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Making
Magic Memorable by Michael Ammar
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On
this audio cassette, Michael reveals eight principles for making your
magic more memorable in the minds of your audience. These are powerful,
profitable ideas certain to stimulate your mind with good ideas repeatedly.
See why this tape has received so much praise. 45 mins 
A
Readings System for Mentalists and Magicians World renowned magician and
mentalist Kenton Knepper collaborated with celebrity consultant and NLP
(Neuro Linguistic Programming) Vice President and IDEA Seminars Trainer
Rex Steven Sikes to create a brand new cold reading system for magicians
and mentalists like nothing you have seen before. This is not "the same
old thing", there are no stock lines and no pre-show work is required.
The system includes four audio tapes which contain nearly five hours of
audio nstruction and a full size book over 100 pages in length. Here Is
Just A Small Sampling of What You Will Learn: * A disclaimer that isn't
a disclaimer-The illusion is actually created by telling the truth! *
Tell a person instantly how they look at the world, how they work, why
they do things, and much more - without knowing a single thing about them!
* Learn the illusions behind "personality tests" and create your own.
* Know if a person wants "relationships, travel, work or money" by a few
key words. * Learn how to do "fail safe" readings - where you simply cannot
be wrong! * Everything from "psychic" to "psychological" readings, and
in between! * Learn how Kenton and Rex do readings on stage, close-up,
in magic and mentalism, and in everyday life. Learn how easy it is to
do readings from five seconds to over one hour in length without memorized
lines. Discover how to do readings with anything, anywhere - even on the
phone! * Discover simple ways to get instant rapport, and truly get inside
a spectator's mind. * If you don't know an answer, find out how to get
the client to gladly give you one! * And much more. 
Others
paid $100.00 at Lee Earle's fabulous Money Making Mentalism seminars to
get these hand-picked nuggets of knowledge to prime the money pump! Now
you can get the same information at a fraction of the price. Tape #1:
The Mindset - It's not what you do, but how you do it. Learn how to focus
on giving your audiences what they want (and will pay) to see. Tape #2:
The Material - Mentalism is not just magic tricks with a mind reading
veneer. Discover the keys which unlock your selection of material. Tape
#3: The Marketing - Nothing happens until the show is booked. Sensational
pointers for opening up new markets. Exciting techniques which motivate
others to sell your act for you. Includes sample flyers, posters, brochures,
etc., all easily converted for your use. Plus: Disclaimers, "attaboy"
letters, ethics, restaurant work, psychic home parties, working with agents,
the vital contract clause, & more. 
Double
Talk is 90 minutes of fun-filled wacky wordplay to help magicians (and
everyone else) add giggles, grins, guffaws and laughs to everything from
performances to conversation! Doubletalk adds playful sizzle, sparkle
& sass to all spoken communications from everyday conversation to presentations
& everything else! You'll learn Daffy Doubletalk Definitions, Witty, Wacky
Wards, Funny Phrases & other Hilarious Stuff. **Includes 2 comical speeches:**
· Tough Times Demand Tough Talk · The Power & Passion Of Glib Gab Pick
and choose the things you can use to amaze, amuse & downright confuse!
Its a rich resource of witty words, pithy phrases and irresistible ideas
that will help them say something funny any time they want a laugh! Just
tell them that they'll get to ferfenate their epizeetus while they scrambulate
their firtle and fraktilate everyone else's moisenflay. They'll have more
fun than the time a turtle got trapped in Aunt Myrtle's girdle! Men, women,
children & everyone else are tickled by Doubletalk. It's delightfully
appealing to everyone & can be done by anyone! Amusing & Confusing Wacky
Wordplay That You Can Do! 
