I was introduced to that Crimson album in 1982 and it completely changed my musical direction. While immersed in a party school atmosphere I stuck out with regard to my musical choices thereafter and became thoroughly involved with the KC catalog. If this music appeals to you then be aware this band changed many personnel and existed in many incarnations, each a distinct animal from the other. That said I unreservedly suggest acquiring a copy of their album called Lark's Tongues In Aspic as the next step in the King Crimson sonic universe.
If Apple does decide to shut down iTunes and migrate solely to Apple Music streaming service I suppose I'll have to migrate my library into some other environment -- but what a gigantic pain in the butt it will be to re-tag with all new metadata because Apple's methods are proprietary.
With streaming on the rise and the addition of Apple Music service we may well see the end of iTunes. This would also explain Apple's long resistance to adding hi res offerings via the iTunes store.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/05/11/apple-terminating-music-downloads-two-years/
That happened in 2015 at Iridium in NYC, a smallish club where Les Paul hung out during his last years. I haven't seen it but that should be my boys Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller, and Marco Minnemann up there with Joe.
Hey Charlie, I gotta ask.......do you listen to albums on fast forward? How can you listen to so many so quickly? That was 16 posted all about 5 hours ago. And five more in the last 6 minutes.
His signature line used to read: "It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care."
21 months seems an unreasonably long time to wait for a repair or refund and return of your ribbon. Gather all your documentation and file for a judgement against him. It's this kind of unconscionable behavior that drove me from his site and planted the seeds of CarverSite.
Welcome to the Site, Billy. It's fun to dream of all the possibilities when it comes to building a Carver system. So many choices. If you decide you're after a good tuner hit me up. I've got a nice TX-11a all boxed up.