD, Album   2001 Huey Lewis & The News Time Flies... The Best Of Huey Lewis & The News Elektra CD, Comp   1996 INXS The Best Of INXS Rhino Records (2), Atlantic CD, Comp, RM   2002 Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Rhino Records (2) CD, Album, Dlx, RE, RM   1995 Jackson Browne The Pretender Asylum Records LP, Album, RE, PRC   1977 Jackson Browne The Next Voice You Hear - The Best Of Jackson Browne Elektra CD, Comp   1997 Jane's Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual Warner Bros. Records CD, Album   1990 Janis Joplin Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Columbia, Legacy, Columbia, Legacy CD, Comp, RE, RM   1999 Janis Joplin Super Hits Sony BMG Music Entertainment CD, Comp, RE   2007 Jeff Beck Blow By Blow Epic CD, Album, RE   0 Jeff Beck Wired Epic CD, Album, RE, RP   0 Jeff Beck There And Back Epic CD, Album, RE   0 Jeff Beck Blow By Blow Epic LP, Album, San   1975 Jeff Beck Wired Epic LP, Album, RE, Pit   1979 Jeff Beck There & Back Epic LP, Album, Pit   1980 Jeff Beck & The Yardbirds The Yardbird Years Fuel 2000, Varèse Sarabande CD, Comp, RM   2002 Jeff Beck Group Jeff Beck Group Epic LP, Album, Ter   1972 Jeff Beck Group Beck-Ola Epic CD, Album, RE   2000 Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live Epic LP, Album, RE   0 Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live Epic LP, Album, RE   0 Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live Epic CD, Album, RE, RM   1991 Jeff Wayne Highlights From Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds Columbia CD, Album   0 Jefferson Airplane The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane RCA Victor, His Master's Voice, RCA LP, Comp, RE, Hau   0 Jefferson Airplane The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane RCA, Legacy CD, Comp, RE, RM   2006 Jethro Tull Living In The Past Chrysalis, Chrysalis CD, Comp, RE   0 Jethro Tull M.U. - The Best Of Jethro Tull Chrysalis LP, Comp   1975 Jethro Tull Original Masters Chrysalis LP, Comp   1985 Jim Croce Grandes Exitos K-Tel, Edigsa LP, Comp   1981 Jim Croce Bad, Bad Leroy Brown & Other Favorites CEMA Special Markets CD, Comp   1994 Jimmy Buffett Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes MCA Records CD, Album, RE   0 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Greatest Hits Legacy, Blackheart Records, Sony Music CD, Album, Comp, RE   2019 Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien Epic CD, Album, RE, RM   0 John Cougar Mellencamp Scarecrow Mercury, Island Records CD, Album, RE, RM, RP   0 John Cougar Mellencamp American Fool Mercury, Island Records CD, Album, RE, RM   2005 John Fogerty Centerfield DreamWorks Records HDCD, Album, RE, RM   2001 John Lennon The John Lennon Collection Geffen Records LP, Comp   1982 Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around American Recordings, Lost Highway CD, Album   2002 Johnny Cash The Essential Johnny Cash Columbia, Legacy 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM   2002 Jon Anderson Song Of Seven Atlantic LP, Album   1980 Kansas (2) Leftoverture Kirshner, Kirshner LP, Album, RE, Bar   0 Kansas (2) Point Of Know Return Kirshner, Kirshner LP, Album, Ter   1977 Kansas (2) The Best Of Kansas CBS Associated Records LP, Comp, Clu   1984 Kansas (2) The Best Of Kansas Kirshner CD, Comp   1984 Kansas (2) Kansas Epic Associated, Legacy 2xCD, Comp, RM   1994 Kansas (2) Leftoverture Epic, Legacy CD, Album, RE, RM   2001 Kansas (2) Point Of Know Return Epic, Legacy, Kirshner CD, Album, RE, RM   2002 King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King - An Observation By King Crimson Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric CD, Album, RE, RM + DVD-V, Mono, Multichannel, NTS 2009 Korn See You On The Other Side Virgin CD, Album   2005 Kris Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil And I Monument, CBS Special Products CD, Album, RE   1988 Led Zeppelin Untitled Atlantic, Atlantic