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[David Lennick]

Makes sense for that reason. I've been paying only sporadic visits to the list lately and it didn't occur to me that this was a promo set, not a commercial issue.

dl
 
> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:05:07 -0400
> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] (no subject)
> 
> Music Sales is a publishing company that obviously prepared the set to
> promote the Scott copyrights, which they purchased in 1962. Usually such a
> set is sent to producers, sound track supervisors and other music industry
> professionals who might consider using these copyrights for movies, tv shows
> and recordings. This set was not made so that people would actually sit down
> and listen to it from beginning to end. Including 24 versions of the biggest
> Scott copyright that they have makes sense for a basic reason: most music
> supervisors, directors, etc. haven't a clue about music, and by listening to
> any number of versions of a song, publishers hope that these people will
> license not only a recording itself but the overall copyright, obviously
> making money for the publisher.
> 
> Scott, a real eccentric, once claimed that he had no idea that his
> compositions were being used in Warner Bros. cartoons. Warners owned the
> copyrights at the time. How he looked at his royalty checks and didn't
> wonder where this money was coming from is an intriguing thought.
> 
> WB once put out a 24 CD set collection of hundreds of their copyrights. I'd
> love to have been the guy who compiled it. I heard he made a lot of money
> doing it.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
> 
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:40 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'm sure SOMEBODY out there must have thought a CD with 24 different
> > versions of Powerhouse was a good idea. Probably the same now-unemployed
> > moron who produced a BMG compilation of 17 versions of the Pachelbel Canon.
> >
> >
> > Even "14 Blue Roads to St. Louis" (or whatever the title was) allowed you
> > to stop after listening to one side..
> >
> >
> >
> > dl
> >
> > > From: bazdennen at roadrunner.com
> > > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:35:47 -0700
> > > Subject: [78-L] (no subject)
> > >
> > > From: bazdennen at roadrunner.com
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [78-L] Raymond Scott CD set
> > >
> > > To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bazdennen wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a copy of the Raymond Scott First 100 years set you are talking
> > > about. Yes, it's in the style of a Fremaux release but the discs cite
> > Music
> > > Sales Corp as the US releasing entity. The transfers are impeccable. It's
> > > a 3 CD box set with a booklet inside containing nice photos and notes.
> > > Mine, too, is marked For Promotional Use Only Not for Sale. And yes, a
> > lot
> > > of it is Scott and some of it is covers. Very good covers. The first disc
> > > is entirely devoted to Powerhouse in 24 different versions, for example.
> > I
> > > would be entirely happy to send you scans of the booklet and any other
> > info
> > > you want if you contact me off site.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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