Sunday, April 22, 2012

Queen 40 Limited Edition Collector's Box Set Volume 2 [Amazon.com Exclusive]

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Exclusive to Amazon Customers: Queen's second collection of studio albums remastered in deluxe reissue editions with rare bonus material all in one collectible box with a 24 panel Poster for the ultimate Queen fan.

Albums included in the box:
News of the World
Jazz
The Game
Flash Gordon
Hot Space

Queen's 40th anniversary is now upon us, and the band plans to pull out all the stops to celebrate this historic occasion. This yearlong event will be marked by a series of releases, re-releases, special limited-edition items and events around the world. As the centerpiece in the 40th anniversary celebration, Queen's studio catalog is being reissued in a series of deluxe editions. Every note is being tweaked, every piece of artwork is being cleaned, freshened up and resourced, wherever necessary, with the legendary Bob Ludwig doing the remastering, working from the original source material.

Each studio album will be released in a new two-CD edition, the first containing the updated, remastered original LP, the second disc packed with rarities--and we don't use the term lightly. Some of these gems have never before seen the light of day, but now they can be yours in this fan centric box set only available at Amazon.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Grateful Dead: All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection (14-DVD Box Set)

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Shout! Factory celebrates Grateful Dead with the release of the 14-DVD box set All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection, which contains nearly 38 hours of concert
performances from the '70s to the '90s. Contains all bonus features from previous releases, the DVD debut of So Far, and an exclusive disc containing five previously unreleased Dead performances,the 1992 documentary Backstage Pass, and a new interview with Dead archivist David Lemieux. Also includes a 40 page book with rare photos and detailed essay and notes by Dead expert Blair Jackson.

The Grateful Dead Movie (2-DVD) (Theatrical film, originally released in 1977)

The Closing Of Winterland (2-DVD) (Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, December 31, 1978)

Dead Ahead (Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, October 1980)

So Far (Originally released on VHS and laser disc in 1987 first time on DVD!)

Ticket To New Year's*(Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, December 31, 1987)

Truckin' Up To Buffalo (Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY, on July 4, 1989)

Downhill From Here (Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, July 17, 1989)

View From The Vault (Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA, July 8, 1990)

View From The Vault II (RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, June 14, 1991)

View From The Vault III (Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, June 16, 1990)

View From The Vault IV (Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA, July 24, 1987, and Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, CA, July 26, 1987)

Bonus Disc:
Wrapping up the box set is an exclusive bonus disc containing five previously unreleased and never before seen live performances from 1987-1991, sourced from the Grateful Dead archive, as well as Backstage Pass, the 1992 documentary directed by Justin Kreutzmann, and a brand-new interview with Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Wish You Were Here - Immersion Box Set

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Immersion Editions present the complete artistic experience. Lavishly packaged in a sturdy 29cm square box, the sets contain remastered, previously unreleased and audio-visual material, plus much additional content – reproduced memorabilia, brand new graphics, art prints, collectors’ items, lavish booklets and more.

Product description:

On its release in 1975 Wish You Were here topped the album charts in both the UK and the US. Reflecting the bands thoughts of the time on the music business, and exploring themes of absence, Wish You Were Here contains the classic cut Shine On You Crazy Diamond, a tribute to founder member Syd Barrett. The Immersion version features the classic Studio album digitally remastered and presented as a limited edition high quality boxset featuring rare and unreleased audio and video material, plus a new 40 page oversized perfect-bound booklet, a book of original photographs edited by Jill Furmanovsky, exclusive merchandise and facsimile collectables.

