Stupid tape has lines rolling though it.

I had the same experience here with Rules of Engagement. No one has it, yet it's done pretty well, and has Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L Jackson. I would have surely the stores would have about 5 copies each, at least.

When the Jesus CDs came out a couple weeks ago, there about 1 billion song discs, and exactly ONE blue score CD.

As far as sales go, around Halloween, we must've sold 5 copies of Portrait Of Terror (5 may not seem like a lot, but it is here) to people who actually came in and ASKED FOR THE ALBUM BY NAME! I was flabbergasted the first time. I couldn't believe that this 12 year old kid wanted the Halloween H20 score and KNEW that it was called Portrait Of Terror on album! It was freaky! Anyway, The 13th Warrior was selling pretty well until I took the initiative to order 10 copies of it in (we only usually get 1 or 2 copies of Varese stuff at a time). After that, one copy was sold, 8 were pulled, and one sits on the shelf now.

Anyway, people---I feel your pain.

I remember our shared interest in Ifukube scores ... have you had any luck finding them on the net? Apart from Intrada, I mean. Because there ARE American and European releases of his CLASSICAL works (which, really, are must-hears if you like his stuff at all -- I've mentioned before that the music tends to overlap.)

I mention it in part because through computer modules set up at various stores, you can easily track down the fact that such albums WERE issued in the U.S. and Europe. My own copy of Ifukube's "Bintatara" is an American issue, and I didn't have to pay import prices for it, either.

There's supposed to be a very recent rerecording of some of his older, noncollected movie themes, but I haven't gotten my own paws on it yet. No doubt I'll mention it when I do.

Just a thought. Wishing you luck. (We few Western Ifukube fans need to stick together, in my humble.)

I buy most of my CD's from 2 different stores, and all the clerks KNOW my taste in music. They even know what I"m talking about if I ask if they have a copy of such and such score.

Same goes for videos. I always get the movies in Widescreen if possible, and I usually have them pre-ordered so that I won't miss out on one.