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« on: June 24, 2007, 04:34:24 PM »
It strikes me that there are SO MANY "GREAT" albums out there that no one has a serious monetary interest in that it's almost ridiculous. For instance, Cal Tjader's "Concert By the Sea" released by Fantasy Records back in the late 50's or early 60s (if memory serves). Fantasy Records should have almost no monetary interest in this recording. It's been out of print for the better part of 20 to 30 years. Why not approach them to release a tape of the full concert? How much do they stand to loose? A couple of hundred dollars in POSSIBLE bootleg copies of recordings that only a few hundred people out of 350 MILLION would even want? On the plus side, they could earn $10K to $20+K on a specialty recording that would otherwise produce NOTHING!! It would be worth paying the royalty for the POSSIBILITY of this happening just to hear a good recording of this concert. The Lp pressing is hideous and the 3.75 IPS is just a step ABOVE the record because you don't have to listen to the abysmal noise on the Lp.
In that vein, how about some of the great Blue Note jazz albums that MIGHT be made available? Donal d Byrd, & Horace Silver are just two of the artists that come to mind in that category. Horace Silver's "Song for my Father" regularly sell for in excess of $135 for a 7.5 IPS 1/4 track copy! What would you be willing to pay for a 15 IPS 1/2 track copy?
I'm basically a Rock & Roll guy and there are plenty of rock albums that fall into the "little gems" category of releases that, if ("hyper") quality tapes were out there, shouldn't give thee bean counters the shakes.
All processes like this need to be taken one step at a time. Prove to the "powers that be" that we can own "master tapes" and not abuse the market and we'll get more. Screw up and it's over.
In the category of FYI... Westminster released SOME of it's tapes in the 15 IPS 1/2 track format back in the 1950s ( I have the "Don Juan" recording). Bel Canto also released some DISNEY soundtracks in the 15 IPS 1/2 track format. I don't have any of these tapes but I have the ads in magazines that state they are available. There is stuff out there but it sure is hard to find!