"My Car Got Wrecked" CD Sale! (THE RETURN) :-) — Page 2

dancingthrulife04: First of all, I love your avatar! Secondly, yes it most definitely is! I plan on keeping it going for at least a couple of weeks. Thanks for asking!

You are so welcome, YWIW!! I hope you like the Buffy EP.

hehehe... Well, Mamie, you'll get TWO different versions of "Strong" to listen to on the Buffy EP! (There's a hidden track at the end.)

Got mine in the mail yesterday, but I haven't had time to listen yet!

This weekend, for sure. Can't wait!

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Looking forward to my first listen!

I get paid on the 25th. If it is still going on, I will be purchasing my very own copy.

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WOOT!!!!

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Thanks so much, Bestie! I'm so glad you like it! I take it the Buffy EP is a bit too outré for your taste?

Gotcha! Cool.

I put a note on the other thread about these great CD's. I just knew Buffy was going to be great (and it is!) but I had no idea the "Come Rain or Come Shine" CD was filled with so many incredible jazz greats. You have to hear this woman's voice on the title track and They Can't Take That Away From Me, Night and Day, Embraceable You, and so many other gems. Classic jazz is definitely her forte! My personal favorite - Fever - is getting replayed so many times they're threatening to take my CD player away from me.

Do yourselves a favor and take advantage of this terrific offer - right now!

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Updated On: 1/16/08 at 12:00 PM

Just a bump to remind folks that I'm offering this special deal through the end of the month. The stupid car started smoking right when we brought it in to the body shop, so as soon as it gets its cosmetic surgery, it has to go to the mechanic for some, er, internal medicine. (I don't know why I went with the medical metaphor...maybe 'cause I still have the flu?)

Anyway, thanks again to all of you who have taken advantage of my "two Cd's for the price of one" offer. I appreciate it, and I hope you're enjoying the tunes!

I totally forgot to write about how much I love both of the cds you get in this Car Emergency Sale Package of Erika’s.

Of the two cds, The Buffy EP by Erika’s band Velvet Chain is the one that sounds most likely to be at home in my music collection, and I loved it right away. In the first song, “Buffy,” Erika comes on like the Kate Bush of the Undead. The rest of the songs remind me of Erotica-era Madonna if Madonna had a pretty voice and, you know, could sing. The production’s gorgeous, the musicianship is perfect, and Erika just sounds terrific. Of course, the two songs featured on the Buffy show (“Strong” and “Treason”) are here, and they’re great. The last song, “Frenchie” is presented in Club Mix form and it made me want more club mixes from Velvet Chain. (Which could very well exist, I don’t mean to come on like some sort of Velvet Chain expert!). “Frenchie” is like something Sandra Bernhard would cook up with a band, a turntable, and an answering machine, and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.

The standards collection by Erika solo, Come Rain or Come Shine, is a perfect musical object. Pristine production and gorgeous arrangements with that sultry-playful-kittenish-vixenish-smoky-full-throated-whatever-the-specific-song-calls-for gorgeous voice front and center lets each track, well, “shine.” Not a lot of “rain” in this collection, in other words. “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” is a favorite and believe it or not, Erika’s version of “Fever” somehow manages to feel fresh and new, something I didn’t think possible at this point in recorded history.

I’ve been listening to both cds since they arrived, and I have to admit that I was worried that they’d come and I wouldn’t like them and then what would I say? I needn’t have worried. Now I know that there’s a reason this woman seems to be working all the time. Erika, you’re really talented, your cds are really good, and I hope you keep up the good work. Other readers, if you’ve been sitting on the fence wondering if you want to get in on the sale, I recommend you do. Quickly. Plus, you’ll help a sister out.

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