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Supposedly it's legit according to two sites selling it, from CBS Masterworks. I'm kinda doubting it too, thoughI hope that ‘Your Navy Presents’ has great sound quality and is authorised. Unfortunately, I doubt it.
Carpenters’ concert from Australia would be a bootleg, I’m sure.These are weird releases. Olivia has a few on the fm label too. Nothing to write home about but cool to have. I know there's a live in Australia from the 1972 broadcast on the fm label. I haven't gotten it yet tho.
Of the ones I have, yep - the good one has 'em. The awful one does not. Strangely, I like that they are there. It really conjures up 1970.I wonder if this will include the commercials too.
To be fair this was a screenshot off just one of the sites that listed it. Others have military spelled correctly. I preordered one on UK Amazon, easier refund if it's crap I guess. They just pushed the estimate shipping date back today for some reason. Terrible album cover I've gotta sayThe ads posted above give me one pause for concern. This CD is listed as "Miltary[sic] Radio stations broadcast.
I have a question: I know you specified copyright lapses overseas, isn't copyright life of the author plus 50 years? Wouldn't A&M / UMG / still own these recordings with Richard having right to control of release? Or does the Navy? Please let us know if you know. I googled it but kept coming up with the same author's life plus 50 years rule, in U.S. post 1978 author's life plus 70 years. Thanks so very much Harry or anybody.I managed to grab all of these four "shows" as they appeared on YouTube a number of years ago. The quality is OK, but these recruitment discs weren't exactly the best pressings. The ones I have have all of the interviews and recruitment ads in them. They were made to be sent out to radio stations as "free" 15-minute programs that served a "public service" requirement. Typically they aired on Sunday early mornings between 6 and 8 am or Sunday nights from 10 or so until midnight. The idea was that in order for the station to justify its license as a public service, they had to air "x" amount of public service programs each week or month. So they were just one-off pressings not meant for public consumption. Often they were aired on AM stations in mono.
Though I don't own the Carpenters record discs, I have a number of other ones, and the quality there is again just so-so. A good amount of distortion, and it probably hasn't come from wear as stations would only play these once and supposedly they were to be returned or trashed. That some have survived is a small miracle.
The ads posted above give me one pause for concern. This CD is listed as "Miltary[sic] Radio stations broadcast. And while the Armed Forces Radio and Television Services (AFRTS) DID provide recorded music for broadcast to our military overseas, that's not what these Carpenters Navy recordings are about. They were purely to be used home-side as recruitment tools.
I suspect that this "release" is legal due to copyright lapses overseas. These are 54-year-old recordings and we've seen similar things with other 60s recordings - Herb Alpert's old Dore Alpert recordings showing up recently, and any number of his other early recordings repackaged several times.
And the reason for this is easy - someone, some company, is looking to make some money, so if they can find an old recording like this that's somewhat rare, and it's legal, why not provide it to the public that wants it. Hopefully it'll sound good. If they found pristine discs and used good equipment to digitize the tracks, then it could sound decent.
Perhaps purchasers can relay the quality information here.
I have a question: I know you specified copyright lapses overseas, isn't copyright life of the author plus 50 years? Wouldn't A&M / UMG / still own these recordings with Richard having right to control of release? Or does the Navy? Please let us know if you know. I googled it but kept coming up with the same author's life plus 50 years rule, in U.S. post 1978 author's life plus 70 years. Thanks so very much Harry or anybody.
I guess if we looked in the liner notes of The Essential Collection or From The Top we would see more about this, wouldn't we? I need to dig mine out.