From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V8 #79 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Tuesday, May 12 2009 Volume 08 : Number 079 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? [Gil Ray ] Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? [Tom Marcinko ] Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? [Gil Ray ] Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? [Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? We actually carried this at work - we may have a few copies if you want to buy one (probably around $10 or so..) Gil - --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Jenny Grover wrote: > From: Jenny Grover > Subject: [loud-fans] christmas in may? > To: "loud-fans" > Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 9:22 PM > Does anyone here have the Keith Emerson Christmas album, and > would you be willing to burn me a copy? It's extremely > out of print and commanding ridiculous prices on the used > and collector markets. > > Poor Emo is having a terrible week: > > http://www.keithemerson.com/TourInfo/2009/2009UsaEuropeTourCancel.html > > http://www.keithemerson.com/MiscPages/2009/20090509-MyMother.html > > > Jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 08:54:08 -0700 From: Tom Marcinko Subject: Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? I sent him condolences from an old fan (in both senses of the adj.). I have EMERSON PLAYS EMERSON if anybody's interested. It reminds one that the piano is a percussion instrument. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Jenny Grover wrote: > Joseph M. Mallon wrote: > >> I have an MP3 version of it. Would burning that be sufficient? >> >> > > Thanks! That would be awesome, or you could even email them or put them up > somewhere I could download them. > Jen > - -- http://tomaq.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/TomMarcinko ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 10:30:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Gil Ray Subject: Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? Oops! Sorry, Jenny - we do not have any at work! Gil - --- On Sun, 5/10/09, Jenny Grover wrote: > From: Jenny Grover > Subject: Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? > To: loud-fans@smoe.org > Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 11:14 PM > Joseph M. Mallon wrote: > > I have an MP3 version of it. Would burning that be > sufficient? > > > > Thanks! That would be awesome, or you could even email > them or put them up somewhere I could download them. > Jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:51:17 -0400 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? Tom Marcinko wrote: > I have EMERSON PLAYS EMERSON if anybody's interested. > It reminds one that the piano is a percussion instrument. > I'm interested! That's another that's out of print and pricey that I'd been hunting down. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:59:57 -0400 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? Gil Ray wrote: > Oops! Sorry, Jenny - we do not have any at work! > Gil > Thanks for looking anyway, Gil. Joe sent me the MP3s, so I have that, at least. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:48:05 -0400 From: Jenny Grover Subject: [loud-fans] fun little interview bit I was looking online last night for any further mention of Keith Emerson's mom, and ran across this excerpt from an interview with Impressions, and ELP fan mag. Jen > Impressions - > How did you get the idea of playing BACH on the keyboard back to front > and how long did it take you to learn it? > > Keith - > "Well, I was always playing the Hammond Organ back to front even > during the days of the Nice, going back to 1968. Really what I was > doing there, was choosing notes at random and trying to make some > sense of them, improvising back to front. But I thought that it would > be much more effective if I learnt a set piece. And I set myself the > target of learning the Bach "Toccata & Fugue" back to front, because > I'd used that one anyway in previous organ destruction routines. But I > thought, to play it really, really accurately would be much more > effective. And the way I did it, actually, was I'd sit with a very > small keyboard on my lap, one that you can easily sit on your lap and > turn around the other way. And I just sat there on the sofa, watching > the TV and learning one part at the time, looking at the various notes > and then turning the keyboard around on my lap and then learning that > bit and turning it back again. I started doing this with the band > Three and this is a funny story:- Robert Berry was there at my > Mother's house and Robert was looking at me spinning the keyboard and > the next minute the keyboard was turned the other way around. I was > still playing it, spinning it around. Robert said to my Mum: "Don't > you find this unusual with your son?!?" And my Mother said: "No, not > if you're Keith Emerson's Mother, you don't!" (laughs!) Which I > thought was rather sweet of her! But it took about 2 weeks to learn, I > suppose." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 02:32:16 EDT From: AWeiss4338@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] christmas in may? In a message dated 5/11/2009 12:45:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jmmallon@joescafe.com writes: I have an MP3 version of it. Would burning that be sufficient? Joe, Would it be possible for me to get a download of the album too? Andrea **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322936x1201367173/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =Mayfooter51209NO115) ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V8 #79 ******************************