Back in 1965 Fred
Kaps gave a landmark lecture at the Magic Circle and now this lecture
is available on CD together with a booklet containing a transcript of
the lecture. Bearing in mind Fred Kaps' reputation, it is strange that
so little has been written about the man and his methods. Other than several
magazine contributions, little of Fred Kaps' work exists in the English
language. There are two sets of lecture notes, one dealing with general
magic and the other describing some of the coin magic Kaps performed on
a film made for magicians. Both seem to be still in print although the
name of the publisher is not indicated in either and those copies
in circulation today may well be unauthorised. Although not an inventor,
Kaps did have the ability to take any effect and make it a miracle by
moulding it to his own personality; a personality which made it impossible
for others to copy. This was one of the keys to Kap’s success. He made
the trick part of himself. Its presentation was so interwoven with his
own personality that it was impossible to imagine anyone else performing
anything that Kaps had already done. He did this again and again. The
Floating Cork, Homing Card, Salt Pour, Surprise Stab, Blank Notes to Bank
Notes, Chink A Chink and many others. After Kaps had performed the routine
you could not imagine anyone else doing it better. Many years ago we released
this incredible lecture on a Magicassette together with a small booklet.
The whole recording has now been digitized. The booklet has been redesigned
and re-written and the entire package is available on CD with the booklet.
Three
Compact Discs - Over 2 1/2 total hours! Now Available on CD! · Digitally
re-mastered from the original cassette tape. · Unlike cassette tapes,
you can easily find any section by jumping to that track. 
Six
one-hour audio tapes will give you the essentials for producing your own
commercially successful spirit seance. You'll learn the concept, discover
the best way to sell and promote, get "how to do it" construction and
routining information, find out the essential skills for both performer
and assistants, hear attendance-building radio ads, and much more. The
totally reworked, 64 page book has lots of new photos of the original
Manifestations room, technical drawings, reproductions of the promotional
flyers, and press releases, plus the front page stories they generated.
During
the Summer of 1949 on BBC radio a young couple from Australia started
broadcasting in London what seemed to be genuine feats of mindreading
and telepathy. The whole of Britain was stunned as messages were transmitted
from BBC headquarters to places such as the Tower of London or an underwater
diving bell. Despite the long range, Sydney and Lesley Piddington were
apparently able to communicate with each other in a way that defied explanation.
The exact methods used have never been revealed and although many magicians
claim to know exactly how they worked their act an explanation is rarely
forthcoming. On this 70 minute MagiCD Patrick Page (who is the narrater)
takes you on a fascinating trip to meet the Piddingtons. You will hear
them on British and Australian radio as well. The script is by Barry Wiley.
THE
AMAZING JAMES RANDI ON URI GELLER AND ON SEALED ENVELOPE READING UNDER
IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONS On this MagiCD James Randi exposes some of Uri Geller's
most treasured secrets including Sealed Envelope Reading stunts under
test conditions at a TV studio. This CD is full of general magic advice
and James Randi draws on his extensive experience in the world of mentalism,
escapology and illusion to provide fascinating material that is still
exciting even though twenty years have passed since it was first recorded.
Stephen
King in his book Dance Macabre, a book that deals with horror in literature
and film, pointed out that the only two kinds of movies which produced
an audible reaction from an audience were comedy and horror. It was Tony
Shiels who pushed magic in the direction of horror and, long before magic-as-theatre
became the latest fad, suggested that tricks could be made more entertaining
if their presentations were more dramatic; perhaps a little out of the
ordinary. Few took up the suggestion but those that did went on to found
what is today known as Bizarre Magick; magic which involves those who
witness it. On this MagiCD, Tony takes clever effects, adds a little supernatural
spice, a dash of shamanic showmanship and turns them into memorable theatre.
This MagiCD will introduce you to the character of Tony 'Doc' Shiels,
tell you a little of his background and influences and offer a glimpse
of his extraordinary brand of Magick. Shutter the windows, bar the doors,
sit back and enjoy this recording - if you dare! This is the second MagiCD™
from Martin Breese. It is a digitally re-mastered version of the original
MagiCassette™ first released in 1988. 
