I got my copy, and it sounds pretty good, except the CD was
defective, with some kind of tone interrupting the music on every
song. So I emailed Solid Rock and they called me on the same day and
said they'll ship a new one.
I don't think I've heard any of the songs before, so when I finally
get a good copy it'll be fun to hear some "new" Mark Heard.
Also, I was told Appalachian Melody will come out next year and
there's also enough for a Part 3 of Artifacts.

Mark


--- In markheardmusiczone@yahoogroups.com, "calliehf" <calliehf@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for the heads up, David. Very good news that the folks at
> Larry Norman are releasing this!!!! Now if only they would release
CD
> version of Ap.Melody. I heard here once that they never re-released
> it onto CD because their masters were not good enough quality to
> digitize. I wouldn't even care if they made it from a vinyl
transfer;
> if they could make a clean copy, and if they did it with quality
> packaging and a few bonus tracks from the original sessions I think
it
> would be a hit, people that do not have access to it would have a
> legal avenue to acquire it and Mark's legacy would be enhanced.
>
> To me its not a big deal if The Lost Artifacts are low budget, for
> they only hold interest for the most rabid fan, but Ap. Melody holds
> such importance in mark's body of work that if it ever re-released I
> would hope that they would make an attempt to do a professional job
of
> it. I don't think Larry's fan's would have been very happy if a
> bedrock Trilogy album like "In Another Land" was re-released as a
> bland cover CD-R.
>
> Callie
>
> --- In markheardmusiczone@yahoogroups.com, "David Roberts"
> <getlostdave@> wrote:
> >
> > Larry Normans solid rock records is now listing a new album of
Mark
> > Heard recordings:
> >
> > http://www.merchantmanager.com/phydeaux/MM001.ASP?pageno=72
> >
> > If I recall correctly the previous release was CDR based, so
don't
> > expect high quality packaging or extensive linear notes.
(Although I
> > haven't actually seen the CD, so this is primarily supposition.)
> >
> > Dave
> >
>