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>Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:17:46 -0500
>From: Wizface@aol.com
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Request for Rare Albums not on CD yet.
>Message-ID: <715B967F.5A1097FD.001B2741@aol.com>
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>I will be meeting with a Sony music rep next week or so, and he has 
>asked me to collect a few thoughts on LP (vinyl) albums that have 
>become collectable recently that have not come out on CD yet.  He 
>runs a small side label that specializes in this kind of thing.  I 
>think auditeers would know his release of Cheap Trick's first 
>incarnation FUSE, and possibly his work with Spirit re-releases. 
>Anyway he's looking for a new batch to attack, and I'm trying to 
>swing him over to do a few more power-pop related items.  If I can 
>show they have traded recently on ebay for high $, this helps the 
>prospects.  Also albums that were done on major labels but went 
>under the radar are good targets (since sony now owns 60% of 
>everything, he can usually secure the rights).
>So, any suggestions?
>-Mike Wisland
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About 2 years ago, SONY Canada hired me to design/write liner notes 
for a Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush box set (3 cds covering Sony 
material + stuff from frank's archives).

The whole thing was designed, delivered, mastered.... and.... never 
released due to some last minute reneg by Sony. I'm not really sure. 
Anyway, it's sitting there at SONY Canada and I'm sure it can be 
adapted to all-Sony material or he can continue the conversation with 
Frank, who is actually a very nice guy (the booklet is all in his own 
words, based on a very long interview I did at his house). If you 
liked my Katrina/Waves liner notes, this was very much like that.

also on the agenda was a Mashmakkan re-issue with recently discovered 
live & out-take material, but the guy in charge got moved to another 
dept and Sony Canada's re-issue plans all disappeared, unless, of 
course, Jaimie Vernon has his way :)


Ralph Alfonso

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