Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Early demo?

Justin H justinh@jeack.com.au
Fri, 22 Feb 2002 08:29:41 -1000


Sorry for the late reply, but, TAKE IT OFF!!! This was not made for public distribution
and as Travis has already said, its only out there because someone stole it.
If you cant get it off I will personally take it up with the band.
Justin.

I expect a reply ASAP with good news.


>I'm not sure what to do about this. I put it up there to share with fans,
>in the same way that we've been putting up copies of bootlegs and rare
>b-sides, etc. I've got other "early versions" on CDs distributed by
>Powderworkers in the past - okay these were early live versions, but they
>were still raw, and under-developed.
>
>I didn't put the song on the FTP site to humiliate the band. I put it
>there because I thought people would appreciate the evolution of a song. I

>know I do. 
>
>I'm not going to remove it. If anyone is strongly against it, they can
>bombard me, or take it into their own hands and remove it. I don't even
>know if I'm able to delete it.
>
>Cheers,
>
>--
>Maurice R. Kelly
>mkelly@deadheart.org.uk
>
>
>On Feb 21, mwoods@customfleet.com.au wrote:
>
>> They wouldn't be in circulation if people weren't trading them to begin
>> with.  Unauthorised live recordings are somehow more respectable than
>> unauthorised studio snatch n grabs?
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Travis Zanoni <TravisZ@actf.com.au>@cs.colorado.edu on 21/02/2002 10:23:54

>> 
>> Sent by:  powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu
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>> 
>> To:   "'powderworks@cs.colorado.edu'" <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
>> cc:
>> Subject:  RE: [Powderworks] Early demo?
>> 
>> 
>> Maurice I really think that loading it onto the web is a bad idea and a tad

>> disrespectful to the band.  The Red Sails demos only got out because
>> someone, somewhere...maybe at the studio they were recorded, stole a copy.

>> The band don't want them out there....if they wanted you to hear
>> it...they'd
>> release it.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Maurice R. Kelly [mailto:mkelly@deadheart.org.uk]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:03 PM
>> To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
>> Subject: [Powderworks] Early demo?
>> 
>> 
>> An Oils collector just mailed me an MP3 of what he says is an early
>> demo (1983) - it certainly sounds like the Oils - very raw though. The
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