So you weren't comforted by visions of Morris Levy's quarterhorse collection, or SST's huge catalog of appallingly mediocre records? At 10:08 AM 7/29/2002 -0700, skip Heller wrote:
on 7/29/02 9:53 AM, Chris Selvig at selvig@sonic.net wrote:
Did ESP never pay anyone? Why did artists record multiple records for them?
Because getting recorded is hard, whether the practices around it the music are fair or not. Everyone is desparate to have a record out, and they'll grin and bear the corporate sodomy for the opportunity.
Or did they just not pay anyone after their first demise?
From what I heard, they just didn't pay anyone -- publishing, artist royalties, any of it.
I
understand BYG was really bad about paying the Actuel series artists, too - after the "Jazzactuel" box came out, Byron Coley said Charly wanted him and Thurston Moore to do liner notes for reissues of the whole series, but they refused unless the artists got paid for the reissues. Ah, the sour smell of the record business.
Don't ever become a doo-wop fan. Having one of the Hollywood Flames shine my shoes was heartbraking. Don't ever become a punk rock fan. Having Keith Morris deliver my pizza was heartbreaking.
skip h
Chris Selvig