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Re: [ARSCLIST] Reissues II--was: Vinegar syndrome audio tapes [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs and more
On 23/01/06, Tom Fine wrote:
> With more obscure 78 stuff, copyrights or not, people like Joe Bussard
> seem to do OK business without much interference from large companies
> who may or may not have copyright claims. I suspect that with this
> less well known material, metal parts or other manufacturing pieces
> don't exist anymore, thus no "family jewels" in the company vaults, so
> someone like Joe has the best of what remains and no one wants to pay
> the lawyer bills of interfering with his niche business. I imagine
> this would be even more so with obscure classical/opera stuff from ye
> olde days. Something like Caruso would be a different matter entirely
> -- expect a fleet of lawyers if you tried to put out a CD from your
> mint-condition 78's.
Naxos have a series of complete Caruso recordings on 11 CDs, transferred
by Ward Marston, who probably has access to the best copies around.
They sound good to me.
Regards
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Don Cox
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