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Re: COME JOIN MY ORCHESTRA: THE BRITISH BAROQUE POP SOUND 1967-73

I'm really enjoying this one (as I knew I would).
No surprise it's in a nice clam-shell box - pretty much a given with Grapefruit box set releases - with a thick, detailed booklet.
The song selection is well thought out and makes for a really enjoyable listening experience... Some of the tracks are well known of course, but it doesn't dull the experience as far as I'm concerned.
It's hard to pick a stand out at this point, but I really don't think anyone - even with only a mild interest in that good olde Baroque & Roll - would be disappointed with this set.

Re: COME JOIN MY ORCHESTRA: THE BRITISH BAROQUE POP SOUND 1967-73

Totally agree Mark,this really is an exquisite 3cds of music,many new to my ears.As with all of Grapefruit releases,attention to detail is excellent,great sound,great booklet,great liners and photos.Excellent in all manners!!I have every Grapefruit cd release and i've not been disappointed with any,from overall sound to the packaging.Also received The Action box set recently ,released by Grapefruit also,again an excellent all round product and still all done and bought for a reasonable price,cherry red must have some of the best labels for us 60s and 70s music enthusiasts,they put the big majors to shame,they really do with their attention to detail and of course the prices!!!Some of the prices of box sets out there are absolutely ridiclous,fleecing the fans as usual.I'll stick with the indies,all round better product.For example Del Shannons"Home and Away"cd released by EMI a few years ago,lo and behold the booklets all screwed up,wrong pages all over the place,fast forward a couple of years Now Sounds release"Home and Away"on cd too,a far better product by miles and done with some love and care at a cheaper price than EMIs was when it was first released.EMI are a joke,remember it wasn't that long ago fans of The Beatles and Pink Floyd had to put up with cruddy sounding cds for many years at shocking prices.THe prices for Pink Floyd products in particular are still quite expensive.Take those box sets of different years,some of those have 1 cd of music and 2 dvds or blue ray discs,not evereyone has either a dvd or blue ray players for starters,sometimes less and are selling for over £30,minimal liners and photos included,remember its only a recent thing we got to hear the likes of vegetable man and scream thy last scream as it was meant to be heard,not on some poor sounding bootleg!!! EMI must have one of the best back catalogues going,but we mainly get served the same old crap,surely they cant have empty coffers ??Sorry for the rant,if cherry red can keep issuing top class product at reasonable prices on a much smaller budget than say EMI,we as music fans have to support them,or decent cd reissues of the music we love will vanish.No doubt about that!!!!Don't mean to be coming over as preachy,but it annoys me when big corporations give music fans shoddy product at ridiclous prices,do what i do,don't buy them.Stick with the small labels!!!

Re: COME JOIN MY ORCHESTRA: THE BRITISH BAROQUE POP SOUND 1967-73

Umph Santa has grabbed my copy so cant listen til later on