an ozrics question

[bedroom trancer]

what was the acute disagreement with the label?

colm

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: 13 January 2001 15:52
Subject: Re: an ozrics question


>On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, ANDREW GARIBALDI wrote:
>
>> Between what you and Richard mentioned, the bottom line on the 'Spice
Doubt'
>> CD is that, techically, it is rare. We would love to get hold of a box
full
>> at CDS.
>> Basically what happened was that it came out very suddenly, with no
>> pre-promotion and as a limited edition. Because it was a one-off deal
>> between the label and the band, with proceeds being shared, the
distributor
>> was not the normal one and most outlets failed to get any because by the
>> time they found out about it, and who on earth was selling it, the
>> distributors (Telstar Leisure as they were known) had sold out, We
shifted a
>> load, but supplies literally lasted about two weeks and then it was gone.
I
>> recently spoke to the Ozrics camp about this and about 7500 were presed
of
>> which  over healf went to the USA on export, and they reckon that someone
>> somewhere is still sitting on a whole stack of the CD's. Ironically,
also,
>> the group have never been paid one red cent by the label for the run of
7500
>> that were all sold - familiar story?????
>
>        There's a little bit more to the story than normal in this case,
>in that the Ozrics probably would have been paid by Snapper had they not
>voided their contract shortly after its release due to an acute
>disagreement with the label. This means that Sanpper are no longer obliged
>to hold to their side either, meaning the Ozrics don't get paid any
>royalties for any future sales of _Curious Corn_ or _Waterfall Cities_, or
>any at all for _Spice Doubt_ or _Swirly Termination_, or indeed the
>Floating Seeds_ remixes. There have been debates on
>alt.fan.ozric-tentacles about whether or not to buy the things, or whether
>instead just to tree them on a massive scale and send a quid or two to the
>band. Attempts were being made to get the band to get Blim to produce
>alternative artwork for these releases so that the fans could pay the band
>for something but I never saw anything come together on that.
>
>        But basically, everything between _Become The Other_ and _Hidden
>Step_ is feeding Snapper and their employees and no-one else (except the
>webcast label in the case of _Spice Doubt_). Yours,
>                                                    Jon
>
>P.S. Snapper had just got the whole Ozrics back catalogue too but I
>believe the Ozrics got to take that with them. Does anyone know that for
>sure?
>--
>     Jon Jarrett (01223 514989)       jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
>   =====================================================================
>        "There's nothin' more dangerous than a wounded mosquito."
>