CD, Album, RE, SRC   0 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Atlantic LP, Album, Gat   1969 Led Zeppelin Early Days & Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin Volumes One And Two Atlantic, Atlantic, Atlantic 2xCD, Comp, Enh   2002 Lifehouse Lifehouse Geffen Records CD, Album, Enh, UML   2005 Lifehouse Who We Are Geffen Records CD, Album   2007 Limp Bizkit Greatest Hitz Geffen Records CD, Comp   2005 Link Wray Rumble! The Best Of Link Wray Rhino Records (2) CD, Comp, RM   1993 Little Feat The Best Of Rhino Records (2) CD, Comp   2006 Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side - The Best Of Lou Reed RCA LP, Comp, RE   1980 Lynyrd Skynyrd Gold & Platinum MCA Records 2xLP, Comp, RE, Gat   1980 Lynyrd Skynyrd Extended Versions: The Encore Collection BMG Special Products CD, Comp   1998 Lynyrd Skynyrd The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd MCA Records CD, Comp, RM   1999 Marillion Misplaced Childhood Sanctuary Records 2xCD, Album, RM   2002 Marilyn Manson Lest We Forget - The Best Of Interscope Records CD, Comp   2004 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell Epic CD, Album, RE   1999 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell Epic, Cleveland International Records, Legacy CD, Album, RE, RM   2001 Men At Work Contraband: The Best Of Men At Work Columbia, Columbia, Legacy, Legacy CD, Comp   1996 Men At Work Contraband: The Best Of Men At Work Columbia, Columbia, Legacy, Legacy CD, Comp   1996 Metallica Master Of Puppets Elektra, Elektra CD, Album, RP, SRC   0 Metallica ...And Justice For All Elektra CD, Album   1988 Metallica Metallica Elektra, Elektra CD, Album, ARC   1991 Metallica Metallica Blackened CD, Album, RE   2013 Metallica Kill 'Em All Blackened, Blackened CD, Album, RE, RM   2016 Metallica Ride The Lightning Blackened, Blackened CD, Album, RE, RM, Min   2016 Metallica Master Of Puppets Blackened CD, Album, RE, RM   2017 Michael Andrews Donnie Darko (Music From The Original Motion Picture Score) Sanctuary Records CD, Album, Promo   2001 Mudvayne The End Of All Things To Come Epic CD, Album   2002 My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge Reprise Records CD, Album, Cin   2004 Nine Inch Nails Further Down The Spiral Nothing Records CD, Album, RP   0 Nine Inch Nails "The Perfect Drug" Versions Nothing Records, Interscope Records CD, Maxi, RE, Dig   0 Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine TVT Records, TVT Records CD, Album   1989 Nine Inch Nails Broken Nothing Records CD, EP, Dig   1992 Nine Inch Nails The Fragile Nothing Records, Interscope Records 2xCD, Album, Mat   1999 Nine Inch Nails Things Falling Apart Nothing Records CD, EP   2000 Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral Interscope Records SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, RM + SACD, Hybr 2004 Nine Inch Nails With Teeth Interscope Records, Nothing Records CD, Album, Dig   2005 Nirvana Nevermind DGC, Sub Pop CD, Album   0 Nirvana Nirvana Geffen Records, Sub Pop CD, Comp, RM   2002 Oasis (2) (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Epic, Epic CD, Album   1995 Ozzy Osbourne The Essential Ozzy Osbourne Epic, Legacy 2xCD, Comp, RM   2003 Pantera The Best Of: Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboys Vulgar Hits! Elektra, Rhino Music Video, Rhino Records (2) CD, Comp, O-C + DVD, Comp, NTSC   2003 Patsy Cline The Definitive Collection MCA Nashville, Chronicles CD, Comp, Club   2004 Pearl Jam Ten Epic Associated CD, Album   1991 Pearl Jam Ten Epic Associated, Epic Associated CD, Album, Pit   1991 Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003) Epic, Epic, Epic 2xCD, Comp, Tri   2004 Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon Capitol Records CD, Album, RE, RM   0 Pink Floyd A Nice Pair Capitol Records, Harvest 2xLP, Album, Comp, RE, Gat   0 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here CBS, Columbia, CBS, Columbia