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   ana1ana2@yahoo.com to kldi@tum.de   
   Re: Nightfly Trilogy   
   11 Apr 08 15:32:28   
   
   45acb407   
   Yeah, I downloaded the Man Tran version of 'Confide in Me'. Feh.   
   I like the concept of that band, but in practice the results are   
   way too sugary.   
      
   The drum machine on 'Big Noise' renders it unlistenable to my ears.   
      
   Noam Sane   
      
   On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:52:30 -0700 (PDT), "Klaus & Rooster"   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 9 Apr., 12:11, "Klaus & Rooster"  wrote:   
   >> Steely Fans,   
   >>   
   >> it is done now. I have finally bought myself the Nightfly Trilogy. I   
   >> got it last night and now I am sitting in my office staring at the box   
   >> and wishing I had no appointments coming up so that I could spin the   
   >> disks and enjoy being carried away on the Trans-Island Skyway ....   
   >>   
   >> However, I was kind of expecting to get a nice booklet along with the   
   >> pile of disks, but maybe I am askig too much.   
   >>   
   >> More on that topic at some later point in time ..   
   >>   
   >> Cheers   
   >> Klaus & Rooster   
   >   
   >So, I went through the Triology and I am happy to have bought those   
   >records for a thrid time. In particular the bonus songs are great.   
   >Take the bonus record, add a DF version of "Shades" and "Lazy Nina"   
   >and we have a wonderfull new DF album entitled "Morph the Nightfly" or   
   >so.   
   >   
   >However, "New York Big Noise" is obviously in a Demo status. As a   
   >comparison check out Jennifer Warnes versio of this song. She captures   
   >the kind of melancholic mood of the song very nicely and the bass   
   >played by Roscoe Beck ... mmh yummie. I must admit that I like   
   >Jennifer's version a bit better.   
   >   
   >"Confide in me" in Donald's version is much mor edgy as compared to   
   >the rather smoothed version published by Manhattan Transfer. Great   
   >Song !   
   >   
   >Finally, Cetereo Censeo ... Second Arrangement, though not a pure DF   
   >song should be re-recorded and published at some time in the future.   
   >   
   >Cheers   
   >Klaus & Rooster   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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