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A
GUIDE TO THE RECORDINGS OF MELANIE |
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WHAT YOU’LL
FIND INSIDE |
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NEWS |
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Information on new and planned releases. I will try and
include information on the latest CDs and downloads. |
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ALBUM
DISCOGRAPHY |
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Here
you will find details of primary releases throughout Melanie’s career,
including albums, soundtracks and compilations of interest |
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CD
COMPILATIONS |
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Details
of compilations issued on CD from 1987 to the current date. |
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VINYL
SINGLES |
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This
section details some of the more interesting and collectable vinyl singles, mainly
concentrating on items containing rare songs or recordings. It does NOT
attempt to provide a singles discography. |
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CD SINGLES |
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This
section details CD singles and CD promotional items released from 1989 to
current date |
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GUEST
APPEARANCES |
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Backing
Vocals, duets and rare live appearances, or just being sampled. Details can
be found in this section. |
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SONG INDEX |
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Here
you will find an index to the many songs that Melanie has written, recorded
or performed live, with lyrics to over 400 of them. |
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WHAT’S NEW |
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Check
here for the latest updates to this site |
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LINKS |
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Links
to other Melanie web-sites and discussion groups. |
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NOTES ON THE AVAILABILITY OF MELANIE’S
RECORDINGS |
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It recent years it has
not always been easy to obtain Melanie’s music. Vinyl albums were long out of
print and CD re-issues often poorly done, or not done at all. Even new albums could be hard to find as
they were often only released in certain countries. A vast array of compilations,
often providing the same limited range of songs, just added to the
frustration of older fans trying to replace their worn vinyl collections and
newer fans wanting to hear Melanie’s music for the first time. The advent of the age of the digital download has now made a significant difference, with more and more of Melanie’s back catalogue and new recording now being made available either through her official web-site or download stores such as iTunes or Napster. However, even the world of digit downloads is rather confusing with several different companies providing content to download sites, sometimes resulting in more than one version of an album. If you want downloads
of Melanie’s albums then my recommendation would be to start with the Store
at Melanie’s official website. (www.melaniesmusic.com/store.html). If you can’t find what your looking for
there, or would prefer to use one of the other download sites, then look for
content supplied by Two Story Records or Melanie Music. I have tried to indicate in the Album
Index if a particular recording is available for digital download and will
try to keep this as up-to-date as possible. Of course downloads
are not everyone’s first choice. Some albums can still be found on CD through
major on-line retailers and out-of-print CDs can sometimes be found through
auction sites such as EBAY or Amazon Marketplace sellers. Albums that have
never had an official CD release can only be found in their original vinyl
format through second hand record stores or from auction sites. |
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