mojofilter wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:36 am
I did a handful of these things. I remember him reposting some of them where he felt compelled to say on the covers that they were free from any pitch or phase or level correction. I seem to have royally pissed off an amateur desktop bootlegger, boo fuckin' hoo. I will have a look through my catalogue, and prepare to send in what I have on Sunday. If you don't want me to have to redo your work, don't submit garbage as the thing your reputation rides on. Because that says more about you than it does me.
Please note that I have never had to redo any of the work of the fine people who post here, or used to post on BZ. My issue has been with "big" labels who had no professional engineers on staff. I redo Yellow Dog, Vigotone and other labels pressed in factories for mass consumption. Not the guys here who work on stuff and send it in here for our enjoyment. These guys know what they're doing.
Thank you for holding my skills in some esteem. I really appreciate it.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but after reading your post it sounds to me as if there is some sour grapes between you and the people behind Unicorn?
You have to remember that this label began back in the year 2000, by yes, 'a desktop bootlegger', and they put out some amazing material which at the time was core status. We need to be grateful for this, because no other label was releasing this material at the time. By 2003 the label ceased to operate due to the 'Nagra reel' operation that went down. As with other 'big' labels at the time, they were taken over by Japanese companies who continued to put out material. We are dealing with bootleg recordings here, one label will pinch another ones materal, juggle the tracks around and have their 'New' release, it's how it works, nothing personal, it's bootlegging!
We would have many more recordings that haven't seen the light of day if more people like Unicorn would have the balls to put it out, and not just bitch about remastering something on their pro-tools software, to have their work copied and produced somewhere else. Like i said, it's how the bootlegging world works.
I'm sure your work is very good, and reading other forum members posts, it seems highly regarded, but to remaster anything officaly un-released, and post your work for people to download and expect it not to be copied and sold on bootleg CD's is crazy! So in effect you didn't 'Royally piss off' anyone, as the material has passed through so many hands, they probably don't know you exist!
P.S I was told that Mr.Unicorn's soundcard was actually purchased in 1999 from PC World for £14.99, although the rumours may be exaggerated. But hey, who gives a shit, the music's great, and that's all that matters right?