Posted by John Lowery on January 24, 2014, 9:16 pm
I have the RCA album "Jim Reeves on Stage" and I have the Voice Master's 2 CD "There's Someone Who Loves You" that includes the 1961 stage show. On the CD "BimbO was not included. Was it part of the show? If so, where was it in the show?
Re: Jim Reeves Live album
Posted by Larry Jordan on January 24, 2014, 11:00 pm, in reply to "Jim Reeves Live album" Edited by board administrator January 24, 2014, 11:03 pm
I thought you'd rather hear songs and dialog on our CD that were not on the RCA LP from mountainside park. Why just repeat what they did? Also, they overdubbed studio instruments on the original recording which distorted how Jim and the Blue Boys sounded. However, we worked from the original tape by Ken Alexander (the sound engineer that night). We cleaned up tape hiss, EQed it, corrected tape speed fluctuations and gave you the real deal...how Jim and his band would have sounded that night. What we presented was a purist's version of the concert, but we did slight editing also to be able to fit it on the CD with other material. BTW, ours was the first time that concert had ever been released commercially on CD. Since we own the copyright on it I do not expect to see it released on any other commercial CD, especially since our audio has identifying characteristics.
Larry, is there a possibility that we might see the mountainside park show released in its'entirety? I know you had to edit some songs out on "There's Someone Who Loves You" because to make room for the other material on the disc. However, if the entire concert was released on one disc by itself, I would think it might fit. Seems like it would make for another interesting release some time in the future.
Well, I can certainly agree with that, Larry. What can be better than hearing Jim Reeves material that we've never heard before? I'm happy to hear that there is still some unreleased live recordings. It really gives us fans a lot to look forward to!
Re: Jim Reeves Live album
Posted by Larry Jordan on January 26, 2014, 6:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Jim Reeves Live album" Edited by board administrator January 26, 2014, 6:37 pm
Have you noticed all the labels around the world who have rushed to capitalize on this year being the 50th anniversary of Jim's death? They are haphazardly slapping together songs that have no rhyme or reason — the good with the bad — using the same old photos that they have garishly altered with colors that make them look like they belong on a circus poster in many cases, or flipped them horizontally thinking fans are too stupid to realize they've just put a mirror image of Reeves on the cover in a vain attempt to make the image look new. Most of the time they have invested zero effort in cleaning up the tracks or trying to make them sound good. They just don't care.
The disappointing and baffling thing is, the reason labels do this is because THERE IS MONEY TO BE MADE. A large number of fans will buy this material, even though it represents NOTHNG NEW. Consumer psychology fascinates me.
You can also go to iTunes and listen to dozens of copies of the same track, and notice how much they vary and how awful many of them sound.
A lot of this is "public domain" material that is being repackaged and released in areas of the world where copyright has expired. But what is even more astonishing is there are companies paying Sony/ATV enormous licensing fees for the rights to use the same old tracks that any fan can get free off YouTube or a multitude of other sources!
There's an old saying "there's a sucker born every minute" and that must be true. How else to account for the sales success of the rehashes of Jim Reeves' old hash?
I don't want any part of that and I have built my label, VoiceMasters, on the premise of offering fans something they haven't heard before. I've produced some CDs (not only on Jim, but on Patsy Cline, Bing Crosby/Rosemary Clooney) for a UK company that likewise is more interested in offering the fans over there something fresh. That's the whole fun of this work -- discovering new material, new diamonds in the rough -- and sharing them with the world.
Of course, it's very expensive to do this and time consuming as well. It would be easier just to pay the steep prices of Sony/ATV and re-release the same old Reeves product and probably cash in. But that's not my philosophy in life... That's why I have to laugh every time one of those characters who like to nip at my heels accuses me of only wanting to PROFIT on Reeves. Now that truly IS funny.
This is only JANUARY and already there are scores of repackagings available on Reeves. iTunes came up with a long list of public domain artists whom they will not allow you to promote; but Jim Reeves and other country artists are not on that list. So it's a free-for-all. (BTW, my company has NEVER put anything online for download, either on iTunes or Amazon). Look for more and more lame repackagings of Jim's music but BUYER BEWARE.
Larry, I've been seeing all those cheap re-issues of Jim's music for years, and I do not buy any of them! It breaks my heart just to see them because it just shows how little the record companies care about putting out anything new on Jim. They just want to make a fast buck and that's it! Jim's fans should know better than to buy these CD's. By doing so, it's the same as telling the record companies that these are the kind of releases we want--and this is the argument they will use to keep releasing more of them!
I agree with Mike. I won't buy these repackage same old recordings. Larry, I'm glad youe doing what you are and the way you are.It is so like what Mary did- don't flood the market with all the unreleased songs at one time but spread them out over time. Keep up the good work, Lsrry
There have been a lot of cheap CD reissues on Jim over the years, but there is one that stands way out in front when it comes to complete stupidity. It has all the same old songs again for the millionth time, but the craziest thing about this one is the title: "The Only Jim Reeves Album You'll Ever Need"!--- as if to say that everything else that Jim ever recorded isn't worth listening to! I can't even comprehend how any company could put out a CD this rediculous!
How many times,and on how many labels has 'Live At Te Opry' been released?All with the same 'error', 'The Wind Up' is always listed as 'The Wind Up Doll',just shows they don't listen or care about the recordings!
That's right, David! Also, have you noticed that "If Heartache Is The Fashion" has been listed on countless re-issues as "If Heartaches Are The Fashion". They don't even care enough to get the titles of the songs right!