From: Bomp-Digest-Sender To: bomp-digest@bolis.com Subject: Bomp V96 #4 Reply-To: Bomp@bolis.com Precedence: bulk Bomp Wednesday, 12 June 1996 Volume 96 : Number 004 In this issue: Overdue reissues Surfing Birdman Re: Overdue reissues Re: Surfing Birdman Re: Overdue reissues Re: Overdue reissues Re: Overdue reissues Re: Electric Prunes Re: Overdue reissues ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phil Lerman Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 18:46:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Overdue reissues Anybody know if there are any plans to put out domestically CDs of Sam the Sham and/or ? and the Mysterians? And on the same subject what about the Crime and Monks discs that were supposed to come out on ONion (Johann Kugelburg--who used to be the head asst. at Matador) earlier this year? - -pHIL _____________________________________ | phil@picante.com | | formerly lerman1@ix.netcom.com | | formerly dagnasty@ix.netcom.com | | Eep Ork Uh Uh | |/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\| ------------------------------ From: Ben Waugh Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 10:59:19 -0400 Subject: Surfing Birdman Recently heard that one of the guys from Radio Birdman (Deniz Tek, I suspect) has put together a surf or intrumental band of sorts, & even shipped a tape off to the Mermen's guitarist. This, I would like to hear. Anyone know which ex-Birdman or have a more extensive lowdown? ------------------------------ From: "J. Emery" Date: 12 Jun 1996 10:05:24 U Subject: Re: Overdue reissues RE>Overdue reissues 6/12/96 hear hear! yes i'd love to be able to pick up sam/sham and pharoahs stuff these days. there was an article on him recently in a texas newspaper, talking about how he found religion. he evidently disavows his r'n'r past, although he is supposed to be a friendly guy. speaking of reissues, why haven't the saints or radio birdman been reissued domestically? not to mention the first couple of skids records! geepers! there's so much great stuff that came out on sire in the 70's that needs to be reissued. which actually brings up another item: if anyone knows where i can find a copy of the Saints' "1-2-3-4" ep please email me. (it's a great 4-song 7" that came out very early in their career - has 2 early versions of tunes from their first lp -unavailable anywhere now- as well as 2 non-lp songs which have since been reissued). thanks, joe - -------------------------------------- Date: 6/12/96 8:47 AM To: J. Emery From: Bomp@bolis.com Anybody know if there are any plans to put out domestically CDs of Sam the Sham and/or ? and the Mysterians? ------------------------------ From: Deniz Tek Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 15:44:41 GMT Subject: Re: Surfing Birdman You asked about "which Birdman has an instrumental surf band" etc. It is Warwick Gilbert and the band is called The Raouls. Warwick was (is) Radio Birdmans' bass player, but he was a six string gtr slinger before and after. The Raouls are getting known around Sydney and have opened for Dick Dale, Link Wray and other notables. I saw them in Sydney last January and they were tremendous. BTW Chris Masuak is their drummer... we might have to terminate his membership in the guitar players club, as my mate Kent Steedman would say. Regards, Deniz Tek ------------------------------ From: radonahue@jake.wpi.edu (Roger Donahue - CCC 508 831-5724) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:46:16 -0400 Subject: Re: Overdue reissues >speaking of reissues, why haven't the saints or radio birdman been reissued >domestically? not to mention the first couple of skids records! geepers! >there's so much great stuff that came out on sire in the 70's that needs to be >reissued. A couple of years back I saw a newsgroup posting from someone who I believe was Howie Klein. I asked about Saints reissues via email and was told that Sire no longer had the rights to that stuff. After hearing that I started looking for imports, and I was lucky enough to get an Australian EMI CD of the 2nd album, which is the one I really wanted. I've seen Saints reissues from Fan Club/New Rose, but I can't comment on the quality. I do own a CD from the Fan Club label that's mastered from vinyl, which makes me wary... I think the 1st Skids was available a few years back. Haven't seen it for a long time though. Roger Donahue ------------------------------ From: cam Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:36:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Overdue reissues Hey, Speaking of overdue reissues, before this thing crashed someone mentioned that there's an Electric Prunes comp covering the first two LPs in the works (not "A Long Day's Flight", this was some domestic job). Is there anymore word on this? - -chad "The price of your entry Is sin" - Arthur Brown <>Rev Crawdaddy Martin<>cmartin@leland.stanford.edu <>http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~cmartin ------------------------------ From: Deniz Tek Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:49:18 GMT Subject: Re: Overdue reissues >speaking of reissues, why haven't the saints or radio birdman been reissued >domestically? not to mention the first couple of skids records! geepers! >there's so much great stuff that came out on sire in the 70's that needs >to be >reissued. For Radio Birdman, simply, there ARE several labels that want to do reissues in America. It is a matter of sorting out who has legal copyright to it. If it was up to the band, we'd give it to Bomp in a heartbeat, but the current copyright holder in Australia is afraid of legal consequences from Sire, and short of a sufficient financial inducement it's hard to get them to move. The band is saving up for a legal fund to try to regain these copyrights ourselves. It wont happen without a battle. BTW two things of possible interest: Sonically superior versions of both albums with previously unreleased extra tracks were released in Australia on RedEye / Polydor last Nov. (REDCD49 and REDCD53) Also, we just finished mixes on a new live album which the band DOES own outright. We recorded it on our recent reformation tour. At least that one should see the light of day in America before too long. Regards, Deniz Tek ------------------------------ From: Squishy@aol.com Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 18:22:16 -0400 Subject: Re: Electric Prunes I think that was me who posted about it. Warners have found a heap of unreleased tapes, and what's more, they're in touch with the band members, who have additional acetates, etc. A boffo reissue is in the works, with liner notes by Sonic Boom (no less!) who has already interviewed the band. He let me hear some of the unreleased tapes too, and the stuff blows away anything I've heard by them before. No idea when this will be out, but these things tend to take a little while. My guess is sometime next year. Hope this helps Greg ------------------------------ From: Squishy@aol.com Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 18:19:59 -0400 Subject: Re: Overdue reissues Thanks for the good words, and it's cool to see you taking an active role on the Bomp mailing list. Is there really concern about Sire? I really doubt they still have any rights, or they'd probably have reissued the stuff by now. Howie Klein is a good guy and I think he would probably give a straight answer. I can't believe that would hold up a deal; if you'd like me to look into it, I can. I still haven't heard from John, though, and I'm hoping that's not a bad sign. Meanwhile there are some new releases on Bomp that I'll be putting in the mail to you All the best Greg ------------------------------ End of Bomp V96 #4 ****************** You have been reading Bomp-digest. For subscription requests, send a message to majordomo@bolis.com containing "subscribe Bomp-digest" or "unsubscribe Bomp-digest"