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Assuming it's you who blocked out the order no. there's no problem as that's their standard 'order complete' message.

Surprised you don't already have Labyrinth.

I was checking out the samples at Psyshop as you were editting your post. I'm impressed. I like. I'm ordering. Cheers traveller.

No, but seeing we have similar tastes I'll definately check out some samples, see what it's like.

Sadly the only psy releases I plan on buying thus far are Prometheus' and Metal Sharon's albums. Oh yeah, and Younger Brother's when it's released in 2009 but I find it difficult planning that far ahead.

Nice list Radi, I have all those on original CD. If you want any of them *cough* (you know what) feel free to PM me.

Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused (Live in Paris, 1971)

I encoded them all at 320 bps.

That would depend on Simon's feelings towards full-on. If, as I hope, he dislikes the genre then it's unlikely he'll ever turn to the dark side. Getting back on track I don't expect much from Man With No Name these days, indeed I haven't expected anything from his since his Earth Moving The Sun album which was a big disappointment after the genius of his seminal debut album.

Tsk, grumpy face.

Abba tunes are notoriously catchy. Put a few beers down me, play an ABBA tune and I invariably tap my foot and hum along. Just can't help myself.

You should take him out. I'd gladly help fund the, ahem, assignment...

Definately.

I'm sorry you find my opinions stupid but not to worry. Truth is I would have preferred four Silicon Trip type albums with no evolution than the crap he decided to release.

I finally got round to converting a bit of music to LAME then ripping it to CD and must confess to being quite surprised. When playing electronic music, even on a 20 grand system, it was reasonably tricky distinguishing between the original WAV and LAME files. The only telltale signs were the bass which was slighly more flabby with less punch and very high frequency treble sometimes sounded harsh and rather blunt (as opposed to ending in a long, smooth, sharp point). The difference when playing live and acoustic music was much easier to recognise with the LAME files sounding relatively flat and compressed compared to the original recordings. Certain subtleties and nuances such as the twang of a guitar string played slightly off key, slight intakes of breath and the sound of saliva as a vocalist parted their lips were less prominant on the LAME files so in conclusion detail retrieval and resolution fall some way short of the original WAV files. Overall though I was genuinely surprised, especially with it's scope for dealing with electronic music. It's very impressive.

I have to respect your unashamed hatred for everything full-on. It's somewhat endearing.

It's not harsh, it's the truth. The fact is Shakta's albums got progressively worse and within 4 albums managed to go from the sublime to the sticky wank.

How big is the Takahashi refractor, large enough to transport or would you have to build someplace to house it? I had a good Russian reflector telescope a few years back, forget what it was called but it had excellent optics, could clearly see Saturn's rings and moons and make out the Cassini division. I'm guessing the Takahashi is a considerbale step up though, what sort of detail can it pick out?

It's an okay album, can sound good if you're in the right mood but it doesn't really compare with his debut album. It's kinda clubby too which is, well... clubby. Would have preferred a goa album but it's still pretty good. What a crap post this is. I'll stop now.

Sounds like a memorable night. But I don't get it, if you adore the album why sell all 3 copies?

Hmm, everyone's playing good tunes tonight. Strange.

That's a good explanation though sadly it's not only Americans who prefer full-on to the older, more intelligent style of trance. I think it's become an international pandemic.

I hope you told him to forge TIPWorld into the company it once was instead of the full-on obsessed label it's sadly become.

Both excellent choices.