Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock
Titolo: inoltro: Pete Coe su Nic Jones..

.. sulla ristampa del suo primo cd e sulla sua attuale attività:
Pete & Chris Coe did our first duo gig for 20 years last night at York
Folk Club, standing in for Tony Rose who was unwell, but now recovering.
Joe & Nic Jones did a floor spot, Joe's first public performance & they
sang 'The Juke Box As She Turned' & 'Master Kilby'. Joe sang & played
really well & introduced the songs with confidence. These songs
obviously were part of Nic's repertoire & were basically performed in
his arrangements which Joe has mastered beautifully & the additional
bonus was Nic playing a lead guitar part. I'd heard that Joe was good
but last night was the first time I'd had chance to hear him & I was
very impressed. He said he was very nervous so he'd chosen these songs
because they were easy! Cheeky bugger. Nic thoroughly enjoyed himself &
who knows what lies in store for York Folk Club in the future.
Now to the Celtic Music business. Nic's first solo album 'Ballads &
Songs' has been advertised on a USA website as being available on CDR.
Patrick Hurley advises us that it's on proper CD over here. This is
unlikely to be the case. It seems that recent CM re-releases are
available on CD for promotional/review purposes & these are clearly
marked. However, what is actually for sale are CDRs at CD prices & these
are being manufactured in house by CM. I've got one of these CDRs (not
Nic's) & it's poor. I've had this confirmed by several people in the
trade.
This company are not members of MCPS/PRS & have not registered 'Ballads
& Songs' with them. My understanding is that this is illegal, however,
CM are contesting the publishing rights. These were re-registered with
Nic & Julia under Mollie Music. However CM are disputing this which
means that royalties for Nic are uncertain, given CMs record with other
artists. Just to remind you that CM have been on Musician's Union
'Special Notices' list for years & MU have been involved in actions
against CM recently. I'm not confident & neither are Nic & Julia that
proper royalties will be paid by CM. Obviously what would be preferable
would be that all recording rights were returned to Mollie Music so that
Nic's early albums could be properly re-released on CD, not CDR, with
all profits going to Nic, whose only income now is the disability
pension & sales of his current releases on Mollie Music.
So, those of you who've suggested bootlegging from whatever CM do
release & sending money to Nic would be well advised to forget it,
however noble your sentiments. Mr Bulmer at CM keeps his eye on this
news group & has probably made a note of your suggestion & your name for
future reference.
So, if & when 'Ballads & Songs' & others appear, bear in mind that you
may be buying a CDR at CD price, if you're a shop or distributor you may
be selling a CDR at CD price. I won't be dealing with shops or
distributors who are selling poor quality CDRs of Nic's recordings & I
know other artist's with their own independent labels who feel the same.
If that's the best CM can do, it's pathetic, Nic deserves better.
--
Pete Coe
http://www.backshift.demon.co.uk/petehome.htm
http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk
--
Roberto

However, what is actually for sale are CDRs at CD prices & these
Se ci fosse qualche giustizia al mondo, dovrebbero essere in CDR i
nuovi "capolavori" di bràianferry...
the swan

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 dei Watersons. Evitate, prima o poi finalmente la CM dovrà pur fallire!
mi auguro anche io che i diritti di etichette fondamentali per il folk
inglese finiscano in mani migliori, ma per il momento come resistere e non
acquistare capolavori come il primo di dick gaughan (da me preso
recentemente?)
e ti garantisco che se ristampasse il secondo di pete & chris coe o gli
Elliots - per dirne solo un paio - li prenderei al volo.
roberto