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Post by xmiles on Jul 11, 2017 16:33:53 GMT -6
Interesting. I sense this is going to be more rock and less fusion than the previous Protocol albums. Why do you say that? Howe isn't a fusion guy per se, but more so than Timmons ever was. He's just a straight up blues rocker. I always thought he was the weak link on the Protocol stuff. Hamm's fusion cred is solid, albeit unexciting. I think Otmaro Ruiz is doing the tour. Much better! Just a hunch - I may well be wrong. |
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Post by shadow on Jul 11, 2017 18:02:00 GMT -6
Why do you say that? Howe isn't a fusion guy per se, but more so than Timmons ever was. He's just a straight up blues rocker. I always thought he was the weak link on the Protocol stuff. Hamm's fusion cred is solid, albeit unexciting. I think Otmaro Ruiz is doing the tour. Much better! Just a hunch - I may well be wrong. I liked Timmons because he had a different sound than everyone else you are used to hearing. |
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Post by rapidfirerob on Jul 12, 2017 10:44:21 GMT -6
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Post by GeorgeX on Jul 13, 2017 13:16:12 GMT -6
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Post by shadow on Jul 15, 2017 20:07:21 GMT -6
Mike Kermisch (Mr. Fusion) from Audiophile Imports. Yes still very much in business, although the AI website was terminated at the end of 2015. All correspondence/orders are now done by either phone or email. For additional info, inquiries or to place orders, please call (443) 844-5020 & leave message or email mrfusion123@verizon.net . This is my 43rd year selling/promoting the "fusion" music genre, the past 31 years under the Audiophile Imports umbrella. Special orders welcome as well as an out of print search service. Don't despair if a new release is only a download, I can create a CDR with art/credits for almost any title. Prices will vary, if more folks want a particular title, the better the pricing will be. Pre-orders/orders now being accepted for any of the following titles: Call for latest release info/news....conversation is great, an order is better!
REISSUES
PRISM-PRISM, SECOND THOUGHTS, SECOND MOVE, PRISM III, PRISM LIVE, LIVE ALIVE ABSOLUTELY, PRISMANIA.
Japanese re-mastered re-issues in SHM format released to coincide with Prism's 40th anniversary. All titles (except Prismania) contain bonus tracks. Prism Live is a 2 cd set as well as Live Alive Absolutely with 4 new bonus tracks on Disc 2.. Good pricing.. A new Prism compilation cd "Celebrate" will be released in July in both CD & LP format.
MINGO LEWIS-FLIGHT NEVER ENDING (finally a proper/legit reissue) JULY
THE GROUP FEAT PEKKA POHJOLA...re-master 2CD with bonus tracks JULY
BILL MEYERS-IMAGES phenomenal L.A. based fusion release with all-star lineup NOW IN STOCK
JULY
MARCO MINNEMANN-BORREGO 2 cd with guest guitarists Joe Satriani & Alex Lifeson
SEPTEMBER:
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & 4TH DIMENSION-LIVE AT RONNIE SCOTT'S...from March 2017
OZONE SQUEEZE.. new trio featuring guitarist Oz Noy
ANTONIO SANCHEZ-BAD HOMBRE...new solo drum release
STEVE SMITH & VITAL INFORMATION-HEART OF THE CITY
OCTOBER:
SIMON PHILLIPS & PROTOCOL- PROTOCOL 4 with Greg Howe, Otmaro Ruiz & Ernest Tibbs. Japanese SHM CD release is September 20. U.S. tour the first few weeks of December, starting at the Iridium NYC on Dec 4 & 5.
ALSO EXPECTED IN 2017 (HOPEFULLY):
GREG HOWE-WHEELHOUSE
BILLY COBHAM-TIERRA DEL FUEGO w new members bassist Christian Galvez & guitarist Carl Orr
VICTOR WOOTEN/BOB FRANCESCHINI/DENNIS CHAMBERS
ANTOINE FAFARD-PROTO MUNDI w/ Jerry Goodman, Gary Husband & Simon Phillips. Another new CD with Dennis Chambers coming in 2018.
KAZUMI WATANABE new cd guitar + strings
Thanks to all our loyal customers over the years!
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Post by xmiles on Jul 16, 2017 1:41:45 GMT -6
Good to know you are still around Mike. I remember discovering Audiophile Imports via a small add in Downbeat. This was many years ago before the internet. I used to talk with you on the phone and order CDs that you recommended. Expensive trans Atlantic phone calls but worth it as those CDs were pretty hard to find elsewhere. Fond memories!
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Post by JaySee on Jul 19, 2017 15:46:37 GMT -6
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Post by GeorgeX on Jul 28, 2017 12:12:34 GMT -6
"Trip" is the new CD from Mike Stern and it's packed with the BEST musicians on Earth! It features guitarist Leni Stern, trumpeters Wallace Roney and Randy Brecker, saxophonists BOB FRANCESCHINI and Bill Evans, bassists Victor Wooten, Teymur Phell, Edmond Gilmore and Tom Kennedy, and drummers Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers, Will Calhoun and Lenny White! Due Sept 8th
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Post by JaySee on Jul 29, 2017 14:38:06 GMT -6
"Trip" is the new CD from Mike Stern and it's packed with the BEST musicians on Earth! It features guitarist Leni Stern, trumpeters Wallace Roney and Randy Brecker, saxophonists BOB FRANCESCHINI and Bill Evans, bassists Victor Wooten, Teymur Phell, Edmond Gilmore and Tom Kennedy, and drummers Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers, Will Calhoun and Lenny White! Due Sept 8th. |
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Post by shadow on Jul 30, 2017 15:02:45 GMT -6
Mike (Mr. Fusion ) with some more September new releases: MIKE STERN-TRIP GIZMODROME...new band with Adrian Belew, Mark King, Stewart Copeland & Vittorio Cosma (PFM) AL DIMEOLA-ELEGANT GYPSY & MORE 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR PRISM...brand new CD coming 9/20/17...After 30 cds & 40 years, PRISM is still going strong led by the incredible guitarist Akira Wada New KIYO*SEN cd coming late 2017 will include guitarist Koichi Yabori. If you are in the MD, DC, VA area on Wednesday September 20, please come check out a double dose of jazz fusion...BRAND X + special guest JANE GETTER'S PREMONITION featuring Adam Holzman, Alex Skolnick, Mark Egan & Chad Wackerman....Venue is The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia www.birchmere.com Hats off to our #1 customer RZ who recently hit the 90,000 CD mark. I have seen his collection in person & it is incredible! For inquiries, orders etc....please call (443) 844-5020 & leave message or email me mrfusion123@verizon.net |
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Post by JaySee on Jul 30, 2017 15:14:14 GMT -6
Hats off to our #1 customer RZ who recently hit the 90,000 CD mark. I have seen his collection in person & it is incredible! Wow!  |
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Post by conebeckham on Aug 2, 2017 12:10:56 GMT -6
90k CD's? Where does he sleep??
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Post by JaySee on Aug 2, 2017 14:18:07 GMT -6
90k CD's? Where does he sleep?? With a collection like that, I don't think he has time to sleep.  |
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Post by conebeckham on Aug 2, 2017 14:53:06 GMT -6
:-)
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Post by GeorgeX on Aug 2, 2017 15:04:03 GMT -6
90k CD's? Where does he sleep?? With a collection like that, I don't think he has time to sleep. I know what else he doesn't have time to do; actually listen to even a small percentage of that. Even with my collection in the 2200's area, I'd have to listen to 6 albums a day to hear everything once a year. |
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