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    Huh? Fresh Aire VI is already out. I picked up two copies of it
    at Natural Sound at least 6-8 weeks ago.
    
    Rick
    

      Fresh Aire IV (4) ihas been out on CD recently.  #6 has been
      out on record last month or two but the CD is due out shortly.
      
      -Andy-

    RE the Christmas CD -- I, too, bought the cardboard-encased version
    last year, and was extremely irritated to find it released with a
    jewel box this year.  So I wrote to AG and asked them to send me a
    jewel box with insert, and they kindly did.  Unfortunately, it arrived
    somewhat the worse for wear (i.e., cracked, with the little tabs that
    hold the booklet broken), but it was nice of them to send it.  One of
    these days I may get a new jewel box and try to transfer the inserts.
 
    AG sure is interested in keeping their customers happy!

							-- Nina

    
    Apparently, the little booklet one will get in the Fresh Aire VI
    CD is also being sent with the album, which I got to hear Sat.
    
    I have a program from Mannheim Steamroller's Omaha concert, which
    gives some insight on how they put all this together, and what lengths
    they go to in a concert.  Now if they'd just play the East Coast...
    
    DFW

Just picked up a copy of FRESH AIRE VI tonight (1/21/87)at Newbury Comics 
in Natick(?). They mentioned that the disk had just arrived today. There 
were about 6 copies left in the bin. Price was $16.99.

As expected, the music is excellent and sound quality is also excellent. 
The disc is recorded with the London Symphony and the Cambridge Singers.
Its unusual for one group to consistently put out high quality music that 
is enjoyable to listen to. All of the Fresh Aire series has a unique mood 
and feeling that allows the user to almost visualize what is being 
described by the music.

FYI...Tracks on the disc are as follows:

                1. Come Home to the Sea
                
                         RHODES SUITE
                ------------------------------
                2. Twilight at Rhodes
                3. Night Festival at Rhodes
                4. Sunrise at Rhodes
                5. The Olympics
                6. Nepenthe

                         ORPHEUS SUITE	
                ------------------------------
                7. Descent into the Underworld
                8. Dialog with the Devil
                9. Ascent from Hell

               10. SIRENS
                   Crash and the Call
                   The Dance
                   The Singing Contest
                   Farewell


                                                     Earl

I picked up Fresh Aire VI at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show
Jan 8. I really like it. I also picked up Fresh Aire IV, Saving
The Wildlife, and a couple of other AG titles. I also picked up
two video samplers. Each title, including the videos were $10 a
pop at the show. What a deal. Telarc was also there, selling at
$10 a shot and Mobile Fidelity at $12. Needless to say, I bought
a pile of CD's. 

    I picked up VI at Rockit yesterday.  The one thing I find truly
    amazing is that this is the first Fresh Aire CD where I feel I get
    my money's worth - it's 45 minutes long!  The rest tend to be between
    30 and 35 minutes.
    
    At first listening I didn't like it as much as the others, but I
    will listen some more.
    					Steve

        Fresh-Aire VI is currently on sale at Lechmere's (in Framingham, 
    MA) at 20% off usual price.  (Usual price is ~$17.)

        Also, all 'New Age' (whatever that phrase means to YOU!) and all 
    classical CDs are similarly on sale at 20% off usual prices.

                        Enjoy...

    Just wondering...I'm new to the CD scene, and to the "NEW AGE" music
    scene as well. I love a great deal of what I have heard. I have
    heard only pieces of the FRESH AIR compilations. Can anyone recommend
    a particular CD to start with?
    
    I highly recommend, and there is no way I will spell the name right,
    Andreas Volenvieder(?). His new CD, LP, "THE MOON" is one of the
    best new pieces of music I have purchased in the last 15 years.
    I do have over 200 albums, so this is no small recommendation.
    
    Thanks
    
    HABBY
    

    Well, I know there's a note around here somewhere that suggests
    an order for the Fresh Aire discs, but here's mine.
    
    Start with Fresh Aire III and Saving The Wildlife.  Next I'd get
    II, then the rest in ascending sequence.
    
    I'm not sure of the name either, but it's closer to Vollenweider
    - the W is pronounced as V.  The disc you refer to is "Down to the
    Moon", which I too think is great.
    					Steve

    
    I'm sorry, but I just can't resist.  I hope nobody missed Doonesbury
    last friday.  Now that was a breath of fresh air.

    
		    						-mr. bill
    
    
    But the BEST thing about the study group, is that it's a legitimization
    of the new age cuture - its life-style, its philosophy, its literature,
    even its music!
    
    New age has its own music?
    
    Oh, yes, and it's wonderful.  Hearing it is like floating in a warm
    sound bath.  It totally frees the mind.
    
    Obviously.  Look Boopsie, do me a favor and don't bring any of this
    stuff home, okay?
    
    You silly!  You've been listening to it for the last three hours!
    
    Huh?
    
    Non-intrusive, isn't it?  This piece is called "air pudding".     

    Thanks Steve....My memory is good, but it's short. I'll give III
    a try.
    
    HABBY