if it was 'just' for the love of the music, theo would make a lot more copies of each. or at least sell them for his cost.
i don't fault theo for making bootlegs, but like it was said befoer, calling foul on someone bootlegging your bootleg is an eye-roller. On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Stoddard, Kamal wrote: > I dunno about this whole thing here. I've spoken with Kai and Theo about them > boots and the way I understood it, the edits series was more of a tribute to > those records he feels are especially influential and hard to trak down, but > are personally important as well. Theo is a genuine music lover in the > deepest sense of the word and the edits are pored over laboriously and worked > in ways that display the affection he feels for the originals. I think that > comes through in the finished product (albeit still with theo's trademark). > This in mind, I can see why he might object to some guy who doesn't give the > boots half a thought ripping him off. Now to be clear, I'm talking about > ripping off someones ideas JUST to capitalise (which I don't think is/was > theo's intentions) and not just the appropriation of a product in the > copywrite sense (which he's obviously guilty of). Dunno really, there's a > fine line there and I really can't tell which side I stand on. I will say > this however, ! > If I were an old disco artist, I'd much rather theo/moxie crew/etc. do a > tribute and release it on white than the label realising my "one hit wonder" > is a classic and hire out a bunch of trance monkeys to do remixes and make a > ton of cash off it. And I can tell you honestly, he ain't making THAT much > off these anyway. Aight I've prolly said more than I should've, ain't gonna > piss nobody off. > > Kamal K. Stoddard > Turner Broadcasting Systems > > > "Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and > becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about > change." > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt MacQueen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:38 PM > > To: Michael Lees > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: (313) ugly edits (full detail) > > > > > > On Nov 22, 2004, at 1:08 PM, Michael Lees wrote: > > > > > Thanks this is useful. > > > > > > I wondered why my #2 sounded so bad. > > > > I have most of the Ugly Edits, some i bought in a rush and > > others really thought about, they're certainly not ALL > > knockouts but the better ones do have their moments (the Jill > > Scott one is probably still my favorite). But as for sound > > quality, boots or no boots, i think the sound quality on most > > of them is fair to poor... they're not "mastered" > > as such... sounds quiet, muffled, sorta muddy... they're > > edits so you have to forgive that a little, but I mean it's > > not like any of them have *that* great of sound quality to > > begin with... > > > > peace > > > > -- > > Matt MacQueen > > http://SonicSunset.com > > >
