Fwd: Greasy Truckers CD 0999 503235 2 4

[Steve Freight]

Thought you might like to see an e-mail I have sent to EMI.

Be interesting to see the response.

Got this e-mail from their website - well hidden of course -
enquiries at emimusic.co.uk

Have to agree with the earlier post that the edit is "clunky".

Probably best not to mention Weird Tapes version if you write.

Steve


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steve Freight <stevefreight at gmail.com>
Date: Oct 23, 2007 7:29 PM
Subject: Greasy Truckers CD 0999 503235 2 4
To: enquiries at emimusic.co.uk


Dear sirs,

I have just purchased the above triple CD and find that despite your claims
on the back of the CD namely "None of the musical performances of Man
Hawkwind or Brinsley Schwarz have been edited or overdubbed..." this is not
true.

The Hawkwind song Born To Go has had the middle removed and an edit is
plainly to be heard at 3'57" into the song.

This song has been released by you in its entirety on another release,
Hawkwind's Space Ritual, as a bonus track and the running time of the CD
would have allowed the full version of the song to have been included.

I am most disappointed as I have waited years for this concert to be
released in full and now find that despite claims to the contrary by your
company you have edited this marvelous historical document which is one of
the holy grails for Hawkwind lovers.

I am not as familiar with the man and Brinsley Schwarz material to know if
any edits on their performances have taken place.

I find it very poor from a company of your standing that you could mislead
the public and wonder if you have any plans to redo the Hawkwind disc and
have the concert released as advertised "with no musical performances of
Hawkwind edited" and give us, the paying public, what we were led to believe
we were purchasing.

I feel that an exchange of this disc is warranted without further cost being
incurred.

I look forward with anticipation to your reply.

Regards,

Steve Freight
6 Hollis Lock
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 6RR