but those are a great 7 songs.

but the ep i was talking about was the airbag/how am i driving ep, $25 is a lot just for 7 songs.

what ya biddin on?

It is difficult to overstate or overhype the importance of this CD, for it exhaustively documents the starting point of bossa nova in Brazil prior to the global craze. The building blocks are solidly in place — Joao Gilberto's highly distinctive, pioneering acoustic guitar rhythms, his precisely enunciated vocals (recorded not too closely for a change!), the stripped-down samba-based percussion, Antonio Carlos Jobim's extraordinary songs, and most tellingly on many tracks, Jobim's spare, often-copied backdrops and countermelodies for strings, winds and horns that are so much a part of his compositions. We can eavesdrop on the exact beginning of the bossa nova movement with the 1958 single containing Jobim's "Chega De Saudade" and Gilberto's "Bim Bom"; one can easily see why this quietly revolutionary record hit the Brazilian music scene like a silent cruise missile. Moreover, the second single was "Desafinado," a fully formed masterpiece long before it became an international hit, with Gilberto producing a precision-cut gem of vocal pinpointing. Along with the singles, there are three albums of material squeezed onto one CD, 38 tracks in all, of which only a dozen surfaced in the U.S. on LP at the time. In addition to Jobim's songs, there are plenty of first-rate contributions by Gilberto, Dorival Caymmi, Ary Barroso, Carlos Lyra, and other writers. And perhaps most importantly, besides being historically indispensible and an extraordinary deal for the consumer, this music is an absolute pleasure to hear.

huh? I think I paid a third of that price for it new.. or did you find it fairly recently (maybe I just answered my own question...)

I think I spent about $30-35 on a Dinosaur Jr. Japanese import once. It's never a good idea, I found it later for $15. With the Internet, and access to so many people and stores, I don't think it's a good idea to spend that much money on an album unless it's a collectable of some kind.

I was bidding on

Joao Gilberto - The Legendary Joao Gilberto

which compiles his first three albums on to one disc. Its rare and OOP as is each album which it is compiling. Joao's first disc, Chega de Saudade, included in its entirity is generally credited with inventing Bossa Nova.

Here's AMG's writeup:



My winning bid was $61.00. Like most of these type rarities, bids doubled in the last 20-30 minutes. Now I have to decide whether I trust myself to set foot inside Amoeba tonight to see Spoon play. I really can't justify spending much more on music for awhile.

np: Nao Wave

it was worth it just to hear kim deal explain to the crowd that a mudslide was like a vodka milkshake.