[78-L] Olde-timers

[agp]

At 17:54 23/01/2010, MB wrote:
>From: agp <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> > Stiff Records supposedly sold 30,000 copies of "The Wit
> > and Wisdom of Ronald Reagan" on the Magic label (ABRA 1).  T
>
>Well . . ., can't forget that one.  I have it too.

If not mistaken, Stiff also released similar disks "by/ about" Maggie 
Thatcher, Michael Foot, and the SDP.

The most fascinating thing in the whole lot of silent works (and 
copyrights) is the legal wrangling between Mike Batt and John Cage of 
Batt's "A Minute's Silence" credited to 'Batt/ Cage" and Cage's "4'33".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2276621.stm

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