DISC 1 - CD1:

Wish You Were Here digitally remastered by James Guthrie, 2011

DISC 2 - CD2:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-6) live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased)

Raving & Drooling live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased)

You’ve Got To Be Crazy live at Wembley November 1974 (2011 mix and previously unreleased)

Wine Glasses from the unreleased ‘Household Objects’ project

Have A Cigar alternative version (previously unreleased)

Wish You Were Here featuring Stephane Grappelli (previously unreleased)

DISC 3 - DVD1, ALL AUDIO:

-Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps

-Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps

-Wish You Were Here, Original Mix (1975) LPCM stereo

-Wish You Were Here, Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape) in standard resolution audio at 448 kbps

-Wish You Were Here, Quad Mix (previously released only on vinyl LP/8 track tape) in high resolution audio at 640 kbps

DISC 4 - DVD 2, AUDIO VISUAL:

-AUDIO VISUAL: Concert Screen Films:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Intro

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

-AUDIO VISUAL: Welcome To The Machine animated clip

-AUDIO VISUAL: Storm Thorgerson short film

Concert Screen Films play in stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

DISC 5 - BLURAY:

-AUDIO: Wish You Were Here, James Guthrie 2009 5.1 Surround Mix (previously unreleased) high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit

-AUDIO: Wish You Were Here, Original stereo mix (1975) mastered in high resolution audio at 96 kHz/24-bit

- AUDIO VISUAL: Concert Screen films:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond Intro

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

-AUDIO VISUAL: Welcome To The Machine animated clip

- AUDIO VISUAL: Storm Thorgerson short film

40 page 27cm x 27cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson

Exclusive photo book edited by Jill Furmanovsky

27cm x 27cm Exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print

5 x Collectors’ Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson

Replica of Wish You Were Here Tour Ticket

Replica of Wish You Were Here Backstage Pass

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9 x Coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson design sketches

12 page credits booklet

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Smile Sessions Box Set

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The Smile Sessions Box Set

The long awaited release of the Brian Wilson and Beach Boys masterpiece, Smile Sessions. With the full participation of original Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike

Love, and Brian Wilson, Capitol/EMI has, for the first time, collected and compiled the band's legendary 1966-'67 sessions for the never-completed SMiLE

album. Rolling Stone magazine recently called SMiLE "the most famous unfinished album in rock & roll history."

In several sessions between the summer of 1966 and early 1967, The Beach Boys recorded a bounty of songs and drafts for an album, SMiLE, that was intended to

follow the band's 1966 album, Pet Sounds. The master tapes were ultimately shelved, and The Beach Boys' SMiLE has never been released. Drawn from the

original masters, SMiLE Sessions presents an in-depth overview of The Beach Boys' recording sessions for the enigmatic album, which has achieved legendary,

mythical status for music fans around the world.

SMiLE Sessions' physical and digital configurations include an assembled collection of core session tracks, while the box set delves much deeper into the

sessions, adding early song drafts, alternate takes, instrumental and vocals-only mixes, and studio chatter. SMiLE Sessions invites the listener into the

studio to experience the album's creation, with producer, singer and bassist Brian Wilson's vision leading the way as he guides his fellow Beach Boys, singer

Mike Love, drummer Dennis Wilson, lead guitarist Carl Wilson, rhythm guitarist Al Jardine, and newest member Bruce Johnston (who'd replaced Brian Wilson in

the touring group during 1965), through the legendary sessions.

Artwork for all of the SMiLE Sessions' physical and digital configurations has been created with and inspired by Beat-Pop artist Frank Holmes' original 1967

LP sleeve art and booklet designs intended for the SMiLE album. With its three-dimensional shadowbox lid, The SMiLE Sessions box set offers a whimsical peek

inside the storied SMiLE Shop.'

Box Set Content

- 5 CDs / 2LPs / 2 7" singles

- Three-dimensional shadow box lid featuring the original artwork of Frank Holmes.

- The Box Set measures 13" x 13" x 2.5"

- 60 page case bound book features liner notes by:

- Brian Wilson

- Mike Love

- Al Jardine

- Bruce Johnston

- Frank Holmes

- Peter Reum

- Tom Nolan

- Domenic Priore

- Anecdotes by:

- Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford

- Diane Rovell

- Dean Torrence

- Mark Volman

- Michael Vosse

- David Anderle

- Danny Hutton

- Timeline

- Sessionography

- Lyrics

- Frank Holmes drawings

- Producer's Notes

- More than 60 previously unreleased photos

- Box also contains:

- 6 panel folder holding 5 CDs and singles. Features photos of original session tape boxes.

