[78-L] OLD TIMES label - reissues of ASV CDs

[Malcolm - Venerable Music]

>I heard the JSP Berigan set and the
> sound was inferior to the Mosaic. Independent remastering or "dumbing
> down" of the sound to hide its origin?

Wow! Sneaky!
In JSP's defense, I do believe they have been doing a lot of their own 
remastering on the newer sets.
I've seen a few that even have "From the collection of Joe Bussard" or 
"Remastering by Chris King" printed on the cover!

Malcolm

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] OLD TIMES label - reissues of ASV CDs


> Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:
>> Hello Alan - Actually Bear Family did successfully sue JSP for lifting
>> recordings from their Carter Family set. There is some information about 
>> the
>> case in this article -
>> http://www.indicare.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=98
>>
>> I think JSP had to cough up quite a bit of money for this. I also seem to
>> remember EMI threatening them for their Bunny Berigan set which may have
>> been lifted from Mosaic? I don't think this ever went to court, but the 
>> set
>> was pulled from production. So there is at least some legal precedent I
>> suppose?
>>
>> Not sure if this is true, but I also heard that Bear Family has begun to 
>> put
>> inaudible spikes in their recordings to help identify other of their
>> recordings improperly used?
>>
>> Malcolm
> ==================
> I've a feeling that JSP didn't cough up for the Berigan set, although
> they were found guilty. Possibly something to do with cross-border legal
> complications regarding enforcement? I heard the JSP Berigan set and the
> sound was inferior to the Mosaic. Independent remastering or "dumbing
> down" of the sound to hide its origin?
>
>      Julian Vein
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