At 06:11 PM 2/2/01 -0500, Adam Cohen wrote:
>on 2/2/01 14:19, Jason Witherspoon at arzachel@speakeasy.org wrote:
>
> > _Come to My Garden_ is her masterpiece, thanks to the godlike genius of
> > Charles Stepney (though I'm very partial to her Rotary Connection years,
> > also Stepney-produced). It has "Les Fleurs"; no worthwhile cd reissue
> > except a Japanese one from the early 90's (which I missed @ auction when
> > the bidding broke the $60 mark), though AIM (Aussie co.) has finally
> > managed to get all the songs on the cd, albeit mastered from crackly vinyl
> > w/terrible non-cover repros (the previous Blue Moon version dropped the
> > last track, sounded like someone had spilled Pepsi on the tapes during
> > certain songs, & had the worst pastel watercolor replacement cover art {a
> > windmill!} imaginable). Might as well just go w/the vinyl reissue for now.
>
>
>I guess you're referring to this version:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1403894616&r=0&t=0&sh
>owTutorial=0&ed=980223458&indexURL=0&rd=1
>
>Now that we're on the subject, anyone got a copy of the Japanese import
>version that they'd like to trade?
>
>Adam
I'd gladly accept a CDR, got a lot to trade. I can't really imagine anyone
in possession of one of those gems letting it out of their grasp at this point.
Oh yeah, & there's another 9-track version, probably identical to the
pastel-windmill atrocity, called _Only When I'm Dreaming_. Better cover
art, anyway (a picture of Minnie).
Why all of her stuff hasn't been given full deluxe reissue treatment is
another mystery of corporate record co. mentality. There's (yet another)
comp coming out soon; feeling as I do that her other stuff is a big step
down from _Come to My Garden_, this isn't very exciting news for me esp. as
it probably precludes proper album reissues. See
http://www.minnieriperton.com for details--
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