- 7" vinyl singles

- "Heroes and Villains" in sleeve art

- "Vega-Tables" in sleeve art

- Gatefold 2 LPs

- Features full tracklisting of proposed unfinished album +

- Stereo mixes and session highlights (not available on CDs)

- 12" x 12" booklet created for original release features:

- Photos by Guy Webster

- Drawings by Frank Holmes

- 24" x 36" poster of Frank Holmes cover art

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Golden Age Of Country (10CD)

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With 158 hits on 10 CDs, the 'Golden Age of Country' is the most comprehensive collection ever devoted to country music of the 1950s and '60s. We've brought together all the major C&W stars and their hits from the two most important decades in the genre's history.
Along with classics by Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Merle Haggard,Tammy Wynette and more, the collection also features early '50s legends such as Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, Hank Snow and Kitty Wells. Other gems include Loretta Lynn's first hit, 'I'm a Honky Tonk Girl,' on the small Zero label, and Elvis' first single, 'That's All Right,' on Sun from 1954. Plus, we've included two very special CDs of
rarely anthologized hard-to-find' hits by artists like Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Ernest Ashworth, and Roy Drusky. It's a dream collection for any fan of classic country music.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Complete Studio Recordings

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Big enough for Led Zeppelin's towering sound, this 10-CD box set collects all nine of the legendary band's original studio albums released from 1969 to 1982. Included are: Led Zeppelin I (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), IV (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), Physical Graffitti (1975) (2CD), Presence (1976), In Through the Out Door (1979), and Coda (1982). A true stairway to heaven for Zep fans, this massive box originally released in 1993 features each classic title with its original album artwork.

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Singers & Songwriters (11CD)

!±8±Singers & Songwriters (11CD)

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The reflective lyrics, sweet harmonies and acoustic caresses of the singer-songwriter movement offered an emotional flipside to the bombast of prog, thunder of metal and glitz of glam. Time Life's Singers & Songwriters '90s set has now been expanded and housed in natty new packaging it's the definitive '70s singer-songwriter collection! Includes It's Too Late Carole King; I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash; Love the One You're With Stephen Stills; Longer Dan Fogelberg; Here Comes the Sun Richie Havens; American Pie Don McLean; Rocky Mountain High John Denver; City of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie; Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce; Lean on Me Bill Withers; Wildfire Michael Martin Murphey; Fire and Rain James Taylor; Peace Train Cat Stevens; At Seventeen Janis Ian; All by Myself Eric Carmen; Your Mama Don't Dance Loggins & Messina; Cat's in the Cradle Harry Chapin; Sundown Gordon Lightfoot; Without You Nilsson; Year of the Cat Al Stewart; Kodachrome Paul Simon, and more hits and classics that expressed the outlook of a generation.

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Monday, February 20, 2012

The Wall - Immersion Box Set

!±8±The Wall - Immersion Box Set

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One of the most acclaimed concept albums of all time, The Wall from 1979 is renowned as Roger Waters’ Rock Opera dealing with abandonment and personal isolation. Adapted for cinema by Alan Parker featuring Bob Geldof in the lead role, and featuring the unique artwork of Gerald Scarfe the album also yielded the hit single Another Brick In The Wall Pt2. The Immersion version features

the classic Studio album digitally remastered and presented as a limited edition high quality boxset featuring rare and unreleased audio and video material, plus a new 44 oversized perfect-bound booklet, a book of original photographs, exclusive merchandise and facsimile collectables.

DISCS 1&2 – CDs 1&2

The Wall digitally remastered by James Guthrie, 2011

DISCS 3&4 - CDs 3&4

The Wall album demos (previously unreleased)

DISCS 5&6 - CDs 5&6

Is There Anybody Out There: The Wall Live (digitally remastered in 2011 by James Guthrie)

DISC 7 - DVD, AUDIO VISUAL

Another Brick In The Wall pt2 promotional video – restored in 2011

Behind The Wall documentary

Gerald Scarfe Interview

Short filmed extract of Earls Court concert featuring animation

44 page 27cm x 27cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson

Exclusive photo book

27cm x 27cm Exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print

5 x Collectors’ Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson

Replica of The Wall Tour Ticket

Replica of The Wall Backstage Pass

Scarf

Prints/Cards of Mark Fisher’s stage drawings

3 x white marbles with design of bricks

9 x Coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson design sketches

4-8 page credits booklet

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Complete Ring Cycle (Levine, Metropolitan Opera)