CD, Album, RE, Pit   0 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Columbia LP, Album, RE, Red   0 Pink Floyd Animals Columbia LP, Album, RP, Gat   0 Pink Floyd Animals Columbia LP, Album, RP, Gat   0 Pink Floyd Animals Columbia (2) CD, Album, RE, Unofficial   0 Pink Floyd The Wall Columbia, Columbia 2xLP, Album, San   1979 Pink Floyd Meddle Capitol Records LP, Album, RE, Gat   1983 Pink Floyd The Final Cut Columbia LP, Album   1983 Pink Floyd The Wall Columbia 2xCD, Album, RE, RM, 20t   1999 Pixies Best Of Pixies (Wave Of Mutilation) 4AD 2xLP, Album, Comp   2011 Porcupine Tree In Absentia Lava CD, Album, Enh   2002 Porcupine Tree Deadwing Lava CD, Album, Enh   2005 Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun Kscope CD, Album, RE, RM + DVD-A, Multichannel + O-C 2008 Porcupine Tree The Incident Roadrunner Records 2xCD, Album   2009 Porcupine Tree Fear Of A Blank Planet Snapper Music, Transmission Recordings, Transmission Recordings CD, Album, Promo, RE, RM, Dig   2021 Puddle Of Mudd Come Clean Flawless Records (2), Geffen Records CD, Album, UML   2001 Queen Greatest Hits Hollywood Records, A&M Records CD, Comp, RE   0 Queen News Of The World  Hollywood Records (5), Hollywood Records (5) CD, Album, RE, Unofficial   1995 Queen Absolute Greatest Hollywood Records CD, Comp   2009 R.E.M. Out Of Time Warner Bros. Records CD, Album, Club   0 R.E.M. Eponymous I.R.S. Records LP, Comp, Col   1988 R.E.M. Eponymous I.R.S. Records CD, Comp, RE   1998 R.E.M. In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 Warner Bros. Records CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh, Dig   2003 R.E.M. And I Feel Fine...The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (Collectors' Edition) Capitol Records 2xCD, Comp, RM, Jew   2006 R.E.M. Document I.R.S. Records, I.R.S. Records LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Gol   2018 Radiohead The Best Of Parlophone CD, Comp, RE   0 Radiohead Kid A Parlophone (2) CD, Album, Unofficial   0 Radiohead Amnesiac Not On Label (Radiohead), Epic (2) CD, Album, Unofficial   2001 Ramones Ramones Mania Sire CD, Comp, RE   0 Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits And Videos Warner Bros. Records, Warner Reprise Video CD, Comp, Copy Prot. + DVD-V, Comp, NTSC, PAL 2003 REO Speedwagon The Second Decade Of Rock And Roll 1981 To 1991 Epic CD, Comp   1991 REO Speedwagon The Second Decade Of Rock And Roll 1981 To 1991 Epic CD, Comp   1991 Ric Ocasek Beatitude Geffen Records LP, Album, Win   1982 Ric Ocasek This Side Of Paradise Geffen Records LP, Album   1986 Rick Wakeman Journey To The Centre Of The Earth A&M Records LP, Album, Gat   1974 Rick Wakeman The Six Wives Of Henry VIII A&M Records LP, Album, RE, Gat   1974 Rick Wakeman The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table A&M Records, A&M Records CD, Album, RE   1988 Rod Stewart Greatest Hits Warner Bros. Records LP, Comp, RE   0 Rod Stewart Blondes Have More Fun Warner Bros. Records CD, Album, RE, RM   2000 Roy Orbison The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison Monument, CBS Special Products CD, Comp, RE   1989 Rush Hemispheres Mercury CD, Album, Club, RE, RM, EDC   0 Rush Exit...Stage Left Mercury CD, Album, Club, RE, RM, UML   0 Rush Hemispheres Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM, RP   0 Rush Permanent Waves Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM   0 Rush Signals Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM, RP   0 Rush Grace Under Pressure Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM, RP   0 Rush Grace Under Pressure Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM, RP   0 Rush 2112 Mercury LP, Album, Gat   1976 Rush Hemispheres Mercury LP, Album, Club   1978 Rush Moving Pictures Mercury LP, Album, Pre   1981 Rush Signals Mercury LP, Album, Pit   1982 Rush A Farewell To Kings Mercury, Mercury LP, Album, RE, Gat   1983 Rush Grace Under Pressure Mercury LP, Album, 53    