shipcmo Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Concertina & Squeezebox Magazine on CD Volume Number 1, Number 1 thru Issue Number 32 All 1,437 pages! In Adobe PDF format $20.00 US, postpaid in the Continental USA. Canada: $20.00, postpaid (US funds) Foreign: $22.00, postpaid (US funds) Non credit card PayPal accepted George Salley 5098 US Hwy 258 N Tarboro, NC 27886 USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Concertina & Squeezebox Magazine on CDVolume Number 1, Number 1 thru Issue Number 32 All 1,437 pages! In Adobe PDF format $20.00 US, postpaid in the Continental USA. Canada: $20.00, postpaid (US funds) Foreign: $22.00, postpaid (US funds) Non credit card PayPal accepted George Salley 5098 US Hwy 258 N Tarboro, NC 27886 USA This sounds like a bargain. It was always a good read, with some interesting articles. Regards, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Yes, and good on Geo for reissuing these! My copy is here on the table...I've been meaning to browse through it some more, but I am covering for an ill colleague at work and all the time seems to have disappeared. Soon, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geraghty Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I'm not familiar with the magazine. Are the further copies beyond number 32 or is this the entire run? What kind of information was published in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream-T Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 What about a little teaser for us? A page or two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 That's the full run, published somewhat intermittently from 1983 to 1995. It's hard to summarize the content but there were a number of excellent articles on concertinas and concertina music and (in the later years) covering various types of button accordions as well. Daniel I'm not familiar with the magazine. Are the further copies beyond number 32 or is this the entire run? What kind of information was published in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I should add that graphically it was a treat. Joel Cowan, the editor for much of its run, was a capable artist who extensively decorated the magazine with all sorts of witty and pretty engravings. Each mag must have taken ages to produce and in retrospect was hopelessly uneconomic, but they are treasures. I highly value my paper copies. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Mills Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) I ordered this CD of backissues from George Salley last summer. I read through them quickly and found them very interesting. They come as a collection of individual pages scanned into pdf files. Soon I found myself wanting to go back and find things, which was generally time-consuming and difficult. I could print them out, but instead, I’ve been v-e-r-y slowly preparing an index of the 32 issues. After 6 months, I’m only halfway through and it’s basically only a list of article and song titles. I’ll send the index to George if I ever finish and he can include it on the cd, if he wants, or else post it here. Anyway, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll curse, and that’s just from looking at concertina prices 20 years ago. A few article titles through what I’ve indexed (issue 16) include: Accompaniment with the Anglo - Geo Salley Types of Concertina - Oliver Heatwole History of the Jeffries - Joel Cowan Louis Killen reminiscence Concertina Tradition in County Clare - Joel Cowan Restoring an Anglo - Richard Ashbrook Air Leaks at the Reeds - Geo Salley interviews with John Kirkpatrick, Alistair Anderson, Colin Dipper, Bertram Levy Repairing Tipsy Buttons - Geo Salley Reed Adjustments - Geo Salley the much-debated “Concertina around Cape Horn” by Stuart Frank The Concertina in the Great War Left Hand Chords for the Anglo by Barry Metzner It’s fun to see some of our group pop up now and again. There are letters from Jim Lucas and Frank Edgley, a review of the Willie Clancy school by Dan Worrall, there’s a photo of a teenaged Danny Chapman who had just won a concertina competition, etc. Edited February 20, 2006 by Stephen Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I bought the full set a while back and have enjoyed them. But I'm wondering: is there some way to print them without opening each individual page PDF file and printing that? Very laborious, and the PDF reader is slow and unstable on my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream-T Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Under Linux you can convert pdf files to postscript and then print them from the command line. Not sure if there's a similar solution under Windows. I'm tempted enough now to get myself a copy of the CD ROM. It really sounds like a great resource. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takayuki YAGI Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) I am about to order this CD... To Jim: If you want a lightweight PDF reader and you are using Windows, I recommend Foxit Reader from Foxit Software ( http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ ). It's free and runs fast. To merge individual pages to one PDF file, you can find some shareware *or* free pdftk. pdftk is available from http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ . I always use pdftk but it is a command line tool. If you are familiar with command prompt ( dos box ), I recommend this. for your information... Taka Edited February 20, 2006 by Takayuki YAGI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cream-T Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I just PMed Geo and heard back from him - he has no copies of the CD left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) To merge individual pages to one PDF file, you can find some shareware *or* free pdftk.pdftk is available from http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ . I always use pdftk but it is a command line tool. If you are familiar with command prompt ( dos box ), I recommend this. THank you! Command lines are fine, I'll get a copy and try it out. Edited to add: Tried PDFP, a simple command line utility. WOrks like a charm; was able to print an entire issue of C and S in one pass, without opening up the individual PDFs. Thanks Takayuki YAGI Edited February 20, 2006 by Jim Besser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I just PMed Geo and heard back from him - he has no copies of the CD left. We're looking into a solution to this and will talk to Geo about it. Stay tuned. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Cayford Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I just PMed Geo and heard back from him - he has no copies of the CD left. We're looking into a solution to this and will talk to Geo about it. Stay tuned. Ken Was a solution ever found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Nothing has happened yet...Geo and I corresponded about this and I forget the gist of what we were contemplating. I'll put a copy of this note on my desktop so I remember to look into it. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Please permit me to add my small voice to those who would like to purchase this if it again becomes available. Jim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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