This
is a MagiCD™ from Martin Breese. It is a digitally re-mastered version
of the original MagiCassette™ first released in 1986. On this CD you will
hear Richard Webster who is one of the world's leading experts on the
art of cold reading. Richard Webster is a New Zealander who has been involved
with Magic and Cold Reading for many, many years. Richard used to release
his own exclusive publications but now that he has achieved international
fame he is published by a leading American publishing house. He has written
books on a diverse range of subjects from Hypnotism to Fung Shui. Richard
not only writes and speaks about Cold Reading but also has, for many years,
earned his living from private readings given to his many clients. Contained
on the MagiCD is the most comprehensive instruction on cold reading that
you will ever receive. Richard provides detailed explanations and clear
and precise readings that you can use once you have learned the techniques
necessary. 
Richard
Webster was on his way back from the Frankfurt Bookfair in Germany and
spent a couple of extra days in London so that we could make a new recording
together. His first recording with me was Commercial Cold Reading which
is one of our most successful releases. It gives all the necessary information
for a magician or even layman to learn the art of cold reading. We must
have sold hundreds and hundreds of these audio recordings and have just
recently re-released this on CD in an improved digital form. The new recording
now available on CD updates all the information and provides valuable
information that will help magicians improve their knowledge of cold reading.
The slant in this recording is how to link magic and cold reading to great
effect. A full routine is provided showing how a pack of cards can be
used to give a cold reading. 
Contains:
1. Beyond Twilight 2. Cascade Fusion 3. Aaron's Myth 4. Classical Confusion
5. Carribean Conjurin' 6. Coming of Ages 7. The Story 8. RiNgMaStR 9.
12 Bars x Ten Fingers = Oh Yeah 10. Elevationary Theory 
Contains
1. Mystic Magic 2. Merlin's Force 3. Aminate 4. Horsey Sauce 5. 00magi
6. Wishin' Magishin' 7. Just Add Venture 8. The Groove Move 9. Cool Dramatic
Thingy 10. Ten Gallon Quest 
Contains: 1. Prestijamanation - Bonus Track 2. Jester's Waltz - Bonus
Track 3. Oscar's Suit - Bonus Track 4. Ethereal Explosion - from White
Magic 5. Medicine Man - from White Magic 6. Chrystal Entrantress - from
White Magic 7. Munoz Mambo - from World Magic 8. Eye of India - from World
Magic 9. Planet Jam - from World Magic 10. Beyond Twilight - from Life's
Magic 11. Ring Master - from Life's Magic 12. 12 Bars x 10 Fingers= -
from Life's Magic 13. Mystic Magic - from Mystic Magic 14. 00-magi - from
Mystic Magic 15. The Groove Move - from Mystic Magic 
Contains
ten tracks: 1. White Magic 2. Twilight 3. Medicine Man 4. Mystic Muse
5. Doll House 6. Ghost Dance 7. Conjuror's Calling 8. Just Clownin' 9.
Chrystal Enchantress 10. Ethereal Explosion 
Contains:
1. Munoz Mambo 2. Geisha 3. Battle for Highland 4. Leprechaun's Laugh
5. Leaving Venus 6. Eye of India 7. I'm OK You're OK Corral 8. Sanni's
Dream 9. Planet Jam 10. Nature - What a Mother 
Recorded
live at Yuk's Superclub in Toronto, this compact disc catches Jay at his
comedic best. Includes: * Honey, You Left The Car Lights On * Playing
Catch with Dad * Bedtime Stories * Billy * Old Folks * Ever Since the
Accident * You Warning! Parental Advisory for Explicit Lyrics 
This
revolutionary CD-Rom/Ebook includes routines straight from Michael's act
at the Houdini Lounge in the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
-The Luckiest Cards in Las Vegas -The Shuffles Routine -The Dumbest Casino
in the World -The Cheating Lessons -The Trick that Lance Burton Showed
Me ...and much more. * Text provides the information * Photographs clarify
the text * Video shows the perfected sleights This ebook offers unparalleled
instruction by allowing text, photographs, and video clips to do what
they do best and can be printed out to produce a spectacular 8.5 x 11,
179-page book. Each routine is described in complete detail in Michael
Close’s clear, easy-to-read style. It’s almost like having private lessons
with Michael Close. BONUS: Three Essays on Magic Theory and Michael’s
Presentation & Handling of: Dean Dill’s Box & Gary Plants Magnetized Cards.
