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Title: GREAT RE-MASTERING......BUT!......
Review: "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE" IS THE ONE AVAILABLE CD OF MELANIE'S TO BUY,....BUT ONLY UNTIL A DEFINITIVE BOX-SET COMES ALONG! (I HOPE BUDDHA RECORDS IS LISTENING)...IT IS A TREAT TO HEAR HER SONGS FINALLY COME ALIVE THROUGH FRIPP'S GREAT RE-MASTERING....THE FULL 7 MINUTE VERSI0N OF "LAY DOWN" IS A REVELATION AND A JOY....AS IS "RING THE LIVING BELL". ULTIMATELY THOUGH, "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE" IS A WELL-DONE, BUT MOSTLY REDUNDANT RE-DOING OF OTHER MELANIE'S "GREATEST HITS" CD'S...HOPEFULLY A "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE #2-GREATEST HITS" IS IN THE WORKS! ...ONE THAT WOULD INCLUDE "RAINBOW RACE","CYCLONE","RUNNING AFTER LOVE",ETC...RE-ISSUING "GATHER ME" AND "STONEGROUND WORDS" IS ALSO LONG OVERDUE...MELANIE'S VOICE NEARLY RIVALED JANIS JOPLIN'S..WITHOUT THE DESPAIR AND THE SELF-DESTRUCTIVENESS.
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