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This list is not today's list, but it shouldn't be too old.  It's
according to Strawberries Survey, so you know it's biased toward
Rock.  They're having a sale until tomorrow, everything is $11.99

Glenn

	Boy, this list sure reflects the availability of low priced players.  I
   seem to remember a list a year or so ago that was full of George Winston,
	 Keith Jarrett, Dave Grusin, Andreas Volenweider (sp? on these), etc.
	 Are there any other Volenweider fans out there?  White Winds lives in
	 my player. - chris

This is probably not the place to bring up Mr. Vollenweider, but my wife
and I are fans as well.  We bought his second album (the one with the caverns
on the cover and the unusual name) right before he started getting popular.
We had no idea what to expect but we gambled and won.  It's still my favorite,
with "White Wind" a close second.

I'm a Jazz fan too, so I'll give Jazz equal time by listing the
top 20 Jazz titles for November according to Digital Audio magazine
in the November 85 issue:

	1.  William Ackerman: Passage (Windham Hill)
	2.  Windham Hill Sampler '84 (Windham Hill)
	3.  Film & The BB's: Tunnel (Digital Music Products)
	4.  Dave Grusin: Mountain Dance (GRP)
	5.  Film & The BB's: Tricycle (Dgital Music Products)
	6.  Glenn Miller Orchestra: In The Digital Mood (GRP)
	7.  Alex de Grassi: Southern Exposure (Windham Hill)
	8.  Andreas Vollenweider: White Winds (CBS Masterworks)
	9.  Country: Original Soundtrack (Windham Hill)
	10. George Winston: December (Windham Hill)
	11. GRP Jazz Sampler Volume I (GRP)
	12. Jay Leonhardt: Salamander Pie (Digital Music Products)
	13. Pat Metheny: 80/81 (ECM)
	14. David Sanborn: Straight to the Heart (Warner Bros.)
	15. Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays: As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (ECM)
	16. Joe Williams: Nothin' But the Blues (Delos)
	17. Dave Grusin: Night-Lines (GRP)
	18. Pat Metheny Group: First Circle (ECM)
	19. Liz Story: Solid Colors (Windham Hill)
	20. Andreas Vollenweider: Caverna Magica (CBS)
        

	Has anybody seen a "Top-20" for Classical besides the one each
	month in "Digital Audio".  That list is compiled from reader
	opinion, and not sales.

	A "Top-n" list for "other" might also be useful.  "Other" would
	include things like Soundtracks, Sound Effects, Demo disk and
	other non-music CD's (Firesign Theater's "Three Faces of Al"
	comes to mind.).

					alan@vmblus

I think giving CD evaluations to be very valuable considering that your
disc investment will far overwhelm your player investment.  I like to buy
disks with a feeling that what I would get would be good.  Thanks for the
top twenty in both jazz and classical (my two favorite areas).  Would like
to see more opinions on disks.

I'd like to add a comment on jazz.  I took a flyer and bought a disk without
knowing anything about it (through mail order - didn't even see cover).
It is Fill Up the Night  - Sadao Watanabe.  He is a jazz saxophonist from
Japan.  The music is EXCELLENT.  It is one of the best sounding CDs I have.
I would heartily recommend this disc to anyone who like jazz.

peter

re. .5	Ovation magazine, which is classical only, publishes a list of
	the top 20 cd's and top 20 lp's based strictly on sales. This
	means that everything is included, like Bernstein conducting his
	own West Side Story and the Telarc 'Time Warp' cd.

Ken....