Closely Guarded Secrets in More Detail The 179 pages of Closely Guarded
Secrets contain 18 chapters. The ebook begins with two introductory chapters.
The first is casual in nature, allowing me the opportunity to fill you
in on what’s been happening in my life. The second chapter is more formal;
it explains the theory behind the ebook. In this chapter I also discuss
my desire to make my performances feel theatrically real to my audiences.
It is not my goal to make my spectators believe that I am doing real magic.
But during my performance I never want to take the audience “out of the
show” by reminding them that I’m doing tricks. I do this by creating handlings
that (as much as humanly possible) match the way I would handle the props
if I had the power of a real magician. You’ll find that this philosophy
has been applied to every routine in CGS. The next three chapters detail
the three routines that were the backbone of my Houdini Lounge set. The
Trick that Lance Burton Showed Me demonstrates what happens when you live
with a trick for 15 years. This is my handling and presentation for Dan
Garrett’s Four Card Reiteration. I discussed this trick on one of the
Very Very Close videos, but there is new work in this ebook. Presentation
for Gary Plants’s Magnetized Cards is my handling of this superb marketed
effect. Many professionals have asked permission to perform this, but
until now I have selfishly kept it to myself. The Luckiest Cards in Las
Vegas is the strongest memorized deck trick I have ever developed. It
is stack independent, and is very forgiving in terms of estimation. This
chapter begins with an overview of memdeck work, offered in the hopes
that a few misconceptions will be cleared up. Next is an essay titled
On Venue & Evolution. The Shuffles Routine has been in my repertoire for
more than 30 years. You may already have a similar routine in your repertoire,
but there are stratagems offered here that I think you will find very
useful. I performed this at my 51st birthday party in front of a room
full of some the best magicians in the world, and it got roars of laughter.
The Cheating Lessons is a gambling demonstration. I have designed this
to be a lesson in elegant card handling. You’ll also discover a very useful
patter line and an easy method for obtaining a surprise kicker at the
end of the routine. The next chapter is titled On Sleights. It begins
with an essay on how to practice. In this chapter I discuss False Shuffles
(Faro and otherwise), the Pass, and the Multiple Top Palm. The focus of
the chapter is on stratagems for changing the moment, rather than on revolutionary
new techniques. If you have ever hesitated using the Faro shuffle in your
work, you will find two ideas here that may well be worth the price of
the ebook. The Dumbest Casino in the World is a new approach to a familiar
plot. The presentation is very funny, and the method will fool laymen
and magicians. The Famous Detective Collectors is my handling of Larry
Jennings’s Distributraction. Of particular interest is the elimination
of ATFUS. I believe that when cards have been removed from the deck they
should never be counted back onto the deck. This handling achieves that.