1984 Rush Power Windows Vertigo LP, Album   1985 Rush 2112 Mercury CD, Album, RE   1987 Rush A Show Of Hands Vertigo 2xLP, Album, Gat   1989 Rush Chronicles Mercury, Anthem (5) 2xCD, Comp   1990 Rush Test For Echo Atlantic, Anthem (5) CD, Album   1996 Rush Retrospective I 1974-1980 Mercury CD, Comp   1997 Rush Caress Of Steel Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, Club, RE, RM, PMD   1997 Rush Hemispheres Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM   1997 Rush Moving Pictures Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM, RP   1997 Rush Moving Pictures Mercury, Anthem (5) CD, Album, RE, RM, RP   1997 Rush Clockwork Angels Roadrunner Records, Anthem (5) CD, Album, Dig   2012 Santana Abraxas Columbia LP, Album, Gat   1970 Santana The Best Of Columbia, Legacy CD, Comp   1998 Santana Supernatural Arista, Arista CD, Album, JVC   1999 Seether Disclaimer II Wind-Up, Wind-Up, Musketeer Records, Musketeer Records CD, Album, RE, DAD + DVD-V, NTSC   2004 Sheryl Crow The Very Best Of Sheryl Crow A&M Records CD, Comp, UML   2003 Sheryl Crow Icon A&M Records, UMe CD, Comp   2011 Simon & Garfunkel Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Columbia LP, Comp, Pit   1972 Simon & Garfunkel Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Columbia CD, Comp, RE   1990 Skid Row 40 Seasons: The Best Of Skid Row Atlantic CD, Comp   1998 Skinny Puppy Too Dark Park Capitol Records CD, Album   1990 Skinny Puppy The Greater Wrong Of The Right Synthetic Symphony, Hell-O Deathday Records CD, Album, Dig   2004 Soundgarden A-Sides A&M Records CD, Comp   1997 Stabbing Westward The Essential Stabbing Westward Columbia CD, Comp, RM   2003 Staind Break The Cycle Flip Records (2), Elektra CD, Album   2001 Staind The Singles 1996-2006 Flip Records (2), Elektra CD, Comp   2006 Staind The Singles 1996-2006 Flip Records (2), Elektra CD, Comp   2006 Static-X Shadow Zone / X-Posed Warner Bros. Records CD, Album, S/Edition, Sli + DVD-V, NTSC   2003 Static-X Shadow Zone / X-Posed Warner Bros. Records CD, Album + DVD-V, NTSC, All + Sli   2003 Static-X Beneath... Between... Beyond... Warner Bros. Records CD, Comp   2004 Steely Dan A Decade Of Steely Dan MCA Records CD, Comp, Club, RE   1996 Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill MCA Records CD, Album, Club, RE, RM   1998 Steely Dan The Definitive Collection Geffen Records CD, Comp   2006 Steve Howe The Steve Howe Album Atlantic LP, Album   1979 Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-78 Capitol Records CD, Comp, RE   0 Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-78 Capitol Records CD, Comp, RE   1988 Stone Temple Pilots Core Atlantic, Atlantic CD, Album, RP   0 Stone Temple Pilots Purple Atlantic CD, Album   1994 Stone Temple Pilots Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop Atlantic CD, Album   1996 Stone Temple Pilots Nº4 Atlantic CD, Album, Dig   1999 Stone Temple Pilots Thank You Atlantic, Warner Music Australia CD, Comp, RM + DVD, PAL + Dig   2003 Stray Cats Greatest Hits Curb Records CD, Comp   1992 Styx The Grand Illusion A&M Records, A&M Records CD, Album, RE   0 Styx Greatest Hits A&M Records CD, Comp, RM   1995 Styx The Best Of Styx A&M Records CD, Comp, RM   2002 Sugarloaf Sugarloaf Liberty LP, Album, Res   1970 Suicidal Tendencies Prime Cuts Epic CD, Comp   1997 Supertramp Crime Of The Century A&M Records, A&M Records CD, Album, Club, RE   0 Supertramp The Very Best Of Supertramp A&M Records CD, Comp   1990 Supertramp Breakfast In America A&M Records LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Ora   2018 Swans The Seer Young God Records 2xCD, Album   2012 Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs / Barrett Harvest 2xLP, Comp   1974 System Of A Down System Of A Down American Recordings, Columbia CD, Album   1998 System Of A Down Steal This Album! American Recordings, Columbia CD, Album   2002 System Of A Down Toxicity American Recordings LP, Album, RE   