Praise Elbereth - the eagles made it! They flew over my house this afternoon and dropped my Radio Rivendell CD down the chimney. How they made it from Imladris to the Land of Far, Far Away so fast is surprising. http://bestsmileys.com/bouncing/8.gif I'm listening to it now, and all I can say so far is that it exceeds my expectations (and they were pretty high). First of all, the packaging is gorgeous. The photographs look amazing - especially the cover art and the picture on the CD itself. The booklet, the whole design is simply beautiful. It looks so stylish, Elrond, you must have had the elves working overtime. Then, of course, the music. I'm only on track #6, so maybe I should wait until I've heard the whole thing, but so far I'm loving it. http://bestsmileys.com/bouncing/18.gif (Thanks Daimonion for the translation. The song fits its title.)

YIPPEEEEE!!! I JUST ORDERED MY COPY!!! FLY BEAUTIFUL EAGLES!!! FLY!!! http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/icon_yippee.gif

Will ship it today! But it's Sunday so it won't get sent until tomorrow.

Not a problem Elrond! I just wanted to get the order in. If the eagles need to take a detour or vacation, that's fine. I know I'll eventually get it! Besides, with tomorrow being a Holiday (Memorial Day) here in the States, I'm not expecting it to make it here for a while. Thanks again for all the hard work you and the artists have put in on this gem!

My copies arrived today! All I can say is WOW! It's an amazing album - Tincolindo & Helen Trevillion's pieces were so moving they put a lump in my throat. There are some breathtaking pieces on that CD.

Here's the first review I've seen of the new Radio Rivendell CD. It's by a bloke named Ivan Racheck: http://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gif"An inspiring album with a lot of talented artists!" Read the full review at Chaindlk.com

What a great review. Thanks Maven for the link. I have to buy this cd

Excellent review! I can't wait for my copy to be delivered!

...I have to buy this cd Yes, you do. The eagles could fly a copy to your home in no time.

Excellent review! I can't wait for my copy to be delivered My elves shipped it off to a band of dwarves here two days ago, you should have it shortly

Here's the first review I've seen of the new Radio Rivendell CD. It's by a bloke named Ivan Racheck: http://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gifhttp://www.radiorivendell.com/images/rating.gif"An inspiring album with a lot of talented artists!" Read the full review at Chaindlk.com Yes, I got the link from Ivan a couple of days ago. Great! Full five stars! Yay! Just waiting to read more! There should be a couple of more in soon.

*Giggles* I get one line in that....one line!

Tincolindo´s song "Priestess of Avalon" is very easy to understand its inspiration. As you hear the song you can see the mist, the ship and the island. But...YAY! My first actual review!!

Got my cd yesterday. All I can say is "Thank You" to all the artists and Elrond for doing it. Money well spent as far as I'm concerned.

But...YAY! My first actual review Gratz Tinc, that's fantastic!

*Giggles* I get one line in that....one line!...

But...YAY! My first actual review Well Tinkerbell, you've always gotten good reviews here in Imladris! and I'm sure that many more will be coming.

True....And I hope so, Maven, I hope so!

WTG Tinc Dearie! You rock!!! (In an elven sort of way!) http://eotw.home.comcast.net/bb/smileys/worship.gif

And here's another review, this time from Irma: 17/20 points - "I like many of the bands on this compilation and want to hear a lot more of all the artists!" Read the full review at Spirit of Metal Webzine AND the CD is now available from: Cold Spring Records Store in the UK

hi friends.....and Elrond indeed.... can i suggest (for a further comming New CD compilation) made on a 3 or 4 CD case ?? i meant a compilation with more CD's enclosed in one case like this: Double Case DVD style http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11690953/Standard_14mm_Double_DVD_Case.jpg 4 CD's Case: http://www.dectrondigital.com/images/jewel-multi-4-cd.jpg

That would be a great idea if it's not cost prohibitive. Elrond will most likely need an overwhelming response for orders to warrant that. As it is the costs on low runs (anything less than 1,000 CDs) can be prohibitive (at least from my experience). Not many people are going to be willing to pay $40+ US for a single audio CD set. In this case you're better off going for volume of sales. What might be an interesting compromise is to have different single CD volumes released periodically. Say two or three a year? Obviously that's going to depend on demand and how many artists are willing to have their music on the CDs. Perhaps in the future this might be more feasible. As for right now, I think the current CD/packaging format was a successful prototype. Just some food for thought Israel. BTW, the eagles delivered to my house this weekend and I was listening to the CD constantly! My 6 year old daughter loved it just as much as I did! Let me tell you, the CD artwork is incredible! The pictures here don't do it justice. And the production quality of the music is PHENOMENAL!!! Outstanding work everyone!!!