Bootleg CD removal from Codex proposed

[M Holmes]

Kevin Sommers writes:

> >Damnation Alley should definitely be out!
> >I'm not convinced that Theta Orionis should stay in either.   I agree
> >that this is about the only one I've ever seen available at record fairs
> >but surely it is in exactly the same category as all the other bootlegs
> >and giving this credence in the Codex simply by sure wieght of numbers
> >when we are excluding others of identical type doesn't really seem to
> >justfy its inclusion.    I vote against it - if only on grounds of
> >consistency.

> >jill

> My thinking on 'Theta Orionis' is that it's a "proper" CD, as opposed to a
> CD-R; I think that's where the line should be drawn.

There's no easy way to draw the line. To be as ruthlessly consistent as
Jill alludes to would require that Live at St.Albans, Rock City,
Orgasmatron, and Dawn of Hawkwind would have to go out with Theta
Orionis.

To my mind the Codex was there to inform hawkfans on which versions of
which tracks appeared on which albums. This quite obviously has a point
where albums that they are likely to see are concerned. The
aforementioned are in that category whereas the short runs of CD-Rs are
not.

FoFP