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From: "Michael Curry" <mike@currym.freeserve.co.uk>
>Just wanted to say, for those who haven't checked it out, it is 
>getting
>better and better by the day. Merge Records are now well and truly
>represented, so the back catalogues of Superchunk, Magnetic Fields,
>Neutral Milk Hotel are available, plus the new one from Spoon. Also,
>the new CDs from Eels and Sloan's best of are there now as well.

Not to mention the Arcade Fire's FUNERAL, one of the most hyped (and 
deservedly so) albums of the last year.  The acquisition of the Merge 
catalogue is quite a coup!

S