koogles

Where's ASIA??

Geography was never my strong point, but I believe it's somewhere on the other side of the ocean...

Where's ASIA??

Walter just paid and insisted his name was Walter Konrad... so 2 payments now and no heartbreak... I'm thinking he might not be Tom or Gerry...

Walter Konrad.... he paid me the first time around. But now, I've had to file a non-paying bidder report for his recent wins. The verdict is still out...

Works for me... hmm, try this

AVALANCHE- Restless Youth

AVALANCHE- Restless Youth

Here's the situation. I found a rare AOR compilation on the weekend called "Number Nine Sound". I believe it's a Canadian label compilation from the early 90s. Of all the bands on this disc, I was only familiar with one of them: Page Two. (I've located their In the Heat of Nevada CD several times.)

The band that I'm puzzled about is called Avalanche. It appears to be a "project" type band, led by Anton Streiss (keyboardist and producer). The liner notes do not disclose the name of the vocalist, but the other partner in the band is drummer Seppo Salminen. (Both are photographed in the booklet.) Neither Seppo nor Anton appear to be the vocalist... but the voice I keep hearing is that of Freddy Curci (Sheriff, Alias). Or is it? Maybe I'm hearing things! One thing for sure, if it isn't Curci, it's the closest sounding singer to Curci I've ever heard! The "Restless Youth" MP3 link is located above and I'd really appreciate your input...

And (of course), if any of you experts out there know anything about this band, by all means- fill me in!

It's definitely killer AOR/melodic hard rock... that much I think we can all agree on!

P.S. This CD is currently on eBay for anyone interested. Number Nine Sound

PJ called me last week and we might be checking out the Lillian Axe show in Toronto this coming Monday. I don't know if I'm going... I'm a casual LA fan at best and only really like their early stuff ... but if we hook up, I'll try to get a few things sorted out. Or at least tell him to check out the HH board and address some concerns here.

I really want to go, but it falls on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. I think that might be holding back a few other Canucks (Dave Ayotte too?)... mind you, the Harem Scarem factor must be pulling him just as strong in the opposite direction! I'm trying REALLY hard to rearrange my dinner plans to make this concert a go. Maybe a free ticket would be just the motivation I need! haha. (kidding)

I have had enough bad experiences with sellers, how about a list of some good sellers that I can do business with. Anyone have a list of top 10 sellers? I never had any problems with a person named starlighthoney. service was good. is there more sellers like this I can deal with?

I highly recommend (in no particular order):

Delbert Clemons (delclemons)

Burt Heilbron (surrf)

Adriano (adboimel)

Dave (mistdiscs)

Taki (mellowdickmusic)

Mike Butt (impossiblerock)

Mark Allen (The Metal Sanctuary)

Jarred (dragcar05)

Tim (tim061073)

Pascal (Crycin)

And I agree with you, Rockmore... Kris (Starlighthoney) is one of the best.

the mass majority get screwed around and that is a Fact"

Rockmore... Elmer the Elephant just called. He wants his glue bottle back, so kindly remove the plastic tip from the inner recesses of your nasal passages and then proceed to get YOUR facts straight. PJ's worst account is sitting at 98.4% positive. Roughly 2 customers out of 100 are dissatisfied. So how does that equal the mass majority getting screwed around?

Go back to YOUR fantasy world, clown boy.

To set things straight, I know PJ's parents and they're both hard-working, middle class Polish immigrants. I've been in both their homes. I know by the time he was 25, PJ was making more $ than both his parents combined. They both work in factories, and they aren't silver spoon factories either!

Those Russian imports should not be legal for sale outside of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic States. Those who take advantage of an economic loophole are definitely not doing the artists/labels any favors.

Buying those CDs is like living on a $50,000/a year salary and using the food bank.

I buy all my new releases from Mike and NEH, his prices are the best around and you can't top the service!

I think alot of other labels out there (and other companies in general) could look to Mike McPherson as a model of how to run a business properly. It doesn't get much better than NEH. NEH stands for Never Ever Headaches!

If anyone with LOTS of time on their hands feels they can track down these boxes, there's obviously a tidy reward involved!!

