tbf i don't think it's sketcho to have a 50 year copyright rule and release CDs based on that, if you're a European label and you do your transfers with care. 50 yr rule has been an amazing thing for classical, for instance.
― my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
but i know what you mean a lot of these labels are total algae eaters
― my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i've certainly got plenty of sketcho euro label jazz reissues, just because the prices are hard to beat.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
some of them have better sound quality than any of the US-legit releases. I am thinking of Mancini's OST for Touch Of Evil.
― my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
ubuweb does an awesome service, & treats a lot of copyright law as irrelevant, which is like ... at least ontologically valid, imo. but ubuweb goes nowhere near money: no banner ads, no 'donate' box, no access charge, hosted on donated webspace (which isn't utterly devoid of politics, some coming from publicly funded institutions, &c, but y'know). i can sympathise with running a "let's energise the public domain" kinda operation that makes widely available stuff that's already illicitly or obscurely available, that treats "out of print" as a valid endpoint of commercial rights, & even tries to cover some of the costs involved. but just straight up selling stuff & leapfrogging some of those what-are-they-building-in-there questions feels like too much of a jump.
― spottieottiespanakopita (schlump), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
I appreciate what they are doing.The sound is great. It's a bit weird that there is Leadbelly, Louis Armstrong, Moe Koffmann etc on there.I wouldn't go to this site for them anyway. But if you are into garage music, girl groups, old folk stuff, proto punk or any of those genres that are served by long series of compilation cds, this has been the business model for decades. You think everyone on the Killed by Death, Back From The Grave, Girls With Guitars or the That'll Flat Git It comps got paid? My guess is that even if the copyright holder was tracked down it would be unusual that the actual artists received a penny. Not to mention that the profits would be pretty slim anyway.
― everything, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
this is interesting, not really sure how I feel about it yet
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
Can someone hook me up with the Kid 606 remix of "Straight Outta Compton"?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
do you just need it digitally or do you want the 7"?
― chopper back (Lamp), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
an mp3 would be swell
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
do you have an email you want me to send it to?
― chopper back (Lamp), Tuesday, 31 December 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
Anyone have 15-60-75's "Among The Wandering" on MP3?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 9 March 2018 03:27 (six years ago) link