Berlin visit ~ Membran label (follow-up)

Hi to all those who contributed to my Berlin visit thread last week - many thanks for the comments in particular:

Ton: I was very interested to read your reply re: the Membran label items ... I see that David (Coma) has indicated validity via an obsure czech licence (his words). Certainly I have found that when playing "Beneath the 12 Mile Reef" using Windows Media Player v10 it shows up the FSM release! Had I known that there was such a legitimate release at the time I would not have purchased this Membran item - I just hope that the FSM release has better sound quality. In other words, I will buy a "bootleg" item, but rarely, and only if I do not know (or think) that there is a legitimate release.

As a coda to this issue, I see today that IntermezzoMedia now list 23 of these Membran releases (in their "foreign" releases section) - perhaps these are ones where there is no current legitimate release - I haven't checked the database.

David: wheverer we go we have rain so Berlin was no exception! At least it wasn't torrential (Florida) or flooding (Southern France), etc. On return I was able to check my memory that I recalled seeing "Europa-Center mit Gedachtniskirche" (I presume this is the church with the broken spire) in one of my favourite movies - towards the end of "The Quiller Memorandum" - even though I haven't watched it for several years.

Arne: Good to hear from you and thank you for the Tarantula reference (I remember seeing their name some time ago but do not recall visiting their website) - I will check them out. As for visiting Germany again - perhaps though I do not imagine Hamburg being on the itinerary. Indeed, I much fancy a trip to Denmark sometime - if only it was not so expensive!

Best wishes to all - this soundtrack community is wonderful!

Mitch, September 21, 2006; 7:43 AM