!±8± Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Complete Ring Cycle (Levine, Metropolitan Opera)

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Boondocking: How to Camp Without Hookups

!±8± Boondocking: How to Camp Without Hookups

You've probably heard a lot about boondocking--camping without hookups--and wondered why anyone would want to camp where there were no water, sewage, or electrical connections. All modern RVs have been manufactured to be independent of these appendages that hook them up to land-based resources. All RVs have a holding tank for fresh water, and most of the time two holding tanks for waste, one from the toilet and one from the shower and sinks. They also have a house battery or batteries to supply 12-volt electricity to the RV and a generator to produce electrical power to the 120-volt and 12-volt systems, and to recharge the batteries. Camping without these hookups opens up many more possibilities on the vast natural areas and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Forest Service (FS) for enjoying your RV lifestyle. First, though, you have to get comfortable with camping without hookups, which limits your amount of drinking water, battery electricity, and waste disposal capacity. Here are seven ways to conserve your natural resources and transition from hookups to boondocking.

Start off by boondocking for just one or two nights at a campground that does not have hookups, and won't tax your onboard systems. But to go longer than that you need to learn some conservation techniques and alter some wasteful habits.
Conserve your fresh water supply by taking Navy showers-rinse down, turnoff water, soap up, rinse off. Wash your hands the same way. Filling your gray water tank is one of the more limiting factors in how long you can boondock, so prevent as much waste water from entering the tank as you can.
When washing dishes, use a small bowl of soapy water. Rinse dishes in a tub of water, rather than under a running faucet. Wipe food off your dishes before washing. Use a small bowl of soapy water to wash and a plastic tub of water for rinsing. With a little practice you will be surprised at how much water you previously wasted.
Carry extra Jerry jugs or gallon containers of water to dump in your tank when your pump starts sucking air.
To conserve electricity so that your house batteries last as long as possible, turn off lights, TV, radio, porch light, computers and any other electrical appliances or tools when they are not being used. Use rechargeable battery operated book lights for reading.
If you need to use a 120-volt appliance like the microwave, blender, or coffee grinder, or your battery-draining water pump, schedule using these in the same block of time while running the generator, which will power them directly without pulling amps out of your batteries.
To find public land boondocking campsites, stop at ranger stations and visitor centers upon entering public lands and ask about "dispersed camping" areas. Find public lands on state maps that show recreational lands. Most roads to these sites will be dirt but were built solidly for logging and cattle trucks and fire-fighting equipment and most should be suitable for RVs.

For more information as well as RVing tips and destinations visit my Healthy RVLifestyle website or check out my eBook, BOONDOCKING: Finding the Perfect Campsite on America's Public Lands, a complete manual on boondocking.

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

YYCCC 2010-11-30 Calgary City Council - November 30, 2010

!±8± YYCCC 2010-11-30 Calgary City Council - November 30, 2010

Calgary City Council recorded on a DVD-Recorder on Nov 30th. Care about the environment, economy, or just love technology? Check out my documentary about the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor! ThoriumRemix.com www.youtube.com

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Logistic Component of a Plan Presentation

!±8± Logistic Component of a Plan Presentation

Finally it's necessary to focus attention on the logistic component of a plan. The successful execution of a plan always depends on the ability to supply a variety of goods and manpower regularly and on time: fuel, ammunition, spare parts and qualified men. Likewise, when a company introduces a new product, it must have ensured beforehand that it can deliver on time and to specification. When the company fails to do so, not only can the reputation of a company be severely damaged but prospective customers will turn to substitute products or brands and, consequently, these prospective customers will be lost forever. Just as with every part of a plan, the logistics component must have an inherent flexibility in it to be able to cope with the reality of the battlefield (the market), positive or negative.

