why Mickey Finn's T-Rex on 1970s compilation????????????????

[eff...@f-m.fm]

I was in a discount store, and saw a 1970s compilation
in a CD rack. It had Hot Love and Metal Guru on it, but
by Mickey Finn's T-Rex!!!!!!!!!!!
All else on the CD seemed to be by the original acts.
What gives? Is the manager of Mickey's estate
flogging this stuff to record companies for bargain
royalties?

[colone...@yahoo.com]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, eff...@f-m.fm wrote:

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> I was in a discount store, and saw a 1970s compilation
> in a CD rack. It had Hot Love and Metal Guru on it, but
> by Mickey Finn's T-Rex!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd suspest it's one of those "for maximun fidelity enjoyment new stereo
recording have been used on the tracks marked with a *, where possible, as
many of the original personel have been used" --e.g. to avoid royalties we
re-recorded the track with a guy who claimed to be the brother of the bass
player's roadie. And often all but one or two tracks are marked with the
dread *.

Sometimes it's even the band trying to get money from a song they
recorded under a poor contract that they get nothing from. And
sometimes these are even good alternate versions.

Mickey Finn might have even toured doing T-rex stuff as "Mickey Finn's
T-rex" after Marc's death and it could be considered a legit alternate
recording/cover.

> All else on the CD seemed to be by the original acts.

^^^^^^
Usually you want orignal artist and *orginal recording* unless you are
collecting an artist/group and want every version they recorded. If you're
fanatical enough you might even -want- the version by the lightman's
girlfriend :-)

3ch