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Sigh ... We're still such amateurs here in the colonies. We can learn a lot from our European friends. A fee for adding a fee! Pure government genius! On 11/6/2010 9:37 AM, George Brock-Nannestad wrote: > From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad > > > Hello, > > Cary Ginell asked us to put our money where our mouth is; he is right! > However, I would really have to have a burning need, as the following > calculation shows: > >>> Deluxe 2-CD box set ($34.95 + shipping) > ----- let us put shipping to Denmark at $10.05 to make calculation easier. > > This means that the set arrives in Denmark with a price tag of $45 by adding > the two amounts. We have to pay, not customs but VAT on that: 25% or $11.25. > But the Customs Center require a fee for doing this "service" of adding two > numbers and a quarter, and this fee is (in Danish Kroner) $29.29. This means > that obtaining these desirable discs would set me back $85.54. Sadly, that is > not going to happen. > > Kind regards, > > > George > > >> So order a copy already! We sunk a lot of dough into this thing. :) >> >> Cary >> >>> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 20:40:13 -0400 >>> From: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] OJL announces major western swing set on Bob >> Dunn >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> >>> So glad to see this! It's SO overdue. And I know it will be good because >>> your essay is in it. >>> >>> best, >>> >>> Uncle Dave Lewis >>> Lebanon, OH >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Cary Ginell<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> Origin Jazz Library >>>> Press Release >>>> Bob Dunn Box Set Now Available! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 5 >>>> >>>> >>>> Bob Dunn: Master of the Electric Steel >>>> Guitar (1935-1950) >>>> >>>> >>>> Deluxe 2-CD box set ($34.95 + shipping) >>>> >>>> >>>> Origin Jazz Library OJL-1004 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Bob Dunn (1908-1971) was >>>> the amplified steel guitar's first stylist, a gentle >>>> bear of a man whose innovative ideas revolutionized western swing and >>>> inspired >>>> countless musicians in the Southwest during the 1930s and '40s. More >>>> than 75 >>>> years after his first appearances on record, Dunn still amazes those >> who >>>> have never heard the electric steel guitarīs beginnings. His solos are >>>> often >>>> otherworldly; jagged cascades of arpeggios, jarring staccato notes, >> and >>>> Hawaiian >>>> chime effects emanated from his primitive instruments. In his >>>> groundbreaking, literally electrifying music, Dunn melded Hawaiian, >>>> country, and hot jazz elements into a style that reverberates today in >>>> genres from modern country to rock 'n' roll. This essential box set >>>> features dozens of Dunn's most astounding performances, which have >> been >>>> digitally restored from original 78s. Bands include Milton Brown& >>>> his Brownies, Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, Roy Newman& his Boys, >>>> Bob Dunn's Vagabonds, and many more. For full track details, see our >>>> website. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> INCLUDED: >>>> >>>> >>>> 53 original >>>> recordings >>>> >>>> >>>> 4 historical >>>> essays by historians Kevin Coffey, Cary Ginell, Jeremy Wakefield, and >> David >>>> Sager. >>>> >>>> >>>> Full >>>> discographical data >>>> >>>> >>>> Previously >>>> unpublished photographs from Dunn's personal scrapbook. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Now >>>> available from Origin Jazz Library, 1534 N. Moorpark Road, PMB 333, >>>> Thousand Oaks, CA >>>> 91360 >>>> >>>> >>>> For >>>> information on other Origin Jazz Library releases, visit our website >> at >>>> www.originjazz.com or E-mail your queries >>>> to [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> -- *Pete Tinker* 23257 Gilmore St. West Hills, CA 91307 818-346-5213 818-694-5213 /(cell)/