2018 Talking Heads The Best Of Talking Heads Sire, Warner Bros. Records, Rhino Records (2), Warner Strategic Marketing CD, Comp   2004 Tangerine Dream The Collection Castle Communications CD, Comp   1987 The Alan Parsons Project The Instrumental Works Arista CD, Comp, Club   0 The Alan Parsons Project Tales Of Mystery And Imagination 20th Century Records LP, Album, Gat   1976 The Alan Parsons Project Eye In The Sky Arista, Arista LP, Album   1982 The Alan Parsons Project Ammonia Avenue Arista LP, Album, Club   1984 The Alan Parsons Project I Robot Arista CD, Album, RE, RP, Nip   1985 The Alan Parsons Project The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project Volume 2 Arista LP, Comp   1987 The Alan Parsons Project The Turn Of A Friendly Card Arista CD, Album, RE   1990 The Alan Parsons Project The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project Arista, Arista CD, Comp   1990 The Alan Parsons Project Eye In The Sky Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Arista, Legacy CD, Album, RE, RM, 25t   2007 The Alan Parsons Project Ammonia Avenue Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Arista, Legacy CD, Album, RE, RM   2008 The Allman Brothers Band A Decade Of Hits 1969 - 1979 Polydor CD, Comp, Club   1991 The B-52's Nude On The Moon: The B-52's Anthology Rhino Records (2), Warner Bros. Records 2xCD, Comp, Club, RE, RP   0 The B-52's Time Capsule (Songs For A Future Generation) Reprise Records HDCD, Comp   1998 The Babys Union Jacks Chrysalis LP, Album   1980 The Babys Union Jacks Chrysalis LP, Album   1980 The Babys The Best Of The Babys EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets CD, Comp   1997 The Babys Anthology Chrysalis, Capitol Records CD, Comp, RE, RM   2000 The Beach Boys Endless Summer Music For Pleasure LP, Comp, RE   1981 The Beatles 1 Apple Records, Capitol Records CD, Comp, RM, RP   0 The Beatles Abbey Road Capitol Records LP, Album, RE   1976 The Beatles Rubber Soul Capitol Records, Capitol Records LP, Album, RE, Win   1976 The Beatles 1967-1970 Apple Records, Apple Records, Apple Records 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM   1993 The Beatles 1962-1966 Apple Records, Capitol Records 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, RP   2007 The Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker American Recordings CD, Album   1994 The Black Crowes Greatest Hits 1990-1999 (A Tribute To A Work In Progress) Columbia CD, Comp   2000 The Cars Candy-O Elektra CD, Album, RE   0 The Cars Candy-O Elektra CD, Album, Club, RE   0 The Cars The Cars Elektra LP, Album, PRC   1978 The Cars Candy-O Elektra LP, Album   1979 The Cars Panorama Elektra, Elektra LP, Album, Imp   1980 The Cars Shake It Up Elektra LP, Album   1981 The Cars Heartbeat City Elektra LP, Album   1984 The Cars The Cars Greatest Hits Elektra, Elektra LP, Comp, Club   1985 The Cars The Cars Elektra CD, Album, RE   1990 The Cars The Cars Anthology - Just What I Needed Elektra, Rhino Records (2), Elektra Traditions 2xCD, Comp   1995 The Clash Combat Rock Epic, Epic LP, Album   1982 The Clash The Singles Columbia, Columbia CD, Comp, RE, RM   1999 The Cranberries No Need To Argue Island Records CD, Album   1994 The Cranberries To The Faithful Departed Island Records CD, Album   1996 The Crystal Method Vegas Outpost Recordings CD, Album   1997 The Cult High Octane Cult (The Ultimate Collection 1984 - 1995) Reprise Records CD, Comp, Club   1996 The Cure Greatest Hits Elektra CD, Comp, Enh   2001 The Dead Milkmen Death Rides A Pale Cow (The Ultimate Collection) Restless Records CD, Comp   1997 The Dear Hunter Migrant Equal Vision Records, Cave & Canary Goods CD, Album, Dig   2013 The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum Complete Collection Triple Crown Records 3xCD, Comp + DVD-V + Box, Comp, RP   2015 The Doobie Brothers Best Of The Doobies Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records LP, Comp, RE   0 The Doobie