Incidentally, this is one of the most difficult card tricks I’ve ever
performed. If you want a challenge, you’ll find it here. (The good news
is that to the spectators, no manipulation is visible.) The next three
chapters deal with Magic for Magicians. There is an essay that includes
several interesting approaches, followed by two tricks that you can use
to fool your buddies. Pipedreams includes a variety of ideas that I have
never really used in my professional work. However, they are all practical
and useful. Many came about as I played with items that were sent in for
review. Tim Trono has commented that my suggestion for the marketed effect
Pyro Perceptions is worth the price of admission. Sideswiped Meets the
Bammo Deck Walloper is a combination of two excellent marketed effects
by Simon Aronson and Bob Farmer. Combining these two routines solves some
problems and produces a climax that fools everybody. My presentation of
Dean Dill’s Box is next. The third phase of this routine is different
than Dean’s and really leaves the spectators with a strong memory of what
has happened. The final chapter is titled On the Workers Series. In this
chapter I answer some questions about the evolution of the series, plus
I provide some updates on several of the routines. System Requirements:
PC: Windows ME, 2000 or XP (Pentium III or higher) Mac: OS X (Jaguar 10.2.2
or higher) 
"Okay,
It's official. With the release of the English magazine The Gen in a digital
format we now all have access to enough good magic to last us at least
four lifetimes...I have often wished that I had a complete file of The
Gen. Happily, I now do. I urge you to support this project."-Michael Close
MAGIC Magazine The Digital Gen is now ready from Martin Breese and it
comes on four CD Roms complete with a 161 page index compiled by Dr Michael
Collie. The GEN ran for 26 years starting in 1945 and it has nearly 9000
pages, over 300 issues and it took a team of two experts just under 3
months to scan all the pages and to correct over 13500 photographic images.
The price in the USA is $120 and in the UK and Europe it is priced at
£75 post free. Harry Stanley published the magazine and it was edited
by Lewis Ganson. There were hundreds of well known names who contributed
to the GEN but here are just a few: Al Koran, David Berglas, Ed Marlo,
Billy McComb, Ken Brooke, Robert Harbin, Juan Tamariz, Roy Walton, Jack
Avis, Dai Vernon, Fred Lowe, Bob Driebeek, Fred Kaps and many, many more.
HUGH MILLER ... HIMSELF ... I had an order a while ago from a gentleman
with the name of Hugh Miller. Could it be the one and only Hugh Miller?
And it was. We exchanged emails and when the Digital Gen came out Hugh
ordered it immediately. He told me that he had not only written several
magic books for Harry Stanley but he also wrote for the Gen and worked
at the Unique Magic Studios as well. He mentioned the days when he and
Ken Brooke and the rest of the boys used to pack the Gen ready for despatch
around the world and the story was so interesting that I asked him to
write it up for our website. Hugh is a busy man still and writes for tv
as well as writing a wide range of novels for general consumption. If
you can still remember the days when the Gen magazine was published and
if you ever took a trip to the Unique Studio then this article will evoke
happy memories for you. If you are a little younger then you will still
find this article to be really fascinating. GEN DAY by Hugh Miller One
evening at least forty years ago, at the end of a particularly wearying
day at Unique Magic, Ken Brooke put on his jacket, poured a couple of
glasses of Scotch from a dusty bottle labelled ROUGHING FLUID, and handed
me one. 'If we put as much time and energy into any other business,' he
said, 'we'd be millionaires.' He was probably right. As I recall it, our
commitment to the magic business was total. Cy Endfield said our eagerness
for the job resembled an unhealthy religious fervour. At 7.30 sharp, six
mornings a week, we would unlock the door of the Unique Studio in Soho
and blunder in, yawning and invariably shivering. There was an opening
drill: Ken turned up the heating and I put on the kettle. We would have
a swift cup of tea and be started before eight. At that time the magic
business was on a roll (for those of us with London W1 addresses, at any
rate) and the pressures of the working day could be relentless. Often
we didn't get back home before 10 o'clock at night, but Ken appeared to
thrive on turbulence and he cut through it without a shudder. I did my
best to keep up. To this day Ken's magical brilliance and his formidable
talent as a demonstrator are well known to the fraternity, but demos and
selling were only part of his job at Unique. For years he single-handedly
managed the mail-order side of the business, packing and despatching mailbags
full of magic five days a week. He spent hours routining and writing detailed
