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« Reply #21 on: May 31, 2011, 10:15:07 PM » |
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It's £9.99 at Chromedreams now....
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« Reply #22 on: June 07, 2011, 07:21:21 AM » |
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I can see why Richard is not happy about this. I've managed to obtain a copy and when you put it into iTunes, the title of the disc comes up as 'Alone with his guitar - Bootleg'. There is a fair amount of hiss audible.
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« Reply #23 on: June 07, 2011, 08:30:11 AM » |
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I can see why Richard is not happy about this. I've managed to obtain a copy and when you put it into iTunes, the title of the disc comes up as 'Alone with his guitar - Bootleg'. There is a fair amount of hiss audible.
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« Reply #24 on: June 07, 2011, 09:54:27 AM » |
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I can see why Richard is not happy about this. I've managed to obtain a copy and when you put it into iTunes, the title of the disc comes up as 'Alone with his guitar - Bootleg'. There is a fair amount of hiss audible.
That's the wrong side of dubious then. Jules Not necessarily. The Springsteen set that Leftfield Media issues was also previously issued as a bootleg and ITunes recognises that as such too but LM have done a really nice job of packaging and legitimising it. From what I understand, these recordings have been legally licensed albeit through a loophole in the law though I'm not sure whether the artists see any royalties from them. To be fair, the publicity blurb on the Amazon site before they took it down did refer to the audible hiss on the tape. |
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« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2011, 08:32:39 PM » |
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New post at richardthompson-music.com says the Folk City CD is unauthorized (unauthorised for most of you) and RT is exploring legal options.
Having said that, it's quite a nice snapshot of RT the nascent solo performer.
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« Reply #26 on: June 11, 2011, 10:14:21 AM » |
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I think there was talk on the RT list that it is the same recirding that Small Town Romance was from, or is my memory carp? :-)
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« Reply #27 on: June 11, 2011, 05:20:31 PM » |
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I think there was talk on the RT list that it is the same recirding that Small Town Romance was from, or is my memory carp? :-)
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« Reply #28 on: June 11, 2011, 05:23:31 PM » |
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I am correct, got it confirmed. But RT will never re-release it, and there's now a note on RT's website about this.
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« Reply #29 on: June 13, 2011, 08:48:14 AM » |
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Sorry can't find the original thread. I don't if this is legal yet, but I got a copy in my local HMV about 5 minutes ago.
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« Reply #30 on: June 13, 2011, 08:53:53 AM » |
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Sorry can't find the original thread. I don't if this is legal yet, but I got a copy in my local HMV about 5 minutes ago.
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« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2011, 09:21:06 AM » |
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Sorry can't find the original thread. I don't if this is legal yet, but I got a copy in my local HMV about 5 minutes ago.
illegal as you must have robbed the shop since it doesnt open till 9 AM Our Hmv opens at 8.30 am on Sat. and Monday. Last time i looked HMV online had it listed too. Better be quick if you want it, people- that is, if you don't m ind offending the delicate sensibilities of the artist. Thanks for the links, Judy. |
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« Reply #33 on: June 13, 2011, 11:22:09 AM » |
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It's on Spotify if you want to give it a listen without parting with any of your hard-earned. I can't say I'm all that bothered about it. I've got a copy of Small Town Romance but rarely listen to it. Much prefer Celtschmerz.
They've got a couple of other RT albums (bootlegs?) I haven't seen before - Faithless and The Chrono Show. The latter includes Jack O'Diamonds.
Edit: I just found those 2 listed on the Beesweb site. He's released so many albums it's difficult to keep up!
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« Reply #34 on: June 13, 2011, 06:25:04 PM » |
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Speaking of Celtschmerz don't suppose any RT obssessives know which track was recorded at which date on the tour?
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« Reply #35 on: June 14, 2011, 09:32:34 PM » |
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I just checked this on Spotify and it's definitely the Alone With His Guitar bootleg repackaged, which is actually one of the worst sounding RT boots out there. It has now been rendered obsolete by the excellent 4 disc Live at Gerde's boot which includes three of the four sets that Small Town Romance was culled from, in near perfect sound quality. These were early and late shows on Sep 29th/30th 1982 at Gerde's Folk City, New York, with the Sep 29th early show the only one yet to surface. If anyone wanted to hear these recordings - and avoid giving money to bootleggers - they could probably PM someone who had them or something.
By Richard's current standards, it's fair to say that these performances sound almost rudimentary, but in terms of what they represent they're unbeatable.
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« Reply #36 on: June 15, 2011, 04:17:39 PM » |
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It's on Spotify if you want to give it a listen without parting with any of your hard-earned. I can't say I'm all that bothered about it. I've got a copy of Small Town Romance but rarely listen to it. Much prefer Celtschmerz.
They've got a couple of other RT albums (bootlegs?) I haven't seen before - Faithless and The Chrono Show. The latter includes Jack O'Diamonds.
Edit: I just found those 2 listed on the Beesweb site. He's released so many albums it's difficult to keep up!
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« Reply #37 on: June 15, 2011, 06:26:33 PM » |
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It would seem that Play.com are sending it out.
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« Reply #38 on: November 09, 2011, 11:14:11 AM » |
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When I ordered this CD through Amazon Germany, after it became clear this release might be pulled, I thought: you know what? I'll buy two (while I still can), even though copies were already a bit more expensive there than standard, at €25 I think. I do some occasional selling on eBay: so why not? There's always completists who miss out first time around (as I missed the 19CD Sandy set, grr).
And so I did put that one copy on eBay. And yesterday, some 2 days into the auction, to my amazement I got a message that it has been removed off of eBay at RT's management's request. Geez.
So that makes it officially a bootleg then. Having heard it, I can understand that, this is really completists-only stuff. Although it might be seen as strange when an artist acts as if part of his past never existed.
Since this has been in shops officially, I would assume that royalties were paid and it's not technically a bootleg in financial terms? The issue being more of the we-won't-want-that-out kind? Though as recordings exists, these can't be erased either.
Who am I: but I would think a message on RT's website of distancing themselves from the album would be suffice? Hunting down and shooting down copies on eBay goes a little far. IMHO etc.
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