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Nov 2, 2009 - 3:35 AM
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JThree
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Dear Guys:
I went on trip to Colorado Springs, CO a month ago, and I foolishly took my Airwolf soundtrack that was produced in Europe almost 10 years ago. I believe there were only about 500 made, and they were sold out years ago, and made by the Airwolf Appreciation Society.
When I went on the trip, it was storming and it was on the top of one of my bags, and must have slipped out when the wind was blowing when one of the bags fell out.
It was my most favorite soundtrack (Gabrielle's theme and Echoes of Yesterday were two of my most beloved tunes)
I was able to download the the main three themes from the Airwolf Appreciation Society on the internet, but it's not the same as having the actual CD in my hands, with the linear notes and beautiful illustrations.
Comfort me, Comfort me, oh ye people!
Or are you fellow fans too smart to make a mistake that foolish?
JThree
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Thankfully, I've now transferred all my CD's to the iPod (all 1000 of them too....took me bloody three weeks!), so there's no chance of losing beloved CD's anymore. I sympathize with your situation, bro!
Not until you have to reformat your iPod 
But seriously, I hope you've got all that backed up.
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So how'd you like Colorado Springs?
Did you get to see the Air Force Academy?
Is that why you brought the "Airwolf" CD . . . for underscoring?
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But all that music is also on your computer. Restoring it to a new or reformatted iPod is as simple as putting the iPod on the connector.
Maybe, but not necessarily. He might for various reasons 1) not keep all of it on his hard drive when he's done with the file transfer (I have nearly 30 gigs of music on my iPod and don't keep all of it on my harddrive), or 2) even if it's on the harddrive, the harddrive could crash as well. That's why I'm saying - back that sucker up.
Besides, I think Thor kept his CDs. So if he lost his computer and iPod the same day, he'd still have the back-up of the CDs.
True. Although that can take a lot of time. That's why I'm saying - back that sucker up.
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A family friend of ours has owned a CD shop for many many years, and when my brother and I were little he would give us free promos he would get. We built up a collection of hundreds of soundtracks, and kept them all in one of those CD booklets. We took it with us on a trip to Europe, and accidentally left it on the plane at a stopover in Switzerland.
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Fortunately, I have a 120 GB ipod, so it can room ALL my 1000 CD's and still be only half full! It works wonderfully as an extra backup disc that way.
I love my iPod, but I've found that while you can put music on and delete it from the iPod, you cannot transfer music from the iPod back to a computer. It's an anti-piracy feature to keep you from proliferating songs among all your friends.
So I do not consider the iPod itself to be a backup; when the iPod dies, it will take its contents to the grave. I use external hard drives to back up my digital valuables.
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Good Lord, what a sob story! A most unfortunate event!! (sniff sniff...wiping a tear away...)
If I send you a CDR copy and color copies of the inserts, can you again somehow find a reason to go on living?
(...now WHERE did I put that copy of AIRWOLF......)
Kidding aside...I must have it somewhere here and will be glad to replace the music/inserts if you would like. I just have to make sure I can locate the actual CD in a reasonable timeframe. I haven't actually seen it for a good many years since I first played it.
Or are you, like me, an ORIGINALIST, and only the very original will do, in the most perfect of worlds. But then...nothing is perfect. So we all do the best that we can.
I'm ready to help. Give me the word and I'll start digging in the archives.
Ron Burbella
BurbellaRon@cs.com
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Ron is a really nice guy.
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Nov 4, 2009 - 5:16 AM
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JThree
(Member)
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Good Lord, what a sob story! A most unfortunate event!! (sniff sniff...wiping a tear away...)
I'm emotionally devasted. And here I was using my vacation time to treat my parents on the trip. Oh, Life can be so cruel, heartless, and unforgiving.
If I send you a CDR copy and color copies of the inserts, can you again somehow find a reason to go on living?
(...now WHERE did I put that copy of AIRWOLF......)
Kidding aside...I must have it somewhere here and will be glad to replace the music/inserts if you would like. I just have to make sure I can locate the actual CD in a reasonable timeframe. I haven't actually seen it for a good many years since I first played it.
Or are you, like me, an ORIGINALIST, and only the very original will do, in the most perfect of worlds. But then...nothing is perfect. So we all do the best that we can.
I'm ready to help. Give me the word and I'll start digging in the archives.
Ron Burbella
BurbellaRon@cs.com
That would be appreciated Ron. . . . I really it's hardly as bad as what (I believe) comic writer Len Wein went through, when he lost all of his comic art in a fire . . . but still for a shallow comic book fan it can be pretty traumatic.
JThree . . .please feel free to give me an email at carolyn@dia.net. Or should I email you.
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