instructions for most of the tricks marketed under the Harry Stanley banner
- a task that required Ken himself to type the text directly on to stencils
and then print the 'Magi-Tutors' on a Roneo duplicator. On Saturdays from
9 until 4 he held forth in the studio, demonstrating and talking magic
to visitors, blending his skill and humour with an awesome talent for
selling. Years later, when Ken was running his own business on Wardour
Street, he and I would meet occasionally to down a few and talk over old
times. Invariably the conversation would turn to Gen Day, the monolithic
monthly event when the pressure went up and we struggled to meet Harry
Stanley's sacred deadline. Our secretary Mavis had the date boldly marked
in red on every sheet of her calendar: during my years with Unique Magic,
Gen Day was usually the 15th of the month. It was publication day, drop-everything-else
day, the day Harry insisted we get his beloved magazine packed and despatched
worldwide to subscribers and magical dealers, all within four hours of
its arrival in the studio. 'I don't want phone calls, I don't want complaints,'
Harry would say. 'People expect to get the Gen on time. I hate apologising
when they don't.' Early on the morning of Gen Day hundreds of envelopes
and labels were fed through Mavis's addressing machine, a primitive device
which she swore would jam if she took her eyes off it. As soon as the
printers made their delivery, Ken and myself - and whoever else we could
recruit - began ripping open the parcels and setting out the magazines
in stacks on the workbench. In my early days at the studio Ken taught
me how to load a Gen into an envelope and tuck in the flap, all in one
smooth movement without lifting the envelope off the bench. It was a swift
and rather elegant manoeuvre, a combination of rhythm and dexterity. I
took a while to get the knack, but by the time I finally cracked it my
packing speed had trebled. After packing, then stacking according to country
of destination, every envelope, packet and parcel had to be franked with
the correct amount of postage. Here was another area where rhythm and
nimble handling could make all the difference, although our elderly franking
machine could spring surprises. On one occasion Harry's son Bill, new
to the machine, bumped one of the adjusting levers with his knuckle as
he whizzed the magazines through the slot. Before he knew it he had franked
eight envelopes at over £7 a time and used up all the credit on the machine.
On Gen Days we often had celebrity packers, because many professional
magicians were regular customers of Unique Magic, and we never hesitated
to ask casual visitors to help. None of them ever objected to 'mucking
in', as Ken put it. Subscribers would have been intrigued to know that
many individual copies of the had been packed at various times by Robert
Harbin, Al Koran, Tommy Cooper, Maurice Fogel and quite a few other big
names in the business. Harry once let me see a snapshot he took in the
early 1950s, showing Orson Welles sitting at a card table in the old Frith
Street studio. The actor was a keen amateur magician and on his visits
to England he often bought equipment from Harry. The picture showed Welles
hammily puffing on a cigar as he popped a copy of the Gen into an envelope.
Looking back on it all, I realise my time at Unique Magic coincided with
a gilded period in 20th - Century magic. Back then our trade had a status
we can scarcely imagine today. Countless professionals were working regularly
and actually topping bills; talented amateurs played to large, appreciative
audiences; a genuine and boundless enthusiasm permeated the entire magic
scene and on all sides there was innovation, as a study of any issue of
the Gen will demonstrate. For most of us in the retail side of magic it
was a time of great fun - and in spite of the strain and occasionally
ragged tempers, it was even a bit of a lark to pack a mountain of magazines
once a month and schlepp them down to the Post Office. In my six years
at Unique Magic I never missed a Gen Day, and in 1970, when Harry called
and told me the last issue had been printed and sent out, it felt like
news of a sad passing. But the Gen lives on, after all, preserved in its
digital entirety on the magnificent four-disc edition from Martin Breese.
It's bliss to ramble through the magazine again, any time I like, with
no clutter or fuss, and no fear of doing damage to such a precious resource.
As a bonus, there is a distinctly magical glow in knowing that every issue
of the Gen is tucked safely away in a corner of a desk drawer. Harry Stanley
would have loved that. 
The
Jinx Magazine on CD Rom produced by Houdini's Magic USA. Every variety
and type of magic is here. Ball Tricks, Bill Tricks, Billet Reading, Book
Tests, Brain Tests, Cards and some of the most creative effects and miracles.
