No you didn't Ady, though maybe "concensus" is a bit exaggerated! I was also wrong to deduce that it may have been before the CD release.
I don't know how to do a link to the previous thread, but it was started by Netspeaky on 14th Aug 2007, in Look At Your Box, titled "What's The Story" Jackie Lee + Belles SOUL FOX 45
For those interested it contains more input than this thread and should be worth a read.
Here's what you said Ady, in reply to JM and maintaining exactly the same stance that you have now :
Posted 15 August 2007 - 04:34 PM
john manship, on Aug 15 2007, 08:01 AM, said:
One of the problems of being a "naughty boy" is when you do something legit, nobody believes you. Simon did get an "in" at Mirwood, and issued instrumentals of classics etc.
No reason to believe there's anything "fake" about them. I've always thought they were previously unissued tracks, which the scene has always embraced.
Why not these? Even though they originated through Simon.
Simon did occasionally do the right thing, but being naughty was far more fun.
Sorry John, the only "in" he got was getting his grubby hands on some of the master tapes, it's highly unlikely (like 99.999999999999999999%) that Soussan did a legitimate deal for these, a story was put around by interested parties that Randy Wood told him to take whatever tapes he wanted but the company secretary and Randy Wood's financial backer said that never happened. The Belles is of course the Mirettes 'I Want To do Everything for You Baby' and I'll Do Anything is 'Anything You Want' actually by Jackie, the voice was too distinctive to fool people. The fact that Soussan changed the artists in one case and titles in both is pretty clear evidence that this is an out and out bootleg; tampering with a published song name is strictly illegal without the songwriter and publishers permission. Both songs were written by Sherlie Matthews.
So it should not be sold as a legitimate release and £25 for a boot is on the very high side, particularly a common, poor quality one. Both sides are out legitimately on Kent's Mirwood CD series.
This post has been edited by ady croasdell: 15 August 2007 - 04:34 PM
- Kev.