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Here in Baltimore, there's a place called Book Thing that gives books away for free, no strings attached. People donate their used books, and then the guy who runs it gives them away. It's pretty lo-fi, but the people are really nice and devoted to promoting literacy, and who doesn't love free stuff?

 

If you're ever in the area, it's a cool place to check out. They've got thousands of books.

Recent Purchases:

 

Remastered Permanent Waves- I had the older CD, but the remastering is too good to pass up, at least to my ears.

 

Al Di Meola- Elegant Gypsy. It's Latin Fusion, and he is incredible.

 

Scorpions- Taken By Force. Uli Jon Roth deserves far more credit than he gets, and this album is really good, although I do not listen to it as much as others.

 

Lately, that's about all I've bought, but with Christmas coming up, I hope to get these:

 

Black Sabbath- Black Box. It has their first eight studio albums, plus a DVD, all completely remastered. I love Black Sabbath, but the production on the CDs I own is terrible, and supposedly, the remastering done by Rhino is impeccable.

 

Pink Floyd- Animals, as well as Wish You Were Here.

 

Jimi Hendrix- Live at Woodstock, Band of Gypsys, and Electric Ladyland. I have two of the Experience albums, but none from the BoG.

 

The Mothers of Invention- Freak Out. I love Zappa's music, and his catalog is so mind numbingly massive, it will take me years to get them all.

 

The three albums by Cream. I have Fresh Cream on vinyl, but I need a CD copy, as well as Wheels of Fire and Disraeli Gears.

 

Yes- Close to the Edge. I hear nothing but good things concerning this band.

 

Deep Purple- In Rock, Fireball, Made in Japan, and Perfect Strangers. Another band I like a lot, but need more albums from.

 

And of course, as many Rush albums as I can get my hands on, as well as My Favorite Headache, by Mr. Lee.

 

 

I'm fifteen and fairly certain I'm of the male gender. It seems as if I may be the youngest person here. Hmm, not unusual, especially considering the type of music I listen to. I'm pretty sure I was the only person under 25 who seriously wanted to see Larry Carlton in concert, yet that fell through due to my being under the legal drinking age. I do get funny looks when I wear Rush shirts to school, which I find to be funny in and of itself. There is, however, another kid at school who wears the shirts, but I somehow get the impression he doesn't actually listen to Rush, due to him saying his favorite song from 2112 is "Tom Sawyer."

Thanks a lot!

First post, seems like a really great forum, considering the official Rush site doesn't seem to have one.

 

As far as my favorite album goes, that is quite a tough choice to make, considering I do not own most of their post Moving Pictures material. Of the albums I do own, however, A Farewell to Kings is probably my favorite, with 2112 and Permanent Waves each being a close second. If fluctuates, really, as I'm sure it does with a great deal of Rush fans.