However, the re-release of his back catalogue on CD reminded the public of the strength of his work, and 1993's Black Tie, White Noise album saw him return to the spotlight.

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Now Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, the producers and artists behind the Jaxx sound, are back with a new CD, Crazy Itch Radio.

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But whenever I experience his music, whether in front of an orchestra, or listening to the radio or a CD, I'm always transported back to that time when a little 12-year-old violinist was transformed by the power of Brahms.

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The trade in such contraband goes back to 2006, when the first CD with data about German accounts showed up.

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Others' libraries have cut back on other media purchases, such as CD audiobooks, to free up funds for purchases of e-books.

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Recent court documents have revealed that money that was invested in the CD was sent to the Antiguan bank and subsequently rerouted back to the states to be held in a number of U.S. depository institutions.

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Two specialist sites, HK Pop , and Asia CD have it, but they ship from North America, putting me back in the realm of crippling postage costs.

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The cover of the new CD titled "Picaresque" from the group The Decemberists shows a theater stage with curtains drawn back.

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Universal Music says this is just a way of more effectively marketing the CD, but there are some industry commentators out there who are suggesting that this is really just pricing some back-catalogue CDs inline with their download versions.

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