Cigarettes, Coins, Silks, Matches, Slates, Spirit, Thimbles, Ropes and
Ribbons are also included. Houdini Picture Corporation is proud to present,
for the first time, the complete three volume set on CD ROM! Search through
over 800 pages with the interactive index or keyword search. Just type
in the word or phrase you're looking for and the interactive Jinx will
take you there. Usable on both PC and MAC computers! Bonus: 5 Supplemental
Jinx Programs! These are completely routined, 30 minute acts from beginning
to end! Bonus: Michael Skinner's notes on The Jinx! "The Jinx on CD-ROM
is reasonably priced, easy to use, and is a great addition to the growing
number of magazines in electronic format. Buy it." Michael Close-MAGIC
Magazine 
THE
DIGITAL MAX ANDREWS MAGIC MAGAZINE-Here on one CD-ROM is the entire five
years of The Magic Magazine published by Max Andrews. The first issue
appeared in April 1952 and the final issue on September 1956. This was
one of Britain's leading magazines and, although it was a house magazine
for Max Andrews' Vampire Magic business, it was packed with outstanding
magical contributions from the leading magical creators of that exciting
period. Here on this disc you will find all 1,492 pages of the magazine
and you can flip from page to page with great ease. Amongst the many contributors
are George Blake, Eddie Joseph, Robert Harbin, Ken Brooke, Richard Himber.
Eric P Wilson and Hank Vermeyden. A booklet accompanies this CD-ROM. and
can be found inside the CD case. Max Andrews' Magic Magazine is copyright
Martin Breese, London 2001 
The
Magic Wand has been painstakingly scanned and put on three CD Roms and
is supplied together with an introductory leaflet by Todd Karr. The Digital
Magic Wand (which can be enjoyed on PC or Mac) has been long awaited and
has taken many, many months of careful work. The Magic Wand began life
as The Wizard and was published and edited by P T Selbit. After 5 years
it changed its name to The Magic Wand and was edited for many years by
George Munro. Without doubt The Magic Wand is the most important, most
significant and most interesting of all the magic magazines to be published
during the last century in Britain. There is not a magician of any worth
who is not mentioned within its pages and the tricks it contains can so
easily be used today. The style of the magazine changed with the decades
but in 1957 it came to an unexpected end. Within the pages of the magazine
is the history of magic. As Todd Karr says in his wonderful introduction
to The Digital Magic Wand, “A wave of the wand and you will be transported
into a world of secrets long hidden away. Thanks to digital magic, you
have the power at your fingertips to open the doors of bygone magicians
and lost secrets. Caverns of information await you: articles by the masters,
profiles on the top practitioners, historical research and effects in
every realm of conjuring.” Disc One Volumes 1-15 Introductory leaflet
by Todd Karr Discs Two & Three Volumes 16-30 & Volumes 31-46 
This
CD-ROM (for both Macs and PCs) is a searchable database, containing All
of Michael Close's MAGIC Magazine review columns from May 1995 through
December 2001! Almost 900 pages of text, with over 1,100 books, videos
and tricks reviewed. Before you make your next magic purchase, check with
one of the most trusted reviewers in magic. 
Many
magicians consider the Faro Shuffle to be one of the toughest moves in
card magic. The thought of performing consistent, perfect faros seems
an impossible dream. But now the dream can become a reality. Michael Close
is considered one of the world's foremost practitioners of the faro shuffle,
and this CD-ROM Michael explains the secrets that come from 35 years of
experience with the shuffle. The step-by-step instruction allows you to
learn at your own pace, and with the instant access of CD-ROM technology,
you can re-play the instructions as often as needed. 
