[78-L] covers

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rodger Holtin" <rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
> Would it be correct to say that an artist making a "cover" of a currently 
> popular tune was an attempt to "cover" ones arse so that he can reap the 
> residual benefits the tune's popularity by selling his own version?
> I've also noticed how some of the tunes of the big band days are 
> characterized when the same tune was recorded several times within days of 
> one another and all pressed and reached the public at almost the exact 
> same time. Which one is the cover? None, really, but modern 
> Whitburn-influenced writers/critics/commentators would like us to belive 
> that the lesser-known versions would be "covers."
>
This was the end of the pattern where EVERY record company tried to offer 
EVERY hit
tune...and the new pattern where young buyers wanted specific RECORDINGS of 
hit
tunes!

Steven C. Barr