Official Post From Hawkwind

[Michael Blackman]

LOL  BOLLOCKS.

"....Hawkwind wont let me record officially... Im gonna be a Kylie Minogue
fan and tape her concerts from now on......."  whine whine whinge etc

Is that whats gonna happen?

HAHAHAHAHAH

----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Jackson <tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Official Post From Hawkwind


> On 11 Dec 2002 at 17:16, John Majka wrote:
>
> > No big deal really.
> > We all know, and HW knows, that taping will go on as usual.  This
> > message sounds as if there is some sort of directive from perhaps
> > record-company camps advising HW to make an official statement
> > prohibiting such activity.
>
> Quite likely so.  But the pronouncement does nothing to ehlp the band, and
definitely
> puts the band in a bad light.  Of course, tapers will be tapers...
>
>  Is there a new label deal in the works or
> > something?  Taping definitely doesn't hurt a band's sales or restrict
> > its fanbase, and I've always been puzzled by the record companies'
> > inability to understand this.
>
> I expect they want to be portrayed as the only viable conduit for getting
a band's
> output.  They don't want the punters to get used to the idea of there
being an
> alternative to their supply network...
>
> All the official releases will still be
> > bought by fans anyway... and hey, who even knows about or cares about
> > bootlegs?  the general public certainly doesn't.
>
> And hardcore fans disdain boots anyway...
>
>  theo
>