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From: Kenny Johnson <kenny@eidosnet.co.uk
...and a very odd press release.
Here's the jist of it (slightly edited because I can't be bothered
typing it _all_ out):
*Pole imposter forces withdrawal of Split 12" (Pole v Jim Plotkin)*
Having mailed out a small quantity of initial promos of the above
release, Fatcat have been temporarily forced to withdraw the release.
...we began to hear rumours ... that Stefan Betke (Pole) was extremely
unhappy with the release & wanted it pulled. As far as we were
concerned, we had conducted ourselves perfectly as a label, so were
bewildered and confusedas to there being any problem. We had originally
received a DAT under the name Pole... enclosing a new e-mail address for
him (which turns out to be nonexistent)... After cutting the release, we
tried to contact Stefan to send him a test pressing, but he wasn't in
Berlin... we sent test pressings to HardWax... With production deadlines
encroaching, we decided to press 200 copies which we began to mail
out...
Shocked to hear there was a problem, we contacted Stefan... The outcome
is that neither of the two tracks we had cut were actually recorded by
him(!!), that in fact he had not sent anything. The conclusion we have
to draw is that someone has pulled a very costly scam on both Pole and
FatCat. Having spent over a thousand pounds on the release, this action
affects us directly as individuals (the cost involved means that we
won't be getting paid this month). Fortunately we were able to recall
the bulk of the pressing... the total amount mailed out is just 30 or 40
copies.
Initially, all the evidence pointed to the prank-heavy axis of V/VM
...
we contacted them... they denied any involvement... we are willing to
believe they are not involved... V/VM have been victims of scams
themselves recently...
....
The Pole track has been finished... the release date has been
rescheduled for next spring...
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