great finds

as i was saying in my last posting...i was in montreal last week....and a visit to montreal wouldn't be complete without a stop to my favorite record store on saint denis st.......Beatnick records...
i was looking for a vinyl copy of gordon lightfoot's summertime dream which contains my favorite song of his....The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald....they had one for a great price..

.....4.00$...in excellent condition....i even got it cleaned by a staff member with his secret formula cleaning solution......i also got a great vinyl copy of Paul Mccartney's Tripping the live Fantastic...a triple vinyl collection that is getting hard to find.....also got elton john's honky chateau on vinyl and jethro tull's stormwatch album on vinyl.....

i got to the counter to pay for my "great finds" and i saw they had an original long box edition of pink floyd's 2 cd set "anybody listening?? the wall live"......the price was 50.00$....i inquired if they would take 30.00$...the guy behind the counter counter offered 40.00$..so i replied 35.00$.....it was getting serious ;)....he called up the owner to verify if he could accept my latest price....the owner asked what my purchases were....he must of been impressed...i got the cd for 35.00$.....i'm usually not that great of a bargainer...but i was proud of myself that day :)

montreal jazz fest 2009

Just got back from the great city of Montreal.....where the first week of its world famous jazzfest was held...what a great time we had.....stevie wonder gave us a free concert on the 30th of june...very good show even though i left a bit early.....then it was the piece de resistance on the following night...mr. Jamie Cullum at the salle Wilfred Pelletier.....what an awesome show that was....2 hours of magic....jamie must be one of the best performers i've seen in a long time....he gave us is all.....at one point playing percussion on the piano while singing .....he played some new stuff from is upcoming album " the pursuit"....can't wait for it to come out.....he then explained how he got to work with Clint Eastwood on his film Gran Torino....playing the title song Gran Torino to a sell out crowed who were mesmerized with every note he played....making it a night to remember....thank you jamie ....can't wait for the new album!!