The
digital version of Pabular Magazine - long considered to be one of the
finest magazines of close-up magic ever - is now, by arrangement with
the original publisher Nick Bolton, available from Martin Breese. It was
published by Nick Bolton with contributions and art direction from Eric
Mason. The editors were Fred Robinson, Walt Lees and Stephen Tucker. The
first effect in the magazine was by Roy Walton and contributors include:
Jack Avis, Gaeton Bloom, John Carney, Tony Corinda, Ted Danson, Will Dexter,
Bob Driebeek, Shiv Duggal, Peter Duffie, Alex Elmsley, Dominique Duvivier,
Cy Endfield, Bob Farmer, Flip, Piet Forton, Roberto Giobbi, Ray Grismer,
Paul Hallas, Steve Hamilton, Francis Haxton, Jim Hooper, Basil Horwitz,
Charles Hudson, Gentleman Jack, Larry Jennings, Rick Johnsson, Peter Kane,
Fred Kaps, Gerald Kosky, Simon Lovell, Trevor Lewis, Ed Marlo, Bob Ostin,
Pat Page, Oscar Pladek, John Ramsay, Bob Read, Rovi, Sam Schwartz, Al
Smith, Hans Trixer, Stephen Tucker, Dai Vernon and Tommy Wonder. Some
contributors had one man issues and these include: Roy Walton (2 issues),
Phil Goldstein (3 issues), Gordon Bruce, David Carre, Walt Lees and Barrie
Richardson. Anyone with a PC or Mac computer can view every single page
of the magazine. Any page or the entire magazine can be printed out. Illustrations
and text can be enlarged for easy viewing and a searchable index, created
by Ian Keeble consisting of 74 detailed pages (believe it or not) can
be used to take you in seconds to any trick or effect that you want. Hundreds
of copies of this long-awaited CD-ROM have already been sold. At the Blackpool
Convention almost everyone was enquiring when this CD-ROM would be released.
And now it is ready and on sale. All 1,311 pages of Pabular Magazine can
be yours now. "Like Martin Breese's previous digital releases (Pentagram
and Max Andrews Magic) this is a veritable snip at the price. Even if
you're not a fan of digital media (ebooks), for this money you simply
cannot go wrong. Highly recommended - Peter Duffie, Magicweek Magazine"
Comment by Mike Powers: "I just received the CD Rom Pabular. Holy smokes!
There are over 1400 pages, completely indexed by trick, trick type, author
etc. It's nicely linked so you can just click on the item and go directly
there. The list of contributors is phenomenal. I've just begun to wade
in ... " 
The
Complete Pentagram Magazine on a CD Rom At last the legendary Pentagram
Magazine, edited by Peter Warlock, is available in its entirety on CD-ROM.
It features superb magic from Alex Elmsley, Robert Harbin, Fred Kaps,
Stewart James, Dai Vernon, Al Koran, Roy Walton, Arthur Carter, Leslie
May, Charles Cameron, Ron Baillie, Jack Avis, Gus Southall, Edmund Rowland,
Ed Marlo, Graham Adams and many others. The entire magazine can be loaded
on to your PC or MAC and read in Adobe Acrobat. A free copy of Acrobat
is included on the disc. Every trick can be accessed and every keyword
can be searched for. Each effect is automatically linked to the detailed
index and one press of your mouse will take you to your selected effect.
Now at last the Pentagram is within reach of all those who enjoy great
magic. "The Digital Pentagram arrived this morning. Thank you so much
for sending it. I think it's wonderful. A tremendous research tool. Congratulations
for another terrific product." Peter Duffie, UK 
The
Phoenix on CD ROM, complete with illustrations and searchable index The
Phoenix brought 3 to 5 well versed, practical ticks on a biweekly basis
from 1942 to 1954. The most talented magicians of the time contributed
their best ideas to The Phoenix, effects that fooled magicians and lay
people alike. Houdini Picture Corporation is proud to present for the
first time, the complete six volume set of CD ROM! Search through over
1,200 pages with our interactive index. Just type in the search word or
phrase and the itneractive Phoenix will find it. You can also browse through
a searchable index sorted by type of effect. Usable on both PC and MAC
computers! As a bonus are included Michael Skinner's notes on Phoenix
issue 1-300! and The New Phoenix from 1954 - 1965 The New Phoenix has
over 420 pages of great magic effects complete with instructions and illustrations.
Edited by Jay Marshall, Don Tanner and Karl Fulves.