Holy cow, what a score.

I go in to get the Clap Your Hands... (they don't have it, of course), and as I'm leaving, I spy a pyramid on top of the counter by the door. Under it are triangle-shaped boxes. I pick one up, and it's heavy. I look closer, and it's a 4-disc set from the Concord Music Group. 3 CDs and one DVD (CD ROM catalog). Free!

Artists range from Miles Davis, Tony Bennett, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, CCR, Otis Redding, Big Star, Ozomatli, Robben Ford, Rufus Thomas, etc. 60 fookin' songs!

Wow. I'm stunned. So stunned, I went back & got another one.

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Whoa, awesome score indeed.

So, uh.....what are the plans for your second grab? I'm envious since there are no Towers around here anywhere close.

I dunno, yet. Maybe an Xmas present for a lucky sibling. Depends how well they treat me between now and Xmas.

I will, however, burn a couple of copies of the set for those who might be interested.

you winkin' at me?

i'll buy it off ya sweetie

is this at every tower records store? if so i'm going tonight.

Went to a Tower here in Chicago and saw no such "swag."

Hooray we have it. I am going tomorrow to get one.

All the employees probably snagged 'em. Sorry.

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I just had to post the track listing: 8)

Concord Music Group Disc 1

1) Four– Miles Davis Quintet feat. John Coltrane
2) This Can’t Be Love– Tony Bennett
3) St. Thomas– Sonny Rollins
4) All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm– George Shearing and Mel Torme
5) Salt Peanuts– Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach
6) Oye Como Va– Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble
7) Guarachi Guaro– Cal Tjader
8 ) Spain– Chick Corea
9) Old Devil Moon– Chet Baker
10) I Cover The Waterfront– Rosemary Clooney
11) It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)- Thelonious Monk
12) I Didn’t Know What Time It Was– Sarah Vaughan
13) It’s You Or No One– Marian McPartland
14) Waltz For Debby– Cannonball Adderly w/ Bill Evans
15) Better Than Anything– Nnenna Freelon
16) Watermelon Man– Poncho Sanchez w/ Mongo Santamaria
17) All I Want– Karrin Allyson

Disc 2

1) I’ll Take You There– The Staple Singers
2) Touch The Hem Of His Garment– The Soul Stirrers w/ Sam Cooke
3) Vaseline Machine Gun– Leo Kottke
4) Please Send Me Someone To Love– Percy Mayfield
5) Black Cadillac– Lightnin’ Hopkins
6) San Francisco Bay Blues– Jesse Fuller
7) She’s About A Mover– Sir Douglas Quintet
8 ) Fortunate Son– Creedence Clearwater Revival
9) That’s All Right Mama– Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia
10) Do The Funky Chicken– Rufus Thomas
11) Who’s Making Love– Johnnie Taylor
12) Time Is Tight– Booker T & The MGs
13) What A Man– Linda Lyndell
14) I’ll Play The Blues For You (Part 1)- Albert King
15) That’s What Love Will Make You Do– Little Milton
16) Mr. Big Stuff– Jean Knight
17) I Forgot To Be Your Lover– William Bell
18 ) Woman To Woman– Shirley Brown
19) Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get– The Dramatics
20) Glide– Pleasure
21) Theme From Shaft– Isaac Hayes

Disc 3

1) Bony Moronie– Larry Williams
2) Good Golly Miss Molly– Little Richard
3) Buzz Buzz Buzz– The Hollywood Flames
4) Linus And Lucy– Vince Guaraldi
5) Hikky-Burr– feat. Bill Cosby– Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby
6) There Goes My Baby– Otis Redding
7) In The Street– Big Star
8 ) Private Number– Spencer Davis & Dusty Sprinfield
9) Keep On Runnin’- Robben Ford
10) Saturday Night– Ozomatli
11) Copacabana 2005– Barry Manilow
12) You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)– Sylvester
13) T.H.U.G. Theme– Tony Joseph, Eric Johnson & Patrice Rushen
14) St. Louis Blues– Peter Cinotti
15) The Pink Panther Theme– Henry Mancini
16) Work Song– Ray Barretto
17) Bella Luna– The Rippingtons
18 ) She’s Got A Way– Curtis Stigers
19) Crazy Love– Ray Charles and Van Morrison

Sick.

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Not trying to be an ass at all, but what's the real attraction here? The fact that it's free and got....SONGS...on it?

A free 3CD set with great jazz and soul on it, yeah.

What's on the DVD?

473 Acrobat pages of Concord releases.

Edit: Sorry- it's not a DVD.

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This release doesn't interest me. At all. Not even for free.

That's... interesting.



Sucks to be you.



Now I have "Salt Peanuts" in my head.

That's cool.

I'll bet if you heard some of it, you might change your mind. It's people like you who should hear it.

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Well I mean I'm familiar with enough of the artists on it to know that this isn't the type of thing I'm going to want to put on when I'm sitting around the house or out driving around. The artists on there that I like, I probably already own albums by.

Thanks for the heads-up and everything though, because if this was any other kind of music I'd probably be making a trip there tomorrow.

Ohhhh kayyyyyy.

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Well if I get it, and if I get two. Maybe i'll mail one out, then... because the first person the second set of cds was going to was Blue Milk, and now he doesn't want it.

be a nice girl and send it my way. i'll love you forever.

I don't need love. Perhaps i'll send it to you if I don't send it to my friend in Boston. You'll be first if it doesn't go to her

Ooh. let me be second.

OR... go back and clean them out.

Then you don't have to choose.

I doubt they'll give me more than one. I am excited about this though. If I even get one. For all I know they'll be gone tomorrow. They said they only have a few left.

ahem. us girls should stick together!