Brothers Best Of The Doobies Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records CD, Comp, Club, RE   1990 The Doors Strange Days Elektra, Elektra CD, Album, RE, RM   0 The Doors L.A. Woman Elektra, Elektra CD, Album, RE   0 The Doors L.A. Woman Elektra, Elektra CD, Album, RE   0 The Doors Strange Days Elektra LP, Album, CTH   1967 The Doors Waiting For The Sun Elektra LP, Album, Ter   1968 The Doors The Soft Parade Elektra LP, Album, RP, Pit   1970 The Doors Morrison Hotel Elektra LP, Album, All   1970 The Doors L.A. Woman Elektra LP, Album, Ter   1971 The Doors L.A. Woman Elektra LP, Album, Ter   1971 The Doors 13 Elektra, Elektra LP, Comp, RE   1976 The Doors The Doors Elektra LP, Album, RE, Spe   1979 The Doors Morrison Hotel Elektra CD, Album, RE, RM, SRC   1988 The Doors Waiting For The Sun Elektra, Elektra CD, Album, RE, RM   1989 The Doors The Soft Parade Elektra CD, Album, RE, RM   1991 The Doors The Soft Parade Elektra CD, Album, RE, RM   1991 The Doors The Doors DCC Compact Classics CD, Album, RE, RM, 24    1992 The Doors Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine Elektra, Elektra, Rhino Records (2) 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM   2014 The Doors Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine Elektra, Elektra, Rhino Records (2) 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM   2014 The Fixx Greatest Hits – One Thing Leads To Another MCA Records CD, Comp   1989 The Grateful Dead The Very Best Of Grateful Dead Warner Bros. Records, Rhino Records (2) HDCD, Comp   2003 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits Reprise Records LP, Comp, Club, RE   0 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? Reprise Records, Reprise Records LP, Album   1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland Reprise Records, Reprise Records, Reprise Records 2xLP, Album, 2-T   1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? Experience Hendrix, MCA Records CD, Album, RE, RM   1997 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland MCA Records, Experience Hendrix CD, Album, RE, RM   1997 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits Experience Hendrix, Legacy CD, Comp, RE   2010 The Kinks Kinks Greatest Hits Marble Arch LP, Comp, RE   0 The Kinks Lola, Percy & The Apeman Come Face To Face With The Village Green Preservation Society... Something Else! Golden Hour 2xLP, Album, Comp, Emb   1974 The Kinks Low Budget Arista LP, Album, San   1979 The Kinks The Road MCA Records LP, Album   1987 The Offspring Smash Epitaph CD, Album   1994 The Offspring Splinter Columbia CD, Album   2003 The Offspring Greatest Hits Columbia, Columbia CD, Comp   2005 The Police Reggatta De Blanc A&M Records LP, Album, B -   1979 The Police Zenyatta Mondatta A&M Records LP, Album, Club, RCA   1980 The Police Ghost In The Machine A&M Records LP, Album, Club   1981 The Police Synchronicity A&M Records CD, Album   1985 The Police Synchronicity A&M Records CD, Album   1985 The Police Every Breath You Take (The Singles) A&M Records LP, Comp, Club, Ind   1986 The Police Every Breath You Take (The Classics) A&M Records CD, Comp, RM   1995 The Prodigy Music For The Jilted Generation Mute, XL Recordings CD, Album   1995 The Psychedelic Furs Crucial Music: The Psychedelic Furs Collection Relativity CD, Comp   1989 The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971 ABKCO, ABKCO 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM   0 The Rolling Stones Some Girls Virgin, Rolling Stones Records CD, Album, RE, RM   1994 The Rolling Stones Bridges To Babylon Virgin, Rolling Stones Records CD, Album, S/Edition, Sli   1997 The Smashing Pumpkins {Rotten Apples} Greatest Hits Virgin CD, Comp   0 The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Virgin 2xCD, Album, Cin   1995 The Smiths Best... I Sire, Reprise Records CD, Comp   1992 The Smiths Best... 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  21. JamesSavik

