............. there was no such thing as digital!

In spite of incredible technology blockages, Mark King has finally unleashed the early recordings that document the heritage of his unique song writing and guitar playing styles. This disc chronicles the best of this artist's early works.

TECHNOLOGY SAVES THE TAPES

The master tapes for this CD were almost lost in a tragic basement sewage backup. They were submerged in a thick dark black liquid for a couple of days before being stored and ignored for years.

"When the condition of the tapes was discovered we put together a crack mastering team to take a look at restoring the sewage soaked stereo tapes". George Massenburg, Bob Katz, Bob Clearmountain and Bob Ludwig eagerly joined this challenging restoration project (but each swore they'd never admit to any involvement).

Before beginning the arduous restoration process the mastering team partied hard (brainstormed) to determine the best way to proceed. When Bob first saw the tapes his immediate response was "wow, this is one of the shittiest projects I've ever seen".

Inch by inch the poop-drenched quarter-inch stereo half track masters were laboriously cleaned with a highly toxic secret formula (a mix of Formbys furniture stripper, Dawn dishwashing liquid and at the insistance of the Nashville based participants, a few quarts of Jack Daniels). Each entire roll of 1800 feet of tape was laid out in the sun to dry while the Jack was consumed. Finally each master was wound tails-out back onto vintage seven-inch plastic take up reels disinfected with Lysol and Evan Williams black label.

After a real long drawn-out process that was just plain gross, the master tapes were finally clean, restored and digitized for this "Limitied Edition Collectors Series" release.

Here is what Mark King said when he heard the restored masters: "they sound pretty much like they always did". At this point, the mastering team celebrated wildly.

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Change For The Better (C4B) - WoW!

C4B is one of the all time greatest Mark King tunes and the original restored master is on this limited edition CD. You can hear samples at CD Baby. If you like that sulty smokey Robin Trower blues-rock sound, then you're gonna love this song.

Disk One - Limited Edition Collector Series

The "Vintage Collection" is the first release in the new Mark King "Limited Edition Collectors Series". Every one of these lovingly crafted compact disc packages is dripping with Mark King DNA.

In the wings and coming soon, the "Paradise Collection" and the "Mars Collection" both currently undergoing the final critical premastering phase in the secret Proworshop mastering lab. Check back often for updates about the release of the next two albums in the "Limited Edition Collectors Series".

The Real Alternative - Real Original

Here in Mark Kings world, alternative does not mean "alternative to good music". If you're tired of rap, house and hip-hop, this disc is for you.

Order a copy today before it slips your mind. It's safe and secure to order from CD Baby and they ship really fast so you'll have your full-bandwidth audio compact discs before you know it. Let the world know you support the arts by buying CDs.

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