On 10-09-97 FRANK SWARBRICK wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 FS> Actually, I just don't generally sell my albums, even if I don't 
 FS> listen to them much. 
 
        Hmmm, I even sell albums that I love, perhaps just to 
        avoid stasis and to avoid getting hung up on material 
        things (after all, the music is still in my head, right?). 
        Often I'll go through cycles of buying an album, selling 
        it (or giving it away or destroying it), rebuying, 
        selling again, rebuying. I started buying records over 30 
        years ago, so I'm beginning to note recurring patterns. 
 
 FS> The only one I've ever sold is _Filmore East_ (I 
 FS> think that was the name) by the Allman Brothers.  I like the band well 
 FS> enough, but for some reason that CD just really got on my nerves! 
 
        IMO the original CD release is merely very good, whereas 
        the special remaster edition with the extra tracks is 
        excellent, one of the finest CD releases of old material 
        ever done, one of the few CD releases that makes it worth 
        your while buying it when you already own a vinyl copy. 
        But of course, your mileage may vary. And well it should; 
        mileage variance is what makes the world go round. 
 
 FS> As for Khan, I was reading something on r.m.p. that mentioned that 
 FS> Steve Hillage wrote some music for a second Khan album, but he ended 
 FS> up joining Gong before he recorded it.  Apparently a lot of the 
 FS> material ended up on his solo album _Fish Rising_. 
 
        Yup, _FR_ is a sort of schizo album with some material 
        sounding Khanish and some sounding Gongish. 
 
 FS>I was listening to FR today.  It's much better than SS... 
 
        I would agree with that, _FR_ is a particularly good 
        album, certainly Hillage's best, perhaps followed by _L_. 
        Interestingly, his tour with System 7 recently had him 
        playing on the west coast in the same town at the same 
        time as the classic Gong line-up, missing only
        Stevillage, of Daevid, Gilli, Pierre Moerlen, and Mike 
        Howlett and they couldn't get it together enough to have 
        a gig with Steve. Still, I guess if they had I would have 
        bitched about Tim Blake not being along. And Steffi's 
        alright, even if he ain't a chick. ;-) 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
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