He believes the main reason behind vinyl's comeback is a desire to conjure up the magic of buying music--a feeling that's been lost in the era of immediate gratification offered by Apple and Amazon.

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When Amazon's Jeff Bezos was first scouting for retail sectors in which to work his online magic, he considered music, but decided against it.

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But it was basically a muddy, touristy mess, with underwhelming music and not a hint of the magic we had naively hoped for.

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The two-day festival includes family fun days, magic shows, movies and live music, and culminates in a firework display on the river.

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Fans of inventive, eclectic roots music will hear a lot of that album's magic in Snider's latest.

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He bought thousands of books including works on music, mathematics, astronomy, history, geography, magic, theology and philosophy.

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Heroes of Might and Magic III, RATING PROS: 4 - Truly remarkable music, good graphics, very replayable, just plain fun.

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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry, also a former negotiator with North Korea, told me this was a magic moment, with different peoples speaking the same language of music.

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In 1990, he wrote the music and lyrics for "The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets, " a theatrical collaboration with the American writer William Burroughs based on a German folktale.

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If he can work the technical magic a second time, fans will be able to get their hands on music collections from even the most obscure of artists who have little chance of getting distributed today all courtesy of the Internet.

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