On 10/22/12 6:56 AM, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
> Steve de Mena <
st...@demena.com> appears to have caused the following
> letters to be typed in
news:yOudnbzbbrSzZBnN...@giganews.com:
>
>> On 10/20/12 6:21 PM, Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
>>> Norodom Sihanouk, variously King, Prince, Prime Minister, Puppet Ruler,
>>> and probably also Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, of Cambodia or
>>> Kampuchea or what- have-you, has passed away at the age of 89. In
>>> between bouts of wheeling and dealing, jockeying for power, chasing
>>> dames, and self-serving diplomacy, he found a bit of time to compose,
>>> including a seven-minute-long piece of fluff called (wait for it)
>>> "Cambodian Suite," which was recorded by none other than André
>>> Kostelanetz on a Columbia LP. The other fluff on the album included
>>> Ferde Grofé's "Hudson River Suite" (one of his better efforts, IMAO), a
>>> snippet from Falla's "La vida breve," and a few other bits and pieces.
>>>
>>> The Columbia LP has been remastered by Naxos, although of course it is
>>> not available in the "Land of the Brave, and the Home of the Free":
>>>
>>>
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=9.81034
>>
>> I just got this (MP3 download, $3.99) from "The Home of the Free" so
>> let's dispel that myth that there are CDs or downloads unattainable
>> here in the U.S. It's getting tired to hear that over and over again
>> when we know it is not true.
>
> But the page says, "Not available in the United States, Australia and
> Singapore due to possible copyright restrictions." Did you use some proxy
> server to get it, or was the barrier simply not there?
>
Just signed up and said I lived in Canada. Wow, that was hard.