MOTM

Carlos Boxed Set: I bought mine without hesitation. It's worth the price for
the book it comes with, for a WC fan, but the CDs are of course, great. Who
knows how long it will be available--already some Carlos albums have slipped
out of print; my advice would be to get them while you can.

I have to agree with the Wakeman comments. "Six Wives" has some extreme high
points, very memorable, and a must-have. But I do think "Criminal Record" is
his best album overall. Very balanced, wonderful mood juxtapositions between
tracks, some humor, and it ends with the powerful "Judas Iscariot" for great
organ that half of my friends are STILL complaining was ripped off years
later by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the main theme to "Phantom..."

Don't forget Vangelis Papathanassiou, too. "Blade Runner" is his
masterpiece, but you need to get the bootlegs. I like "China," "Albedo
0.39," "Mask," and "Heaven & Hell" an awful lot. "Beauborg" is good for some
retro "pre keyboard" synthesizer work.