Re: Plant VH1 Recording ---->Tree

[Jeremy Mixer <mixer@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Sam Zoghaib wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 01:23:54AM +0000, Jeremy Mixer wrote:
> > \
> > Manyt times artists later relases these as albums, that's the only concern
> > I have.....don;t get me wrong, I am not going to cause a fuss and stop
> > anyone from doing this, there is a pretty good chance that it won't come
> > out, but I think that is something worth thinking about.......
> >
>
> Well, I think if it is eventually released commercially, the quality
> will be better. This way we'll buy it anyway. Furthermore, if the artists
> had the habit of releasing shows, we wouldn't have to tree them...

If someone has a digital copy of it (not sure if Vh1 broadcqasts digitally
or not, or if they'll show the show on one of their digital channels) then
that is about the best quality you can get if you have the right
eqwuipment. However, on the whole, yes it would be better quality if
released commercially.

> > But you're right; that issue is worth thinking about. Fortunately, we
> never had to face this problem with Led Zeppelin yet.

To an extent that is not true. In this case, quality was a big issue, but
so was content. A bootleg of the BBC sessions had floated around for years
before it was commercially released a few years ago. The qualkity, while i
my opinion somewhat dry,  was overall MUCH better then the bootleg copy I
had. On the down side, there was editing in the released version, such as
cutting out the band going into "It's Your Thing" by James Brown (if
that's the title) at the end of "Communication Breakdown", as well as a
couple other edits in a WLL medley......

Jeremy (who needs to go to bed)