In a message dated 10/29/2006 3:36:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Marty Rudnick writes: OK, there oughta be a law. >sometimes in my haste of the impulse purchase, I'll buy a track >and find that it's been RE-RECORDED by the artist.  I can only surmise >that their original contract left them with little or no royalties, and >this is a way to milk some cash from the system. >>>>>>>>> or most likely, there will be one remaining Hermans Hermit which makes it 'legit'.....eMusic has a lot of this.... OR, when you search for the Flamin' Groovies on iTunes, you get about 9 repackages of the old "One Night Stand" Aussie lp of 1986 or so.....nothing is from Sire, let alone Buddah.... oh well! jim