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| 2232.1 |  | SALEM::MADDEN |  | Mon Jun 17 1991 08:58 | 8 | 
|  |     Mark,
    
    I'll second your feelings about RJ's recordings simply unbelievable.
    
    Also, FYI, Hal Leonard Publishing is supposed to come out with 
    transcriptions of the box set.
    
    Mike
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| 2232.2 | No Airplay allowed ?? | MILKWY::JACQUES | Vintage taste, reissue budget | Mon Jun 17 1991 12:21 | 13 | 
|  |     There is a label on the front of the box which states "Not licensed
    for Radio broadcast". Does this mean that radio stations cannot
    play any of Robert's recordings over the air ?
    
    I can see them not playing the entire boxed set over the radio,
    since many people would record it and not buy the product, but 
    playing individual cuts wouldn't hurt, in fact it might encourage
    people to buy the set.
    
    Puzzled !!
    
    Mark
    
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| 2232.3 | royalties, laws, etc | STEREO::BROWN | One Gun, One Bullet, One Foot | Mon Jun 17 1991 12:29 | 5 | 
|  |     I think that it's something to do with the law that privately-owned
    commercially available recordings cannot be played over radio, or for
    public performances for profit. Just like it's supposedly illegal to
    make copies of tapes and records. The recordings that radio stations 
    use are marked "promotional copy, not for sale". 
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| 2232.4 | strickly my opinion | LEDS::BURATI | Spanish Castle Magic | Mon Jun 17 1991 12:35 | 15 | 
|  | >    There is a label on the front of the box which states "Not licensed
>    for Radio broadcast". Does this mean that radio stations cannot
>    play any of Robert's recordings over the air ?
    I believe that it means that the CONSUMER RETAIL PRICE does not give you
    the broadcast rights. If you are a broadcaster you must puchase the
    product through the proper channels that provide you with the broadcast
    license. This is similar to the prerecorded video  cassette industry
    selling you a license to view the contents of a tape in your own home,
    i.e. you are not licensed to distribute the contents in any way.
    
    So, if a radio station buys a copy of a recording an a store and
    broadcasts that copy (and gets caught), they get in trouble for using
    copyrighted material to which they had no rights.
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| 2232.5 |  | RGB::ROST | I believe she's a dope fiend | Mon Jun 17 1991 12:38 | 7 | 
|  |     Re: .4
    
    Boy, that makes a whole lot of sense.  Wouldn't want some DJ playing
    the album on the radio so that someone might *hear* it and want to go
    *buy* it now, would we?
    
    						Brian
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| 2232.6 |  | DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVID | UNIX is cool... | Mon Jun 17 1991 12:55 | 4 | 
|  | I believe John Hammond owns the entire catalog of RJ works. I suspect it's a
royalty gathering mechanism.
db
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| 2232.7 | Hmmm... | WASTED::tomg | Danger: Slow Thinker at Work | Mon Jun 17 1991 15:08 | 6 | 
|  | 
	Hmm,  I always thought the usual royalty mechanism
for radio was the station logs and spot monitoring of stations by the
"appropriate" licensing (ASCAP or BMI for example) entity. This must be 
a new method.
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| 2232.8 | generic reply title | LEDS::BURATI | Spanish Castle Magic | Mon Jun 17 1991 16:19 | 15 | 
|  | >	Hmm,  I always thought the usual royalty mechanism
>for radio was the station logs and spot monitoring of stations by the
>"appropriate" licensing (ASCAP or BMI for example) entity. This must be 
>a new method.
    Yeah, but that's the publisher's royalty. It goes to the songwriter,
    doesn't it? The record company owns the RECORDING of the song. They want
    something in return for the radio station using their recording. Maybe
    they give it away and just want to keep track of the stuff. I don't
    know. Anybody know? It's just my guess as to how it works.
    Hey, we sure are making a mess of this Robert Johnson note. I'm much
    more self consious (SP?) now.
    --ron
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| 2232.9 | Not signed by the artist | RANGER::WEBER |  | Mon Jun 17 1991 16:24 | 5 | 
|  |     Oddly enough, Gibson has announced a limited edition," Robert
    Johnson Reissue" guitar. That's all I know about it
    
    
    Danny W.
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| 2232.10 | RJ's Gibson | MILKWY::JACQUES | Vintage taste, reissue budget | Tue Jun 25 1991 12:33 | 5 | 
|  |     Just out of curiosity, what model Gibson guitar did Robert Johnson
    play ? Does anyone know the whereabouts of his guitar ? Is it in
    a museum somewhere.
    
    Mark
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| 2232.11 | Guitar Player | KAOFS::D_PAWSEY | vibrato...le voila | Tue Jun 25 1991 18:23 | 5 | 
|  |     Check out this month's Guitar Player.  I believe that it is mentioned
    in the article about one of those old guys whose mother used to be 
    quite fond of RJ.
    
    Don
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| 2232.12 | Gibson L-1 | RANGER::WEBER |  | Wed Jun 26 1991 08:32 | 1 | 
|  |     
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| 2232.13 | RJ on WBOS | ICS::ODONNELL | I am the Lorax . . . | Mon Oct 12 1992 13:15 | 7 | 
|  |     I heard "Traveling Riverside Blues" on the radio last night (WBOS 92.9
    Blues on Sunday) so I guess they are allowed to play it.
    
    I own that box set and "unbelievable" is a vast understatement.
    
    There's more soul there than I've heard anywhere.
    
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| 2232.14 | Essential listening | PLAYER::WINPENNY |  | Tue Oct 13 1992 04:17 | 10 | 
|  |     
    I sometimes have the boxed set. It's the most difficult to get back
    when loaned out.
    
    The book of transcriptions is out and covers just one version of each
    recording (for those without the set there is sometimes two takes of a
    particular song). Pretty faithful and well worth getting. Takes the
    hassel out of and speeds up the learning process.
    
    Chris
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