Thanks to all who pointed me to places to hear it. It's lovely!

Nice.

Dying to hear it and can't get that link to work nor find anything on YouTube. Anyone got an updated link?

Hang in there. People who survive suicide attempts always say later they're infinitely grateful they stayed alive. You always come out the other side of depression. Help is available -- go demand some and don't stop until you get some that works! There WILL be good times ahead. I do know how bad it can suck in the meantime and how it seems impossible that things could get better. Just get some help. See some kind of counsellor regularly at the very least.

I also don't have Hawthorne Hotshots, "Surfer Moon" and some/all/both of the CA Collectors records (if I did, they'd be in storage and unseen and unheard for decades) and am curious whether they're valuable. HH was pretty sought after way back when I didn't get it. Does anyone know? Are they still out there being bought and sold, or just hoarded? Does anyone remember them anymore?

The Yellow Balloon's eponymous album and Jan and Dean's Carnival of Sound.

And that groovy Love video... thanks.

Yeah, he was one of the greats.

He covered "I Wanna Pick You Up," too.

RIP Alex.

Astor Piazzolla - La Camorra

Beach Boys - Sunflower

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Momus - Don't Stop The Night

...that is a cool selection.

It is! I love Don't Stop the Night.

Wow. Thanks.

Hi, all. I'm just curious: how many others here besides me are in London?

Mark, do you know which CoS songs were written entirely after the accident?

I've just downloaded a boot. (Are we supposed to say that?) It'll be a few months before I get to the US to retrieve the Rhino copy I ordered at domestic postage rates -- I'm cheap!

Did Jan really write all the songs post-accident (except for "Only a Boy" and the covers)?

If so, it's haunting to hear some of them, like "Carnival of Sound" and "I Know My Mind" (and "Mother Earth" too), which I think must be about how he's trying to recover and find courage to go on.

I literally haven't listened to J&D for more than 20 years (I'm really not THAT old, but I liked them when I was a kid, which was way, way after their heyday, thank you very much -- I was a child bootleg collector. ).

Delia Derbyshire!

She was a weird, brilliant 60s experimenter, and she gave us the Dr Who theme.

Does anyone know if this 22 Feb US Jan and Dean release can be had from anywhere other than Rhino, which charges $22 shipping to the UK?

Has anyone heard it?

The 'listening party' tracks (http://www.rhino.com/article/listening-party-jan-dean) are growing on me. You just have to bracket the silly lyrics.