Dear  fellow  music  collector,     February 18,2007
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I have issued my last printed list in 1993, since then it's only available
in electronic form.

There are three principal lists:
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mainlist.txt  - the main listing of my collection of concert recordings, 
                CDRs and videos. Only copies of these items are available.

newstuff.txt  - latest arrivals that have not yet been fully cataloged

swaplist.txt  - these are my offers of rare, original records. It also
                includes my list of wanted items, also available separately
                as wantlist.txt

In the lists you will find the following abbreviations:
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Date  : is given in the european format day.month.year

Min   : recording length in minutes, ususally exact

Qu    : sound quality on a 0-10 scale, ranging from perfect (10=professional
        CD quality), over stuff only collecters with battle-hardened ears 
        will be able to enjoy (5 and less),to absolute crap (2 and less).
        
Sc    : source of the recording
            :  (blank) audience recording or unknown
        S   :  soundboard / mixing desk / studio production / official release
        TV  :  television or VHS video
        R   :  radio, usually FM
        LP  :  rare official or promo vinyl LP, single or maxi-single
        CD  :  rare official or promo CD od CD-Single
        DVD :  rare official or promo Digital Versatile Disk
        B   :  bootleg LP / CD
        *   :  master tape

Media : media the recording is stored on in my collection
        MC  :  Music Cassette Tape
        CDR :  recordable CD
        DVDR:  recordable DVD
        DAT :  Digital Audio Tape
        HFV :  HiFi-Video (VHS, audio only!)
        VCD :  Video CD
        SVCD:  Super Video CD
        MP3 :  (audio) CDR with music in MP3 format
        MP3 :  (video) CDR with compressed video (avi,mpg,wmv..)
        
Cass.Nr. is just an info for me where to find the recording


Trading "Rules"
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All trades will normally be done on a "roughly equal time" basis.

This is how I copy tapes/CDR/DVDs - please do the same for me, thanks!

Information - as far as present a list of the song titles, exact venue, extra
              information etc. will be sent with every item.
              
Labels and  - will be provided printed or in digital form, as agreed.
Covers      - ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, no adhesive labels on CDs and DVDs!!
            - if labels are available, use inkjet printable media

Media       - use brand-name, new analog media (tapes, VHS)
            - use brand-name CDRs and DVD+-R, preferrably (fullface)
              inkjet printable.

CD-R        - copied by extraction with EAC in safe mode
            - burned Disk-at-once, pauses set to zero between live tracks
            - verified after burning
            - never burnt on-the-fly or with unsafe extraction (CloneCD)
            
DVD+-R      - my standard is DVD+R, I can use "-" but prefer not to have to
              stock different types of media.
            - always extracted digitally and verified after burning
            - never burnt on-the-fly or with unsafe extraction (CloneDVD)
            
Cassette    - please don't use any noise-reduction-systems on tapes for me.
Tapes       - please take care that the recording level is not too low 
              (which happens surprisingly often)  or too high.
            - if parts of different concerts or short pieces have to be
              recorded one after another on the same cassette side, please
              leave a definite pause (10 seconds blank) between them.

Videos      - All my videos are VHS PAL, I can watch NTSC, but can not
              transfer PAL to NTSC or vice-versa, nor transfer VHS to DVD.

Sending     - my standard is air mail,well wrapped, no jewel cases.
          
Postage     - Unfortunately, mail from Germany is very expensive. One tape
	      weighs ca. 70 g, one CDR ca. 100 g, an LP or videotape is
	      ca. 210 g, plus packaging material. 
	      Please check http://www.caby.de/downloads/Porto_2007.pdf
	      for the most recent postage rates.

Payment     - I prefer EURO cash in a registred letter, or by bank transfer
            - I can accept US$ and UKPounds via PayPal
            - if you pay in currencies other than Euro, or by methods other
              than cash, I expect you to pay all open and hidden fees involved.
            - See http://www.caby.de/paypal.htm for details on PayPal
              transactions and fees.
     
     
Please also check out remcorr.txt, a detailed listing of all fake and
mis-labeled concert recordings I've been able to identify!	    

Enjoy the lists and let me hear from you soon,

all the best

-klaus-