NIK: ICU on CD? (was: ICU on CDR)

Thu Apr 18 15:41:13 EDT 2002

HI RICH, Let us know when he does this. I'd like to contact him. Cheers
STEPHE
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> I was in Oldhitz a few weeks back, they still have copies of Passout, it
was
> prominently displayed in the window, with a note that it was their own
> release, so it must still be in print.
>
> Also I asked them about various videos that alledegdlylylyly John Hughes
> (the invisible owner) is suposed to have of Bob Calvert, and ICU, and the
> answer I received was:  We are moving to a new bigger shop around the
> corner, at the minute all the video materials are in storage, and once
they
> move into the new shop, John is going to look at exactly what he has in
> storage.
>
> Rich W
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Jarrett" <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 6:05 PM
> Subject: NIK: ICU on CD? (was: ICU on CDR)
>
>
> > On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 11:41:13AM +0000, Chris Gibbs typed out:
> >
> > > All  of ICU's back catalogue (except the album without Nik) is
availabe
> > > abosoutly free from http://doremi.co.uk/icu  !!!
> >
> >         I'm sure Steve Pond would have that up if Trev would let him,
> > there's plenty of non-Nik stuff there, but it's OOP unlike _Now You Know
> > the Score_ which Trev is still flogging.
> >
> > > Its all mp3 format, Where the mp3's are of records it does sound to me
> > > as if they are recordings from vynal.  But they are all good no
> > > scratches
> > >
> > > I'll do everything ICU did on 8 cdr's (includes Calvert and Imperial
> > > Pompadors)  These are mostly recordings from my vynal, but not all
> > > (Maximum Effect is now fixed so no 2 second gaps), for swaps or
similar.
> > >
> > > Anyone selling ICU cdr's for big money is having a laugth, and loosing
> > > friends.
> >
> >         Even if, and this is quite important I think, it's Trev
> > Thoms? Only I believe he is the source of these CDRs. It's a pity he
can't
> > get them out on a decent label but he must be closer to breaking even
this
> > way.
> >
> >         Something that occurred to me a little while back, actually,
> > though I haven't yet done anything about it, was some kind of effort to
> > get the ICU back catalogue back into print. My summation of the
situation
> > is probably off here but it seems to me:
> >
> > _Pass Out_ was on Riddle, wich I assume is defunct as a company
> > now, but its CD version came out on Oldhitz, who still exist as a shop
but
> > no longer seem to have a label; I don't know who would own the masters,
if
> > they still exist, but from what I can tell from <http://www.oldhitz.com>
> > if it's them they might be talkable into repressing it as CD-R on a
demand
> > basis, and maybe kicking back to the royalties holders? It is crying out
> > for a re-edition with at least `So Try As Id' on it and if possible
> > `Paradise Beach'--though in an ideal world that should probably be on a
> > reissue of _Ersatz_... and gods only know who could be persuaded to take
> > that on!
> >
> > _Maximum Effect_ is available, though heaven only knows what the
legality
> > of it is :-) Again, a real CD with bonus tracks would be nice, and Trev
> > doesn't seem to have the masters as the CDR is made from vinyl unless
I'm
> > mistaken. But we can get it, so it's not as urgent as the others.
> >
> > Let me leave _Punkadelic_ for a minute...
> >
> > _New Anatomy_ was on Demi Monde, and lots of Demi Monde stuff *has* gone
> > to CD on recent years; but given the payment problems with this one, I
> > guess we won't be seeing this joining them unless Dave Anderson feels
> > there's some money in doing to ICU what he does so well to HW.... still,
> > if other stuff came out it could happen. On the other hand it's probably
> > the one you need least...
> >
> > Let me also leave _Presidents Tapes_ for a minute...
> >
> > `Blood and Bone' was on Jettisoundz, which was a video label primarily
and
> > as best as I can discover was merged in 1992 with a company called
> > Visionary Communications
> > (source: <http://screenedge.com/archive/jettisoundz/jetstory.htm>).
These
> > are the people who were behind the _Night of the Hawks_ Hawkwind vinyl,
> > and are as far as I can tell still functional but I guess they might not
> > be too anxious to do audio. Besides, if ICU still own the masters they
can
> > probably squeeze the tracks onto another release if they can achieve
one.
> >
> >         So, _Punkadelia_ and _Presidents Tapes_, both on Flickknife.
> > Flickknife is a dead duck but most of its holdings seem to be available
on
> > Anagram, which is part of Cherry Red which is still going as far as I
> > know. They have inserts in the CDs they issue saying if you want a
classic
> > punk title on CD you should tell them and they'll look into it. Why they
> > haven't done this with records they presumably own I don't quite
> > understand, but if they don't think ICU's worth the investment, it seems
> > to me quite possible that they haven't heard that ICU is up and running
> > again, and indeed has a new album in the process of recording (any news
on
> > that Mr Pond?) Perhaps someone from the band should tell them as
> > much... Failing that at least we could suggest it to them, in numbers
> > :-) The contact address, which I glean from
<http://www.cherryred.co.uk>,
> > seems to be <tim.madgwick at btconnect.com>. They look to me to be far the
> > most likely for a reissue, and by happy coincidence the albums are both
> > rather good too.
> >
> >         But, the man from the band, Steve Pond: does *any* of this make
> > sense or have the situation right? Would applying gentle suggestion to
> > Cherry Red be in any way a helpful thing to do? I'm only throwing out an
> > idea here, and if there's some project on the boil or there's difficult
> > background I wouldn't want to tread on people's toes. Just thinking in
> > text, yours,
> >              Jon
> >
> > ObCD: Blue Oyster Cult - _Secret Treaties_ remaster
> > --
> >         Jonathan Jarrett                Birkbeck College, London
> >                  jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
> >         --------------------------------------------------------
> >   "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away." (Tom Waits)