HW: Voiceprint CD

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

no surprises there then............
never far from the realms of fantasy, some labels!!!
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Allen" <Colin at CALLEN18.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Voiceprint CD


> True enough but the blurb on the back of the "new" cd makes it sound like
> Manna from Heaven!
>
> COLIN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ANDREW GARIBALDI" <andygee at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 7:36 PM
> Subject: Re: HW: Voiceprint CD
>
>
> > far be it from me to defend Voiceprint on this matter, and I'm not
really,
> > but I figure that seeing as how they sold so few of the mis-pressed one,
> > they are figuring that so few people will have it already that the
> majority
> > will be happy to see it.
> > However, I am of the opinion that some 'dodgy mis-pressing, altho'
> > technically 'collectors item' status (to a degree) is hardly a bona-fide
> > freebie from what appears to be the main label for all things Hawkwind,
> > these days, especially, when, as you say, they must surely have had
> > something else on the table before this arrived, altho knowing them,
that
> > may not actually be the case - I could imagine them 'waiting to see what
> > dropped out of the skies', but count your blessings it wasn't some even
> > dodgier compilation, perhaps.
> > Andy Garibaldi
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Colin Allen" <colin at CALLEN18.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
> > To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 9:21 AM
> > Subject: HW: Voiceprint CD
> >
> >
> > > Well, my free CD arrived from Voiceprint this morning and, guess what,
> it
> > > IS the mis-pressed Spacebrock which I already have!  As this
mispressing
> > > happened after the anouncement of the "free CD", one wonders what the
> > > original freebie was meant to be.
> > >
> > > Does this strike anyone else as a cynical move to shift some dodgy
CDs?
> I
> > > do hope that no-one from the band was involved in this decision as it
is
> > > really cheap IMHO!
> > >
> > > COLIN (A fan for 25 years, whcih don't seem to matter any more!)
> >