At 10:29 AM 6/23/97 GMT, g. wrote:
quoted 33 lines On 20 Jun 1997 20:51:32 +0200, you wrote:>On 20 Jun 1997 20:51:32 +0200, you wrote:
>
>>greg@warp-net.com (g.) writes:
>>
>>> wow you must have loads of money. i reckon it's cost about GBP£15,000
>>> to license those tracks for a compilation. i wouldn't recommend
>>> mastering it to tape though, most people like CDs nowadays.
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>But this reminds me of a thing I've been wondering about for a while:
>>Compilation licensing deals. I often see tracks from bands I like on
>>dodgy(ish) compilations (typically _Digeridoo_ on "100 Mega Dance
>>Traxxxx VII") which makes me go "huh". Why don't bands say no to
>>these compilations?
>
>Eh? why would they? I license warp tracks to any company that can
>cough up. if they want to put out crap compilations and 99% of them
>are laughably poor then that's their problem. at least they'll have
>one decent track on them and both us and our artist are better off.
>having a top warp track surrounded by shit doesn't in anyway devalue
>the warp track. the music doesn't change. :)
>
>>Or do everybody who's got the money to pay the
>>licensing fees have the right to include the tracks on their
>>compilations?
>
>No absolutely not, in the same way that people shouldn't distribute
>bootleg aphex cassettesssss. oops. couldn't resist. all the warp stuff
>on that tape apart from the HAB stuff is still available on cd btw.
>instead of stealing from richard and us go and buy 'em.
>
>g.
Just for the record, I have a pretty hefty Aphex collection myself...but I
live in the US and distribution over here really sucks. I have gone to
every record store in a 40 mile radius and bought everything I could find.
Some fo this stuff is just impossible to get for me...