The Waiting Game

Sometimes a little perseverance can pay big dividends. Case in point - back in September I read that Peter Gabriel's latest studio album, New Blood was due to be released and would also be available on vinyl. That same day I headed over to Amazon and pre-ordered my copy, since they indicated the vinyl version wasn't due out until early December.

The price I locked in was $15.

Fast forward to the week before Christmas. Still no album. An email from Amazon says they can't find a copy, they don't know when they can get it, if they can at all, and that need my permission to keep looking. I responded - yes, I'll wait. Keep looking.

A few days later and another email from Amazon saying they're still looking but that I can cancel my order at any time. How gracious of them!

Then, finally on Christmas Eve another note from Amazon. This time telling me that they now have a delivery date for my album. Early January. I remained pessimistic.

Yesterday morning found yet another another note, this time telling me that my copy of New Blood was... on it's way! I noted the charges to my card, $15.91 plus shipping and tax.

An online search of eBay netted several copies available, for $45 and up, all across the pond in the UK.

So, Yeah. I think I did OK by waiting, since I'm guessing Amazon lost a bit of money on this sale!

The album arrived today.

-=Dave

Hi everybody. Hope everyone had a good Christmas. It's been a while since we put anything on, so we figured it was time to get caught up some. These are some of the better additions we've made over the past few months. First off, my daughter wanted to put on some of the stuff she got for Christmas.
Meet The Beatles!- Capitol, 1968 pressing
Hey Jude/The Beatles Again- Apple, 1970
Let It Be- Apple, 1970
The Beatles/1962-1966- Apple, 1973
The Beatles/1968-1970- Capitol, 1976

Led Zeppelin-In Through The Out Door, Swan Song 1979
Grand Funk Railroad-We're An American Band, Capitol 1973
Grand Funk Railroad- Shinin' On, Capitol 1974 (with 3-D glasses & poster)
Georgia Satellites, Electra 1986
We picked up these 5 commemorative Elvis 45's today at HPB.

This was my daughters last Chickenfoot album she picked up a couple of months ago.
Chickenfoot III, Entertainment One (with 3-D glasses and extras)

These are some of the other things we've come up with over the last few months:

• The Gregg Allman Tour- Capricorn, 1974
• The Beatles- Rock 'N' Roll Music, Capitol 1976
• Brook Benton- It's Just A Matter Of Time, Mercury 1959
• Brownsville Station- School Punks, Big Tree 1974
• Johnny Cash- Man In Black, Columbia 1971
• Cream- Wheels of Fire, Atco 1968
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- 4 Way Street, Atlantic 1971
• Joey Dee & The Starliters- Doin' The Twist at the Peppermint Lounge, Roulette 1961
• The Kingsmen In Person- Wand 1964
• Jerry Lee Lewis-The Session, Mercury 1973
• The Ramsey Lewis Trio- The In Crowd, Cadet 1965
• Ramsey Lewis- Hang On Ramsey!, Cadet 1966
• Mountain-Flowers of Evil, Windfall 1971
• Ricky Nelson- Ricky Sings Again, Imperial 1959
• Laura Nyro- Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, New York Tendaberry, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, Gonna Take a Miracle, The First Songs, Smile
• Wilson Pickett- The Exciting Wilson Pickett, Atlantic 1966
• Quicksilver Messenger Service, Capitol 1968
• Lou Rawls Live!- Capitol, 196?
• Ten Years After- Cricklewood Green, Deram 1970
• Joe Tex- Live and Lively, Atlantic 1968
• The Tubes- Love Bomb, Capitol 1985
• UFO- Strangers in the Night, Chrysalis 1983
• The Ventures Christmas Album- Dolton 1965
• Live Johnny Winter And- Columbia 1971
• Johnny Winter- Austin, Tex., United Artists 1974

We've picked up several more, but these were the most notable. Thats all for now.

Take Care,

Barry