HW: Remaster everything on the Atomhenge Label

[Steve Freight]

I think I read somewhere that EMI own the recordings up to Warrior (there
was some dispute when this was released outside of the EMI stable) and that
after that they were done on a licensing deal with the recordings remaining
the property of Hawkwind or Doug.

Steve


On 8/8/08, Jonathan Jarrett <jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:05:36AM +0200, Johan Edlundh typed out:
> > Got a mail from CD Services today;
> >
> > ---------------------------------------
> > [...]
> > We are extremely pleased to announce to you that the entire HAWKWIND
> > catalogue released between 1976 and 1997 is soon to be Remastered and
> > Re-Issued on the new Atomhenge Label... and with Bonus Tracks!!!
>
>        <snip>
>
>        Trying to pull this together in my head. We're looking at stuff
> that was on Charisma that went to Virgin that went to EMI... and stuff
> that was on Bronze that went to Castle that would therefore now belong
> to Sanctuary? and stuff that was on RCA that went to EBS, and stuff that
> was on GWR that went to Castle etc., and then just stuff that was on EBS
> all along. So Doug Smith is involved... and I guess Sanctuary (if I'm
> right in remembering that they picked up Castle's Essential label) have
> had all the money they think is viable out of the RCA and GWR releases.
> And I suppose EMI would just rather have someone else do the reissue of
> this chunk of catalogue? Are they still printing the six they did
> remaster?
>
>        All the same, it's an impressive amount of apparent cooperation,
> goodwill and effort, which leaves the question: why couldn't they manage
> to get Warrior? Why would EMI sit on that and not the Charisma/Virgin
> stuff? Oh well. I mean, I have my copy, you know. But it still seems
> odd. Yours,
>            Jon
>
> --
> "When fortune wanes, of what assistance are quantities of elephants?"
>            (Juvaini, Afghan Muslim chronicler, c. 1206)
> Jon Jarrett, Fitzwilliam Museum, jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
>



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