Case I:

Insurance Company and marketing success

An insurance company did not believe in the possible success of a marketing campaign for the introduction of a new, innovative car insurance policy. When the campaign was launched, it was overwhelmed by the unexpectedly high number of applications for the new policy. Although warned beforehand by its marketing manager, it had abstained from taking adequate organizational preparations to be able to scale the processing of new applications. Many aspiring policy holders had to wait such a long time that they were forced to go to other insurance companies, just to get their car insured in time.

Case II:

Senseo Crema

Logistics problems also beset Philips in 2001 when they introduced their unique "Senseo Crema" coffee machine, as a consequence of its great success. In the beginning buyers had to wait 2 to 3 months before they received their coffee machine. Luckily at that moment there were no competitors offering the same kind of machines.

In the art of war good logistics has always played a decisive role. That is why actions to disrupt the supply lines of the opponents were often a strategic goal in itself. The importance of logistics has to be given due attention in every aspect of planning and decision-making, in the 'grand strategy', in the local strategy, as well as in the tactics.

Case III:

Anti shipping war

The submarine warfare conducted by the German Navy in the Second World War was a war ofattrition aimed at the sea routes from the USA to Britain. The supply of Britain, both to keep the bridgehead as well as to prepare for the invasion, was a logistic grand-strategy that was eventually won by the Allies by the introduction of the convoy-system, the development of technical innovations like sonar, radar and by the introduction of the "baby-flattop"65 that would protect the convoys by providing continuous air support.

Case IV:

Afrika Korps (1941/42)

After his victory at Gazala and after the conquest of Tobruk, when the German Marshal Erwin Rommel in June 1942 resumed his march to invade Egypt and reach Alexandria and the Nile, his supply lines became so long (around 900 km) that he suffered great fuel and ammunition shortages. Without this vital fuel, his technically superior tanks became immobile. Moreover, the British successfully disrupted his supply lines over sea from Italy. Finally Rommel, the 'Desert fox', was forced to halt his invasion within sight of his ultimate goal.

In the military context logistics influence the functioning of a military organization in several ways:
It influences the "fighting power"; It influences the resilience of the forces; It influences the flexibility. Similar effects can be seen in the industrial enterprise.
To satisfy the logistical demands, armies have stimulated innovation from which we still
profit today.

To name a few:

Napoleon introduced tinned food; The American Army popularized instant coffee; The Germans invented the "Jerry can" (strong and leak free fuel containers); The American Army, to realize its fantastic amphibian operations in the Pacific, developed a series of innovations like the roll-on-and-off-ship, refuelling on the high sea etc.; Several kinds of mathematical models were developed during World War II to predict required supplies, calculate the loading of ships, etc. (e.g. sequential analysis,queuing algorithms). In short, the science of war has provided modern management with all kinds of logistic tools that help to manage the supply and delivery requirements of a company more efficiently.

Case V:

The container

The logistic invention with probably the greatest impact on present day logistics is the 'Container' -invented after the war (1956). Malcolm Mc Lean (USA) can reasonably claim to be the man who conceived the idea of container shipping to replace the traditional break bulk method of handling dry goods. Containers produced a huge reduction in port handling costs, contributing significantly to lower freight charges and, in turn, boosting trade flows. Almost every manufactured product humans consume spends some time in a container. The container is now of course also intensively employed by the military.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

The Long Way Down - 10 Tips to Prepare Your 4x4 Vehicle For Africa

!±8± The Long Way Down - 10 Tips to Prepare Your 4x4 Vehicle For Africa

From years living and working on the African continent, providing services to thousands of tourists and meeting dozens of independent travellers it was due time to explore the top ten tips for those wanting to embark on an African adventure in their own 4x4 vehicle.

You have spent years reading every book written about Overlanding from Cairo to Cape; you have bought all the lonely planet guide books and spent days on the internet researching your epic journey. The decision is made to go ahead and do it. But before you run out and spend thousands kitting out your beloved 4x4 or worse buy the ideal vehicle you should read this.

1. Concerned over not knowing what is out there many people take their car to the Expedition Preparation shop. These people would sell you anything under the sun "as long as it is checker plate it must be good". "You must have these tyres for Africa" but they don't tell you that particular tyre size and make is not available anywhere in Africa. So after your first blow-out you are stranded. The USD00 latest technology aluminium roof rack looks great but chances are it will crack on African roads and the two places that have a specialist who can weld aluminium are in Nairobi and Cape Town.

