How I ever managed to find my Technics SL-15 from 1980 in very good condition including the original EPC-205CMK3 cartridge still amazes me. If it looks better then the SL-10 I don't know, but it sure is even harder to find! Since I bought it I aquired the original owners manual and service manual off Ebay. For the optional SH-B10 stands I've also been looking on Ebay with no such luck, they simple sold for too much money.... Last week must have been my lucky week since I found a pair of these (rare) Technics heavy metal stands on another auction site and bought them for 20 euro's including shipping! Now the SL-15 looks even cooler, it's really amazing how good looking these turntables are!

Had this classic CHIC album (containing Good Times) for a long time, a genuine german pressing which I bought in the early 80's from the little pocket money I had back then as a teenager... In my search for a better US copy I found this US promo copy recently! It only has the big Atlantic review sticker on the front and the gold Pomo imprint on the right upper corner. It sounds better then my german copy, also the sleeve is manufactured with a better quality paper. The CHIC biography explains the concept about the sleeve which portrayed in a humerous way the roles each member had in the band.. Rodgers as the gigolo, Martin as the maid, Anderson as the lady of the house, Thompson as the butler and Edwards as the man of the house. buy it here

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Found this in one of my searches for CHIC related sites, all because I'm reading the biography and this re-activated my interest in the CHIC Organization. Apparently this promo release (Cotillion DMD 229) of Sister Sledge's Reach Your Peak from their 2nd Edwards/Rodgers produced LP is different from the album version. I never heared it and had to listen closely to hear the difference, which is at the end where they stretched the instumental part about a minute longer to a total of 5:26. The b-side contains the same version.