Re: Minnie Riperton

From: De Angela Duff (de@nettmedia.com)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 18:45:55 MET DST

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    I'm an avid Minnie collector.
    I have all of the ones you listed below and others:
    i.e. Stay in Love, Perfect Angel, some of the
    other rotary connection CDs, and some Japanese
    greatest hits of various incarnations.

    *SPECIFICALLY*, I can't find "Minnie" and "Love Lives Forever"
    her last two official full-length releases on CD. I have
    "Minnie" on vinyl, but want it on an official CD. A friend of mine
    actually has "Love Lives Forever" on cassette as well.

    Come to my Garden is my personal favorite.

    I usually think that some artists should not
    be covered; Minnie is one of them. (i.e.
    I cringe whenever I hear Monday Michiru's version
    of Loving You) However, Jean Carne does one of the best
    covers ever with Completeness (from Come to my Garden)
    on the CD "Closer Than Close-Best Of Jean Carne". They
    really took the time to do it right with the strings
    and everything.

    At 11:20 AM -0500 4/27/00, Aaron Shinn wrote:
    >there are a few available at CDnow:
    >
    >This link is for her first album, Come to my Garden, with the
    >incredible Les Fleur... Stepney arranged the whole album. It's
    >brilliant. This is from shortly after she left Rotary Connection.
    >
    >http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=749776680/pagename=/RP/CDN/F
    >I ND/album.html/artistid=RIPERTON*MINNIE/itemid=176785
    >
    >There's also a Capitol Best Of comp, but I think it's missing some
    >essentials - mostly more straightforward stuff.
    >
    >http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=749776680/pagename=/RP/CDN/F
    >I ND/album.html/artistid=RIPERTON*MINNIE/itemid=39174
    >
    >Plus there are some imports of her other older albums. Also a "chess
    >years" compilation, which is mostly stuff from her involvement with
    >The Gems when she was around 15. Haven't heard the early stuff
    >though.
    >cheers,
    >.aaron shinn
    >
    >
    >At 10:28 AM -0400 4/27/00, De Angela Duff wrote:
    >>Speaking of trying to get all of Minnie's releases on CD,
    >>has anyone found Minnie or Love Lives Forever on CD?
    >>
    >>I've been trying, but can't find them.
    >>Can anyone help me out? I want official releases not CDRs.



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