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So What Have I Got Here? A Chord Chemistry 4-1/2 Edition? - by Dan Muller |
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Hi Dale, Thanks for putting up pictures of Ted's books. I purchased two of his publications when I was a teenager, probably around 1976, give or take a couple of years. A few months ago started playing guitar a bit more again, and I pulled out piles of old stuff I'd saved, including these two books. I searched for more information about Ted Greene online, only to find out that he had died several years earlier. I was very happy to find some YouTube videos of him performing for some college class; I had never heard his playing before. I was just looking at my copy of "Chord Chemistry" and started wondering if it was a first edition, since no edition number was listed. I found your site quickly, and it (mostly) cleared up my confusion. Except for one thing. As far as I can tell, I have a fifth edition. The front cover is the same (no surprise there), and the price printed on the back is $5.95. But there are a few discrepancies compared to your photos. On the back, the "Dale Zdenek Publications" on top is on two lines, left-justified next to the DZ logo. The same text at the bottom is in a much smaller font. The list of other publications is quite a bit different; "by Jay Friedman" is included after each non-Greene title, and the guitar titles after "Guitar Scales and Arpeggios Complete" are missing. On the title page, "Dale Zdenek Publications" is in a very small font, next to a different logo -- looks kind of like a mushroom with DZ on top (the "Z" very stylized). Ah, I see -- that same logo shows on the title page of the fourth edition, but this one is smaller. So what have I got here? Edition 4-1/2? An illegal knock-off? I think my wife's scanner works, I could probably scan this if it's of interest to you. Dan Muller
Hi Dan, Thanks for sending the Chord Chemistry scans. This really puts a wrench into things. Don't get me wrong, I am very glad you discovered this Chord Chemistry edition. It is very important that the www.TedGreeneBookEditions.com site can be relied on for many years to follow. I sincerely thank guitar players like yourself, that are willing to take the time and help me get it right. It has been over 30 years and I thought I kept a copy of every edition. Evidently not. You have a 5th. edition, and the existing 5th. edition is a 6th. edition and the 6th. edition is a 7th. edition and so on. This also means there is an additional 10,000 copies of Chord Chemistry that have been sold. My web master, Alexander Birioukov lives in Moscow, Russia and I will get this information to him soon. However, your story will be published within the next week. Thank You Very Much For Your Time and Help. Respectfully Yours, Dale Dale Zdenek / Broker / Salesperson
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