BOC: contemporary review of Imaginos CD re-release.

[Albert Bouchard]

Thanks to some managerial arm-twisting that situation has been  
rectified. We have Sony in somewhat of a bind because about the only  
thing that's selling is back catalog. It just gets more valuable all  
the time. Too bad artistry has fallen by the wayside though.
Al

On Jun 10, 2008, at 4:42 PM, E F wrote:

> Am I correct in remembering that when the first 4 BOC albums were  
> reissued and remastered and bonus tracked that Albert, you had  
> mentioned the funds for that came out of band members pockets?  If  
> so, I would think that the lament for Imaginos is the same for near  
> all of the BOC albums; which leads to the question: Is it worth it  
> from a financial perspective?
> Of course if another publishing house was able to secure the rights  
> to it and put their own funds into re-mastering, etc. then that  
> would probably be everyones wet dream!  Of course that would  
> probably also remove the artists from the equation...
>
> --Eric
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> Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
>> On 10 Jun 2008, at 11:59 , gary shindler wrote:
>>> Maybe an "ETI Live" reissue, but that might be a stretch.
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>> Actually, I think this _was_ reissued this years or last in the UK  
>> (though without re-mastering or extra tracks or anything).
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>> I agree that Imaginos is probably too much of a "cult classic" to  
>> create a powerful business case for its restoration and elevation  
>> -- though I shall hold out that hope on the grounds that it is just  
>> such cult classics that sometimes do eventually get special  
>> treatment. :)
>>
>> Right, I have to go away and listen to it all again now ....
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carl
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>> -- 
>> Carl Edlund Anderson
>> http://www.carlaz.com/
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