The correct answer is 4. If you think this is as much of a sacrilege as I do you can send your protests to Gail Parenteau who is doing the publicity for the event at [email protected]. You can expose this scam via your local letters to the editor page. If you're a journalist, get hopping on the story. Maybe this insanity can be stopped. There's only 4 days to go before the "grand" event. (press release attached below)-Bill-
Witness the Official First Cut of the Original Sun Sessions Master Recording Tape of Elvis Presley
Two-Inch Segments from the Original 1954-1955 Studio Recording tape, beginning with "That's All Right," the Song that Propelled Elvis's Career, to be Cut, Certified, Numbered and Mounted on Commemorative Plaques and Sold to the Public* * *Music Industry Artists and Veterans will witness this First Ever Cut of a Certified Elvis Presley Original Master Source Tape RecordingGraceland's Elvis Presley Enterprises to Receive Plaque Number (1)WHAT: The official first cut of the original 1954-55 Sun Sessions master recording tape made by Elvis Presley and his band. Master Tape Collection, which unearthed and preserved this initial original source recording of Elvis and his band, will officially cut, certify, number and mount each 2" segment of this Sun Sessions Master Tape. Each segment will comprise an authenticated collectible limited edition plaque licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises.
The master tape has been authenticated by recording industry experts, and historians Tony Bongiovi and Jim Czak, and is licensed by Graceland's Elvis Presley Enterprises. Those attending the invitation-only news conference in New York will bear witness to the very first cut of this master tape and will hear, first-hand, the off-the-record conversations between Elvis, his band members and engineers from this historic recording.*WHEN: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 11:00 a.m.WHERE: NOLA RECORDING STUDIOS111 West 57th Street - 17th Floor Penthouse (bet. 6th & 7th Aves)WHO: Mike Esposito, President, and Master Tape CollectionTony Bongiovi, Record Producer, AuthenticatorJim Czak, Owner and engineer, Nola Recording StudiosJoe Franklin, radio personalityCousin Brucie, CBS FM radio personalityJoey Reynolds, radio personalityPete Davidson and Todd Morgan, Graceland's Elvis Presley EnterprisesRock musicians and personalities to be named laterMEDIA RSVPs to: Gail Parenteau, Parenteau Guidance (212) 532-3934 [email protected]*Segments from a copy of the master tape will be played during the news conference. While its contents may be noted and reported, they may not be broadcast or duplicated.
― Venus Glow (1411), Monday, 26 January 2004 01:56 (twenty-two years ago)
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― Venus Glow (1411), Monday, 26 January 2004 01:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― Mediawhore, Monday, 26 January 2004 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 26 January 2004 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Henry Jones, Jr, Monday, 26 January 2004 02:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 26 January 2004 02:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― the river fleet, Monday, 26 January 2004 02:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 26 January 2004 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 26 January 2004 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)
WAIT!!! WHAT AM I SAYING?!?!?!
― HRH Queen Kate (kate), Monday, 26 January 2004 03:24 (twenty-two years ago)
here's hoping the proceeds go to charity.m.
― msp, Monday, 26 January 2004 04:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Monday, 26 January 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 26 January 2004 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 26 January 2004 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― (1411), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
But since it was this is crass Golden Egg short-termism - dud.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― jazz odysseus, Monday, 26 January 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― jazz odysseus, Monday, 26 January 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 26 January 2004 19:12 (twenty-two years ago)
Master-tape fuckery is one of my favorite rock subjects. My theory is that while record companies have been around for, oh, about a century, most of them only began seeing themselves as de facto archivists of Important Cultural Traditions relatively recently, and the often sloppy and cavalier attitude record companies have had towards the master tapes of even BIG artists reflects this. My favorite example: Simon & Garfunkel's will remain a cash cow for Sony until our robot masters enslave us, but when Sony started culling together a box set, Roy Halee (either S&G's producer or engineer, I forget) found the master-tapes were (literally) in shreds rotting in some storage facility in New Jersey and that it'd be "better to master from a first-pressing LP." (Some of this is from memory, some from this. Apparently they later found better tapes, but STILL.)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 26 January 2004 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 26 January 2004 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 January 2004 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 26 January 2004 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Monday, 26 January 2004 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)
Hopefully the invited "rock musicians and personalities" will denounce this farce in a big way (or better, pool their resources & buy the tapes whole & uncut) but I doubt it.
― Scott, Monday, 26 January 2004 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.joegratz.net/archives/2004/01/28/bogus-elvis-tape-only-250-an-inch/
― TRON FIGHTS FOR THE USERS (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 June 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― david graver, Wednesday, 31 May 2006 18:13 (twenty years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:41 (twenty years ago)