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Arbitrage.

Finding a commodity that’s cheaper elsewhere and can be obtained with minimal resource commitment.

I stumbled over a fairly obscure but quite exquisite Springsteen track the other day while navigating David Lindley’s 3D immersive viewing PicLens wall.

He was stoically doing some radio PR stuff on the Bob Rivers show at ZKOK in Seattle earlier this year (and suffering some pretty dire questions in the process, especially in Part 1) and played a song on the Weissenborn that was utterly – to my enduring shame – new to me: “Brothers under the bridge“

It’s on “18 Tracks”, but it probably stayed under the radar for the pseudo-orchestral/ aching steel guitar backing.

Dave’s version is stripped down to – well, Dave and the Weissenborn.

Sublime.

So I figured it’s probably worth the investment to get hold of “Tracks”, the 4-CD box set from 1998.

MediaMarkt, the local electronics megastore, has it for €50. $75

Amazon.de has it at €45. $70

An Amazon.de Shop €30. $45

And Amazon.com?

$30.

About €20.

Including shipping.

David Lindley – Brothers under the bridge from “Live at ZKOK”

Bruce Springsteen – Brothers under the bridge from “18 Tracks”