 

koogs

Of course, the $1000 reward might come in the form of "store/catalog credit". Which, given how PJ prices his discs, could translate into 3... maybe 4 CDs!

You got him on that one, T-BONE! :

As for the lost boxes, maybe the Ramirez brothers were working in the cargo area of United Airlines!

T-BONE... the CDs were in his possession. He'd purchased them in Japan but when it came time to move his operation back to North America, United Airlines lost them on a connecting flight between San Francisco and SLC.

I was going to help him track down these missing boxes, because PJ offered me $1000 if I was successful. But no luck... I got the royal runaround on the phone, not to mention being put on hold for very long periods of time. My patience gave out.

From an email PJ sent me...

"March 29... flight left Narita (Tokyo), for San Francisco. JAL (Japan Airlines) Flight 002. Boxes in question arrived in San Francisco.

At that point however, they were to be transferred to another airline, United Airlines (figures, a US airline), they never made it to the second destination, Salt Lake City. We don't know if they ever boarded the second flight, or what happened. We've been told they were never put on the second flight- and stayed at the San Francisco airport... anyway, the second flight, on which the boxes should have been automatically transferred to but apparently were not in San Francisco, was UA (United Airlines) flight 6418, also on March 29th. Upon arriving in Salt Lake City, and not seeing the two boxes on the conveyor belt, [we knew] we had a problem. Other luggage was fine... just these two boxes didn't make it."

If anyone with LOTS of time on their hands feels they can track down these boxes, there's obviously a tidy reward involved!!

koogs

I haven't heard from PJ in about a month: at last word, he was in Naples, Florida. Lots of recent Facebook shots show him enjoying the good life. I sure hope it's not at the expense of his business.

I don't know if this has anything to do with his troubles, but the airline PJ recently took from Japan to Canada lost 2 big boxes (roughly $10,000 worth of CDs, according to Peej) and he never recovered them. I know most of the CDs in those boxes had already been listed on his various eBay stores... some had even sold. I know he had better sense than Lonnie, and actually refunded most of the money involved. But why do I have the feeling a few may have slipped between the cracks?

I just checked eBay...

1stPressHeaven: 98.2%

Earotic: 98.5%

Kissmydisc3: 99.0%

OneCentJapaneseCDs: 98.3%

Not looking too good on Amazon either. KMDTokyo is slipping...

95% positivity in the last 365 days

91% in the last 6 months

86% in the past 3 months

WTF? To an outsider, the eBay percentages might look fairly decent, but- trust me- they're not. When you've got powerseller feedback volume, you've gotta fu*k around pretty bad to watch your % drop below 99% (or even 99.5%!)

This doesn't sound like the PJ I used to work for. I'm gonna have to give him a call and see what the hell is going on...

Stay tuned...

koogles

Fighter!

They never made a weak album, so the chances of an awesome comeback CD would be pretty good. Can't say the same for The Brave, Halo and Holy Soldier, despite each having brilliant debuts.

Maybe put the dogs on the South Beach diet rather than the Crashdiet diet.

At last word, PJ was on vacation in Florida. This was late July, early August...

I imagine he will be back shortly.

Dave, you put the Heavy into Heavy Harmonies.

Just kidding, btw!

Skinny as a twig?? Ahem, Mr. Moratti called, Dave, he wants his man boobs back.

Let me guess... the Ramirez Brothers are selling him car parts now. I bet checking the oil is Lon's specialty at Ford.... being a dipstick and all.

PJ's a busy man these days, juggling several other demands (real estate, automobiles, girls) ... I'm sure he isn't avoiding anyone intentionally. He was over at the endangeredcds compound last weekend and his cell phone was going off constantly. I even tried to lure him out that night to see Def Leppard, all-access, but he had too much on the go. Or maybe my tits just weren't big enough.

Ripper.... that Edane deals goes WAYYY back. That was 3-4 years ago, wasn't it? I know I was still working for KMD back then. And you never got that straightened around?? Wow....

I'm in too! What about

PLEASE WEAR NOW!

on the tag?