    Lessons of Music

    By JamesSavik,


    progressive rock
    Rush was a band that got me in trouble.   Back in the mid to late 70s, my parents didn't really care what I listened to. We were far enough apart, and my stereo modest, using headphones my noise was never a nuisance. I think they actually liked some of my Yes.   The problem I had was when we had a revival preacher that was a real fire breather who preached about the devil, all of his works and his cunning snares for youth. Of course, it was this album that caused our conflict.     We fought over it but what really got me in trouble was for smarting off to the revival preacher who knew nothing about the album but was completely focused on the cover. I found this to be a recurring theme with narrow-minded people.   Of course, I replaced 2112 later and eventually had the pleasure of seeing Rush in concert three different times.   I doubt the band ever had in mind the other kind of lessons you could learn from their music.   ________________________________  
  22. JamesSavik

    How I discovered Can

    By JamesSavik,


    progressive rock
    How I discovered Can   My discovery of the Krautrock band Can was one of the more improbable bits of serendipity to fall in my lap. The improbability of a German Experimental Band's music and a Mississippi teenager crossing paths had to have been quite low.   In the 70s my family would drive into Jackson, Mississippi on weekends to shop at a big store on highway 80. It was a big, day long event not to be missed.  Just around the corner from the strip mall was Be-Bop Record Shop- a haven of rock in a sea of country & western, blue-grass and gospel.   While my parents were doing their thing, I would go to the record store where the staff would play albums. It was on one of those trips in 1975 I heard my first Can album: Tago Mago. I was intrigued by the sound and bought a copy. I got Future Days on a later trip.   None of my friends had ever heard of Can. If they listened to it, they would admit it was good. If it wasn't something popular all the kids listened to, too many of them were afraid to be different. I, on the other hand, excelled at different.   If you follow the crowd, you all end up in the same place. I dislike crowds. They're too crowded.  
  23. JamesSavik

    Reddit Prompt

    By JamesSavik,


    prompts
    I saw a prompt on Reddit I couldn't resist.
    A prankster in the future rigged a tank with speakers blasting heavy metal, traveled back to the 1400s, and went on a 2 month havoc filled joyride. Now in 2022 you are reading the legends born from those that witnessed this event.
    __________________________________________________________________
     
