I don'tthink you're sad at all, and I would certainly agree that Tony Head is no amateur I was wary about buying it to start with, but after I had the songs burnt onto a CD soon after the ep aired, I fell in love with it. I think that the fact that it is all sung by the cast gives it a really good 'rough' quality to it.

Good for you for giving in and getting it.

For those who are having trouble finding a copy, try www.play.com.

On a technical (and probably quite dull to everyone else) note, the CD is HDCD encoded! <audionerd> That's High Definition Compatible Digital if anyone other than me is interested. 20-bit rather than the usual 16. </audionerd>

It caused me some mild consternation when I first played it as it caused a previously unknown to me and very red LED to light up on my CD player. But once I figured out what it was, I realised how good it was sounding!

It's funny that this is the only CD I own (out of hundreds) to have this encoding and it's sung by a bunch of mainly amateurs. But it sounds great, and for some reason I really like that idea, and I think this probably makes me sadder than any of the rest of you.

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by FiveByFive
On a technical (and probably quite dull to everyone else) note, the CD is HDCD encoded! <audionerd> That's High Definition Compatible Digital if anyone other than me is interested. 20-bit rather than the usual 16. </audionerd>

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LOL. I thought it stood for 'High Definition Compact Disc', but you are indeed correct with the 'Compatible Digital' ending. If you like HDCD, it might also be worth trying SACD, or if you want pristine reproduction, just go back to vinyl.

I was also somewhat intrigued to find out that Microsoft owns the patent!

I meant things like Rocky Horror I have no problem with listening to in the car. But the Buffy musical cd has lots of refrains and seemingly incomplete type tracks that just didn't have the same feel in the car.

My fav *car* track is Giles on track 11 though (similarly the best track on Music for Elevators is track 11 - my new lucky number perhaps )

I'm another one who really likes the buffy musical and bought the CD (well i got my best mate to get it me for my birthday) i listen to it a lot and the quality is much better than the tracks i got from the net. It's kinda odd in my CD collection but the most important thing is i like it. I find it really easy to listen whilst doing my work because it's quite gental and i love the instrumentals at the end - although "Rest In Peace" is my fave