Why did it take so long, do you suppose, for Mr. Hales to get this material released in the U.S.?

Is this sort of thing typical? I have had a copy, I think downloaded, of the song Strange and Beautiful for two years. I always wondered why I could never really find this album in stores here. Anyway, just wondering if anyone knows anything about this sort of thing.


EDIT: By the way. I really enjoy the disc too.

I've wondered this myself.


...and why feature one of Aqualung's popular, criticially acclaimed songs in a VW commercial here in the U.S. over a year ago without having an American release to buy here until now???

<--- Really wants to hear Aqualung's latest U.K. album, Still Life.

Snot is running down his nose...

i really like his s/t first one and still life.
i just checked amazon, and i guess what they are releasing here is an album with songs from both?

oh, and props to tthorn for introducing him to me via a mix from a few years back.

I can just tolerate Tribute, but not Aqualung. I. Anderson's forever a ponce, but bassist Pegg and Fairport Convention are still tops in my book. It's a big book.

was that "strange and beautiful" in the ad? cause i know aqualung got big when that song was featured in a uk-only vw ad. i hadn't seen it here, though.