yeah it's a bit weird to blame him now given he's dead
― akm, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 17:59 (two months ago) link
the 'immoral' statement makes me assume that there was some assertion on Roback or his estate's part that would have denied any funds going to Kendra. Did they hate each other?
― akm, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:02 (two months ago) link
well that's depressing!
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:04 (two months ago) link
Low would be great for a tribute album.
― akm, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:04 (two months ago) link
there's already four Opal tribute albums, the last one was called Seasons of Your Day
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:07 (two months ago) link
haha, really? well i missed those.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:14 (two months ago) link
oh lol, i get it now.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:15 (two months ago) link
Wouldn't mind hearing William Reid sing "She's a Diamond".
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 18:50 (two months ago) link
so weird that they are going to destroy the remaining copies of this. I get that they can't sell them but surely they could give them away, at least?
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 19:06 (two months ago) link
that's a pretty typical aftereffect of these kinds of injunctions, iirc. like Prince w/the Black Album.
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Wednesday, 11 November 2020 19:10 (two months ago) link
it's hard to believe this band or anyone associated with it has the legal or financial wherewithal to impose any kind of injunction though.
― akm, Thursday, 12 November 2020 03:48 (two months ago) link
I'm guessing they made a fair amount of money from Mazzy Star over the years, especially "Fade Into You"
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:07 (two months ago) link
Roback and Hope, yes. But Roback is deceased. So I guess this falls to whoever is handling the estate, or whoever owns the rights to these recordings; I also know, from the little I've dealt with the American music club reissues, that dealing with rights holders for independent music from the 80's and 90's is a complete pain in the ass. Hats off to Light in the Attic and Omnivore and other reissue labels that have the patience to deal with it
― akm, Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:13 (two months ago) link
I mean yeah, remember that Happy Nightmare Baby was released on SST!
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:18 (two months ago) link
I believe it was a similar rights issue that kept the Game Theory records out of print in Scott Miller's lifetime, after Enigma Records had collapsed.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 November 2020 04:20 (two months ago) link
So sad that there's this kinda of wrangling over what must be a thin gruel of royalties
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Thursday, 12 November 2020 14:56 (two months ago) link
exactly. Pat clarified on twitter that the rights are owned 50/50 but Roback's demands were unacceptable. Hard to understand what kind of demands you can have when it's understood that you only own 50%. Frankly owning 50% of your rights for this stuff is pretty good.
― akm, Thursday, 12 November 2020 15:05 (two months ago) link
Is the thinking sells on Discogs for $75, therefore the demand must be huge!?
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:19 (two months ago) link
god who knows. it's probably more along the lines of 'fade into you has made oodles of money and so there must be huge demand for his back catalogue' but I don't think reissues of Emergency Third Rail Power Trip sold out instantly and made trillions of dollars.
― akm, Friday, 13 November 2020 03:51 (two months ago) link
which songs on Early Recordings II are actually Opal songs? I assume the ones where Kendra is singing, but other than that...
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Friday, 13 November 2020 19:15 (two months ago) link
seeing as some CDs were supposedly sold have the extra tracks surfaced anywhere yet? really want to hear the properly mastered Sailing Boats
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 13 November 2020 19:21 (two months ago) link
belated thanks to f hazel, just my webmail for the first time in months!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 20:10 (one month ago) link
enjoy!
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 01:18 (one month ago) link