HW: footage

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

well said and added - one thing I would add is the episode we had with
trying to release the Refugee album (Moraz+Nice rhythm section) from the
'70's wjhereby we located the wheareabouts of rhe original master tape of
the album (which the label did not have) and we did all the nit about
publishers, etc, and to cut a long story short, in the end all we needed was
permission from Virgin to let us do it - wasn't a question of money or
anything - all Virgin had to do was say 'yes' - did they? did they ****!!!
When the revolution comes................
Andy Garibaldi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Pearson" <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: HW: footage

> Yes, unfortunately they would consider it a "waste of time".  This is also
> a distinction, however, between reissues vs. archival recordings ... it
> takes a major label very little effort to duplicate a master tape and
lease
> it to a smaller label for reissue.  On the other hand, tracking down stuff
> in the vaults can be time-consuming, thereby (somewhat) justifying their
> reluctance except in cases where there are clearly big $ to be made.
> That's probably why, in the States, EMI Hawkwind recordings have been
> licensed to Cleopatra, Griffin & One Way, but nothing from the vaults has
> turned up anywhere.
>
> However, some labels are pulling it off these days.  Sundazed in the USA
> have reissued some amazing, obscure, major label stuff like the West Coast
> Pop Art Experimental Band (Reprise) and Skip Spence (Columbia), with both
> examples including unreleased vault-exploration material.  So perhaps
there
> is hope ...
>
>     -Doug
>      ceres at sirius.com