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👍 In my experience too, and not only that: my ads listing several scam types that would be efficiently dealt with, gave me the thumbs up from potential serious buyers - this creating a bond of sorts. One particular scammer-of-sorts responded to every gawdemn ad I posted, no matter what I tried to sell, offering swaps: tatty old amps in exchange for lim.ed. EBMMs, for example. Yeah right, and then you manipulate me into sending the bass first, so you can drop sending the leaky-condensatored amp?

Yay! 👍 Yup, that's the version with Núria Rial that I mentioned back then, and this is the exact album I too bought. The other singer on that album, Hana Blažíková, IMHO is great as well. Must say "Che città" to me is the stand-out track here; Cavalli ain't no Bach. Me, I won't invest in the whole opera, but this album is nice.

Doktor Kosmos, irreverent Swedish 1990s indie pop rock with prog sensibilities, on the same North of No South label as that immaculate band called Komeda. "Stoppa valfriheten" may be translated as "Stop Freedom of Choice". At the bottom of the cover is a list of proposed albums to buy - most of them on other labels. 😀 (Quite readable in full screen.)

We might just be on track here, as for example "Che città" from act 2 of that opera has a slack tuned drum in one or more versions of it; it's important to hear the right version, as wildly different ones exist. Here's one that I'd typically recommend, with the L'Arpeggiata ensemble and soloist Vincenzo Capezzuto. I've earlier mentioned a similar version with Núria Rial, also highly recommended, and what these two versions share is a very modern, free, look at authentic performance principles, and my guess is that's where the drum comes in.

Waidaminnet. After a little site search, I think you may be thinking of Francesco Cavalli's opera "L'Ormindo". Could that be the one?

He sees this, but can't for the life of him tell you what that might've been. 😪 BTW, thanks for the recommendation of my recommendations! 😀 Do you mean I recommended one baroque thing with both bc and percussion, or did I recommend one thing with bc and another thing with almost improvised percussion? In the first case, I'm sadly pulling a blank right now. In the latter case, I may have recommended one of Ton Koopman's recordings of the Bach's Christmas Oratorio. In that case I still have no idea about the DB with percussion. It may come to me later. Though: I seem to remember Joel Chadabe wrote some pieces for DB where a computer program responded to the DB with live-generated percussion - to which the DB player then reacted again ... and so on and so forth ... Musically highly improvised despite the software having fixed algorithms.

I'm fuelling up for my roadtrip to Biggar!

... but then again, unless there are cultural differences I'm not aware of (quite possible, and I apologise in that case), that actually is the norm. With the caveat, AFAICS, VAT simply doesn't play a role in the calculations when consumers buy and sell used goods. As a regular consumer, the seller had paid £639 and is willing to take a £79 hit. One can debate whether that's reasonable or not, but at any rate: this being a used item does not entitle you to first subract the VAT the now-seller had paid, before the now-seller then takes the hit. It simply does not work that way. It might work that way in some countries though, as it's more of a cultural thing, not one of logic, maths or rules of taxation. One can easily exchange the above numbers and items with say a 30% or 40% VAT in Countrystan, and/or a lim.ed. item of which everyone "knows" that its value will increase with roughly 10% each year. Put in some numbers and it should become apparent right away.

Hm. I think some of you guys haven't appreciated that she clearly stated the song has the exact same vibe as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Siberian Khatru". 😁

Awwww! 🥰 Here's mine. Owned it since I was a wee lad, and it seems surprisingly fresh, seeing as it was played with back then. No haggling, you lot!

On BC, I've only sold a bass, but would never haggle if buying. If the item's worth it to me, I'll pay the price. Simples, and no time malspent. Outside BC, "haggling" decribes a vast array of cultural stuff, social-group rules, psychology ... the works. Some is OK, like haggling in a country where it's deemed disrespectful to not haggle. Some is not OK, like the dozens of lying, manipulating losers who use your time on trying to get you to lose, telling you that you are the vulture with your fair asking price. IMHO, ultimately it's not about lack of respect, but about lack of self-respect. (Recently, I sold a nearly new £3,000 snowblower for my fair asking price of £2,000 after having endured (=getting worn out by) dozens of these people with their stories and their £1,000 and £1,200 offers ... ... and to whom did I so sell this snowblower? To a snowblower shop owner fer cryin' out loud! If you ever need evidence the price is fair ... )

Guten Denken! Also to be used as frets on the Homatone da gamba.

... or, if for weird reasons you dislike banjos, then your skin could be used for a Renaissance serpent, that snaky, leather clad wood instrument with a mouthpiece like a trombone. I'd buy you!

My vote is for turning you into an osteophone. 😉

Dagny Norvoll Sandvik, Norway's so-called pop queen, did that to me with some of her orchestral versions, though in that case I wouldn't call them "contrasting" but just "a bit more satisfying to me". Can't post all the individual songs' YT links, but here's the full orchestral show. One should be able to click on individual songs just below the vid window: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/kork-hele-landets-orkester/sesong/2021/episode/MKKA11003420 Well worth it, IMHO. One original though: "Love You Like That"

Björk: "Violently Happy" "Debut" album version (or is it? I don't actually recognise it) MTV Unplugged version with glass harp, pipe organ, harpsichord and all 'n' sundry.

Yeah, Richie had it on "Richard P. Havens, 1983", in 1968 I think, whilst Bob did it in '71 IMS. Also in '71, Dutch vocal group The Revells did a haunting non-album version as "Indian ropeman", which is on one of the compilations called "Psych Bites". That's the version that has followed me for 53 years. Lurve it. Not reggae, mind.

Bob Marley's version of Richie Havens's fantastic "Indian Rope Man".

Edit: Weird stuff is happening. My link is exchanged with the one from the above post.

Aye, a 1963 Rowlettbacker.

Dunno about this stuff, and I'll just revert you to my daughter's in-depth analysis: Martine (4) : "Dad, these rockers ... their heads are so filled with rock that there's no space left for intelligence. Now, I like rock too, but at least I have space left for intelligence."

the boys in my band had all three degrees. demnit, my shift key won't work.

Glenn Cornick, Jethro Tull

Cor Dekker of Ekseption started it all. To date one of few bass players who played solos I love to hear. Sad life though: after his Ekseption stint, he fell victim to heroin, becoming a dealer and getting a prison sentence - - only to be released due to his health, so he could die at home. Good, dependable bass player, and reportedly a luvverly bloke. Here seen while receiving an award - probably for their "Ekseption 3" album.

Yup. 😀