African Serenades Artwork etc

[grumpy]

I don't know if folk are as fussy as I am about having artwork and tracklists for their CD-Rs. Anyhow, I have just done an audit of my African Serenades discs and can offer cover work etc to anyone who needs. In some cases, artwork was provided by the Serenader him/herself and where possible I have saved this as a file which (as long as the file is not too big and the requester has access to a colour printer) I can send via e-mail as an attached file. In cases where artwork was not provided by the compiler, I have taken the liberty of providing my own either from photos I took or from Google images. Folk on my circulation list have received these "unauthorised" sleeves. For my own 3 discs I used photocopies of photographs I took. I bought a scanner with the hope of scanning these onto my computer but alas the scanner just makes horrible clicking sounds when I turn it on and lurches about like a hyperactive frog but won't scan. Hopeless. Anyway here is a list of all the discs, with compiler, and whether the artwork was provided by them and if I have on file or was cobbled together by myself. In list below "Yes" means compiler supplied artwork, "No" means compiler did not supply and I provided my own for the compilation.

Vol 1. Bedward. YES. Have on file.
Vol 2. Bedward. YES. Have on file.
Vol 3. Mrs Bedward. NO. Supplied my own from Google. Didn't save but can probably retrieve. (Any update on this sleeve, Matt?)
Vol 4. Grumpy. YES. Can post copy.
Vol 5. Rob. NO. Supplied my own from CD of my photos. Have on File.
Vol 6. Arty. NO. Supplied my own from CD of my photos. Have on file.
Vol 7. Grumpy. YES. Can post copy.
Vol 8. Ekki. NO. Supplied my own from photo. Can post copy.
Vol 9. Lone Groover. NO. Supplied my own from photo. Can post copy.
Vol 10. Bedward. YES. Have on file.
Vol 11. Bedward. YES. Have on file.
Vol 12. Grumpy. YES. Can post copy.
Vol 13. Bedward. YES. Have on file.
Vol 14. Bedward. YES. Have on file.
Vol 15. RV3000. NO. Supplied my own from Google. Have on file.
Vol 16. Papa Tenko. YES. Have on file.
Vol 17. Freddie C. YES. Have on file.
Vol 18. Gunkie. NO. Supplied my own from Google. Have on File.
Vol 19. MCH. YES. Have on file.
Vol 20. Bedward. YES. Have on file.
Vol 21. JayB. YES. Have copy on file.
Vol 22. JayB. YES. Have copy on file.
Vol 23. RV3000. NO. Supplied my own Google. Have on file.

If the files prove too large to send by e-mail, I am happy to print them out on my colour printer and send via the post.

JayB mentions that he has two more discs in the melting pot. To those on my circulation list vols 21-23 soon come (and for one or two of you vol 16 onwards).

By the way, big thanks to all compilers. My purchases of African music based on what I've heard on these compilations have increased manifoldly.

[grumpy]

PS. Got my scanner to work after a chap on the B&F board diagnosed, correctly, that I had omitted to switch the transportation lock off. So am now busy scanning the photos and pasting them into the sleeve template. Since itemising the artwork above I am now able to offer straight printed colour copies (or e-mailable files assuming they're not too big) rather than second-rate photocopies of photographs.

[matt]

Chris-
Heres the artwork for Volume 3:
38.99.150.139/dl/b511302195691ab61c890a6fb9f29435/4454c564/m97q0p/as3.pdf

[grumpy]

Thanks, Matt. That's miles better than the temporary one I was using.

But just one point; are you sure the track list is accurate. On the disc I was sent, tracks 2-4 are as follows:

2. M'Bifo - Rokia Traoré 6:15 (Bowmboï)
3. Malaika – Angelique Kidjo 4.10 (Logozo)
4. What More Could Be Right - Letta Mbulu 4:16 (Letta Mbulu Sings / Free Soul)

I certainly don't have Cesaria Evora as track 2 and the Angelique Kidjo song is definitely Malaika rather than Djan

[matt]

You're right on Malaika.
I'm now not sure what the right version of Vol 3 is////

[matt]

OK..Letta Mbulu track replaced because it was duplicating a song on Vol 2.

So...here we go:
38.99.150.159/dl/69d9fa371ed6e2c70acfbe2c5a08b71a/4454f827/8qa857/as3.pdf