If all the "must have in Africa" equipment was that good and essential then it would sell in Africa and not in the western world.

2. There are a million brackets available to hang jerry cans, gas bottles, high jacks, sand mats, shovels etc to the side of the vehicle. If it doesn't fall off chances are you will wake up one morning and all will be gone. Think about how much equipment you actually need and whether it can all be safely stored inside the vehicle.

3. Keep it simple; I have met people who managed to drive their standard old 2 wheel drives all the way through Africa without problems. Vehicle manufacturers have spent time and money in designing your 4x4 with all its handling characteristics hence keep in mind by lifting your suspension and body you will alter the handling characteristics and steering.

4. Always remember most vehicles in Africa are non 4x4s but they are constantly on the move. A 4x4 can be useful but not essential. Quite often it makes drivers over confident; this can lead to trouble like being bogged on their own in the middle of the Sahara.

Besides you do not have to climb over every single rock face and force your vehicle through metre deep mudpools. Just drive around the obstacle!

5. GPS and other electronic gadgets are great toys but electronic gadgets hate 3 things;
heat, vibrations and dust. And this is exactly what they are going to get on an overland trip through Africa. Do not rely on them and make sure you are capable of navigating without them. In 2004 while crossing the Sahara desert in Mauritania we tested traditional sun navigation, compass and GPS. While climbing sand dunes the GPS had us positioned 30kms out to sea - we couldn't even see the sea from where we were! The sun won, compass came 2nd and GPS 3rd! Here is a tip; have your compass professionally installed by a qualified technician to ensure it is calibrated to your vehicle.

6. The lighter the better. Small engine vehicles consumes less fuel which means you don't have to carry gallons of extra fuel. Heavy vehicles are more likely to get stuck in soft sand or mud. Light vehicles handle a lot better and are more fun to drive. In 2006 a mate of ours lead a rally from Paris to Bamako; at the start line he arrived in a standard Nissan Bluebird equipped with a tool box from the supermarket, 2 second hand spare tyres, and 1x20lt jerry can for water. He was the only one to finish in Bamako without getting bogged in the Sahara. All the others had USD0,000 fully decked out 4x4s (very heavy) and were constantly bogged.

7. Food and Water - unless you are going to spend weeks in the middle of the Sahara there is no need to bring tons of food supplies. There are millions of people who live in Africa and they do eat. In most big cities there are supermarkets for expats and surprisingly you can buy the little luxuries from home i.e. Pringles, parma ham, bacon and cheese. Bottled water can be bought or water can be taken from wells and be boiled or treated with iodine or other water treatments.

8. Paperwork - for all vehicles travelling through Africa on foreign number plates they must have a Carnet de Passage. Obtainable from your Automobile Association. This document is a customs paper to allow you to temporarily import your vehicle into the country. Do not leave home without this document.

9. Latest technology 4x4 vehicles have better power and fuel efficiency but are packed with electronics and high tech turbo chargers. These technologies are unknown in Africa. Chances are something will go wrong and no one can fix it. This can leave you stranded for weeks while waiting for spare parts to be flown in from your home country. Add a few extra days, bribes, import duties, stamp fees and nervs to get them cleared through local customs.

10. Never travel at night. An area that is totally safe during the day can turn into bandit country at night. Local vehicles tend to have no or faulty lights, trucks travelling at low speed, donkeys, cyclists and wild life are all over the road. Travelling at night can easily turn into a suicide mission.

The more basic it is the less that can go wrong. You want to enjoy the trip and experience Africa instead of spending half of your time fixing your vehicle and all your gadgets. Surely you can survive without the 12 volt hair dryer that plugs into the cigarette lighter.

Africa is an amazing continent and with a bit of know-how and common sense anyone can take The Long Way Down.

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Wish You Were Here - Immersion Box Set

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The Smile Sessions Box Set

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Golden Age Of Country (10CD)

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!±8±The Wall - Immersion Box Set

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