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Harry Chapin was the third member of The Richard Carpenter Trio, alongside young siblings Richard and Karen Carpenter. However, when the big time beckoned, the deal was for Richard and Karen only, and Harry was unceremoniously edged out of the band that went on to multi-platinum success as The Carpenters. Harry later poured his bitterness into one if his best-known songs, If I Were a Carpenter.

[quote name='madshadows' timestamp='1417180381' post='2617858'] proceeds going to charity. [/quote] Or rather, "[b]A donation will be made to Pancreatic Cancer Research on behalf of the sales[/b]". Still, a bit of rock'n'roll history.

It totally is a 1969 P, except for the strings, scratchplate, bridge, pickups, tuning machines, electrics, neck and body. And the thumb rest.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1417089681' post='2616935'] Pop-Jazzers Steely Dan copyrighted the term "Black Friday" so every November 28th, they receive massive royalties which far exceed their album sales. Other sources of their income include the words "Divorce", "Years", "FM" and "Peg". [/quote] Allegedly... another telling has it that Black Friday is named after Rebecca's hit song...

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1417121548' post='2617331'] You can download the full Instrument list here. [url="http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-5/library/"]http://www.native-in...takt-5/library/[/url] [/quote] Hm, I just had a quick scroll through the 111-page PDF and it looks very inviting! If I get that, by the time I've worked out if need any additional modules... it'll be Black Friday 2015! Thanks for the advice :-)

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1417115783' post='2617265'] Oh dear, I wished I hadn't seen that. Another Debit card bashing coming up..... For anyone who ain't got Kontakt 5 and is considering it, this is a no brainer, I haven't ever seen it as cheap as that. Just under £170 with over 40 gig of great sounds in the library, including about nine gigs of the VSL Orchestral sounds. [/quote] Sorry I'm very tempted by a Session Horns + Session Strings combo, which probably suits my needs more than Miroslav (as discussed elsewhere...) I did wonder about the Vienna sounds though... it's not immediately apparent to me which instruments are included with the full Kontakt player....

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1417107369' post='2617171'] This is only after coming up as an ad for me on Twitter, and I thought it was a joke until I looked a little closer [/quote] You those ads are chosen by matching keywords with your browsing habits?

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1417103420' post='2617121'] Waves are doing a free plugin in addition to their Black Friday deals: [url="http://www.waves.com/lpn/black-friday/2014/free-pumper"]http://www.waves.com...014/free-pumper[/url] [/quote] One Knob Pumper. Fnarrr.

Not sure I want to be fingering that one.... I'd use a har-pick.

...and Native Instruments: http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/special-offer/

Gear4Music weigh in: [url="http://www.gear4music.com/black-friday"]http://www.gear4music.com/black-friday[/url] This one is especially [s]galling[/s] good - I paid full whack for this earlier this year! [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Avid-Pro-Tools-11-with-FREE-Fast-Track-Duo-Audio-Interface/RUZ"]http://www.gear4musi...o-Interface/RUZ[/url]

I don't think I'd make as big a splash with that one.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1417095816' post='2617042'] Weren't Moby Grape and Tangerine Dream involved in that too? [/quote] Briefly, before they left to form Juicy Lucy.

David Bowie, Stanley Clarke and Strawberry Switchblade are set to record a cover of Cuts Like a Knife, to be engineered by Bob Cleaver.

Jason Orange left Take That to join Nick Cave's Bad Seeds, alongside Fiona Apple, Herbie Flowers and Robert Plant.

[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1417087824' post='2616905'] Dolly Parton has a fear of falling on her face, hence she had airbags installed permanently about her person. [/quote] She's also a big fan of the Stone Roses, and used to get style tips from their bass player, as described in her autobiographical song Coat of Mani Colours.

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1417014852' post='2616124'] That's a shame I use an old free version SampleTank 2 with 3rd party samples, they must have changed that feature [/quote] ST3 is 64-bit only, and it's the only version that works with Pro Tools 11's AAX interface. The joys of being on the bleeding edge

Thanks for the input, guys, especially the detailed response from Mr Lowdown! If it was the 60EUR I guess I’d go for Miroslav now to get my feet wet, as I clearly need to do some homework before committing to something pricier – I’ve only just found out what key-switching is The Vienna stuff looks marvellous but overwhelming.... @Rumble, there is a free version of Sample Tank 3, but only the paid versions support importing “legacy” instruments :-( My context is that short-term I’d like to add orchestral textures to commercial songwriting demos – for which I think Miroslav would do fine – but later on I want to get into more fully-realised sync-ready productions. Not to mention to weird uncommercial arty stuff ;-)

The now-fashionable guitar-and-drums duo format was pioneered in the early 80s by the Thompson Twins (Richard and Chester).

Peter Gabriel, like George Michael, has two forenames and no surname. Taylor Swift has the opposite problem.

I tried playing one of these without much success - too many bum notes.

As heard on several number ones... and number twos.

"was brown & worn" Yeuchh... but as others have noted, it looks like a MusicMan to me.

I've been hearing great things about Miroslav Philharmonik, and I've heard great - as far as I can tell through YouTube videos - from it. It's currently going for 60 EUR (around half-price) in a Black Friday deal, which would make it a no-brainer, except... it doesn't work out-of-the-box with Pro Tools 11, my DAW of choice. For it to work, I'd also need one of the paid versions of the 64-bit Sample Tank 3 player, starting at 80 EUR. So... this deal effectively reduces the "tax" on using Pro Tools 11 to 20 EUR, and of course I'd get a truck-load of Sample Tank instruments too, so it still seems like a good buy.... Yet I'm still niggled by the thought that Miroslav P is now regarded as a "legacy" product, which leads me to wonder, are there alternatives which come close without a greatly inflated price tag?

[quote name='jimbaby' timestamp='1416903525' post='2614765'] The Police have also never met Sue Lawley. [/quote] ...despite Sting's dubious claim to have "felt" her.