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| From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Rubinoos Box |
| Date | Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:13:03 -0700 |
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I completely agree that The Rubinoos were completely true to themselves
and that may very well have cost them fame and fortune, as did certain
failures at Beserkley and their distributors.
I say God bless 'em for having the courage to NOT try to be the next
Foreigner.
Marty
Bob Hutton wrote:
> Great to see so many people enjoying The Rubinoos retrospective
> box-set. Majestic stuff - have vocals ever sounded so effortlessly
> cherub(in)ic? Maybe if they hadn't been as fond of goofing around or
> as self-effacing (as evidenced by the live set on disc 3) they'd have
> gone on to rule the charts, but they would also have lost a bit of
> their charm I think.
>
> I notice in the notes that Mark Frumento, who posts here, gets thanked
> for getting this compilation off the ground. What was your
> involvement, Mark? Whatever it was, thanks for helping with getting
> this great music released again.
>
>
>
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