[peel] Re: A Perfect Storm

[Alan Ford]

Further research indicates that the Cornershop release was indeed the only
one


On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Martin Wheatley <
martinw@martinwheatley.plus.com> wrote:

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> At 20:19 23/01/2011, you wrote:
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> >As far as I can recall this was the only release through the pages
> >of NME as I never saw any other records offered which at the time I
> >thought was a real shame as the original intention seemed to
> >indicate this was going to be a series of records or was it just
> >wishful thinking ?
> >perhaps there was too many obstcales in the way
> >
> >It does seem a shame that the BBC don't think along the lines of
> >issueing limited vinyl editions of peel sessions similar to the
> >original Strange Fruit editions as I'm sure this would be popular as
> >you only have to look at the Trojan Records website as they have
> >started a Limited numbered edition 7" series
> >Just a thought !
> >
> >Alan
>
> The problem as always is that the BBC don't have the rights to the
> material to issue them
> The BBC just have broadcast rights and 7 day Internet rights
> The actual sessions are owned by whoever was the artist's record
> label at the time
> unless the artist wasn't signed in which case everyone on the session
> has to agree
> Most of Strange Fruit's time was spent tracing musicians and getting
> their permission
> and if you look at people whose stuff was issued on Strange Fruits
> it's almost always people
> who weren't signed to major labels at the time
>
> martinw
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