    Trouble in the Provinces
    "Angus laddie, whatever is that bloody racket?
    "It sounds like thunder sire."
    "Is that music?"
    "Aye sire. After a fashion, I suppose."
    Say your prayers, little one Don't forget, my son To include everyone
    "That's... decidedly odd. It sounds like it's coming this way. "
    The Leopard A3A1 series main battle tank roared into view at a little over sixty KPH leaping over the rise throwing up a rooster tail of mud and debris. The two astonished Scotsmen peed their kilts with mouths agape as the monster with 500 watt PA speakers blared as it roared by on its unknowable mission.
    I tuck you in, warm within Keep you free from sin Till the Sandman he comes Sleep with one eye open Gripping your pillow tight
    The young prince looked astonished and asked, "Did ya see that Angus?"
    "No sire. Dint see a bloody thing and neither did you if ya know what's good for you."
  24. JamesSavik
    Many people are asking: What is a DAC? And Do I want one?
    A great many people play music on their phones and computers. That's all well and good, but have you ever listened to the difference between the all digital sound you get from your computer and a dedicated analog stereo system? The difference is so real it's astonishing.
    There is a good nuts and bolts technical reason why analog and digital sources sound so different. It is because of the nature and the difference of analog and digital signals.
    Analog sound is a continuous signal that varies in amplitude. In a dedicated stereo, even when you play a CD, that digital signal is converted to an analog signal by an internal DAC which is a Digital to Analog Converter. Every CD player has one.
    Digital sound is very different. At its core, it is zeros and ones. Instead of a continuous recording, digital sound consists of numerous samples. Thousands of samples are stitched together and what you hear coming out of your speakers sounds continuous, but something is lost in the mix.

    DACs (Digital to Analog Converters) take that digital signal and convert it out into a nice, smooth analog wave form. The difference in the sound is astonishing.
    There are many DACs on the market that run from about one hundred to thousands of dollars. There are numerous manufacturers and many chip sets, and it all gets very technical very fast. Let's cut to the chase:
    Most users who are interested in DACs want that smooth analog sound from their digital sources. It's not hard to get but, you have to know your objective.
    I wanted a DAC that would allow me to listen to the digital audio on my phone and computer in an analog format, have a headphone amp and be able to connect it to my stereo with ordinary RCA jacks. Ideally, I wanted a one box solution.
    After doing some research, I found my best option was the iFi Zen 2 DAC.

    This DAC connects to my computer via USB, provides a headphone amp and RCA jacks that plug right into my home stereo. It can do many other tricks, but it covers what I wanted to accomplish.
    The difference in the sound quality before and after installing the DAC is spectacular. Especially if you have good headphones.
    Many companies are in the DAC market. You can spend a lot on a high end DAC, but that's unnecessary. There are three companies that do an impressive job on the lower end of the price scale and are worth looking into.
    Cambridge Audio's DACMagic 200 is a remarkable piece of technology, but at five hundred U$, out of my price range. It would have been my choice if I could make myself pay that much. It had a lot more capability.
    Schitt Audio (no it's not a joke) has an excellent line of DACs and headphone amps. They are probably the best in the market. I would have gone their way, but they were having supply chain issues and I wanted to get this done.
    iFi offered the best mix of features, a one box solution and price. Their Zen DAC is impressive.
     
    Is anyone else using a DAC? What do you have and are you happy with it?
     
     
    Oops: Another reason you might want a DAC is what it can do for streaming services like Spotify or Tidal. It adds to the sound and gives it the kind of tone you were looking for when you subscribed. I suggest you look carefully at the encoding used by the streaming service and any DAC you chose because the standards are evolving.
  25. JamesSavik
    Do you want to read or listen to music for fun? I understand perfectly. After all, what's the point otherwise?
    We ask too little of our art these days. We want it to give us a few laughs. We like to be entertained, maybe excited or even frightened. We don't often ask that it teach us anything and that's a shame. That's what art is for. It's supposed to challenge you, disturb you, open your eyes, expand your consciousness and understanding.
    There is another level to reading and listening. Stuff that burns a little. Might leave a mark or cuts you a little. Things at the edge that are heavy and scary and might be uncomfortable to look at. There are things that tickle your fancy and things that stretch your soul. If you are curious or adventurous enough, you might hear the call.
    What's over that next hill? Is it dangerous? Will it hurt?
    YES.
    You grow through discomfort. You understand by observation and experience. You learn by pain.
    Afraid?
    YES. Everyone is afraid. It defines our times.
    The challenge: Listen to the song. Read the lyrics. Understand- even if it's uncomfortable.
    There is stuff and there is art. Stuff doesn't teach you a damned thing. Art opens your eyes and expands your consciousness. This is an exercise in seeing the difference.
    The challenge is behind the spoiler. Are you up for it? BE WARNED. Here there be dragons.
     
     
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