Heartland

Hello all, got a Q. Apologies if it's come up, but didn't see a specific topic for it:

Anyone familiar with the status of the early singles, possession of masters and/or licensing wise?

As a kid of the 90's who grew up with CDs, I've had Some Girls for some years and became acquainted with the early discography that way, but it's only recently that I did some digging and have had it come to my attention that the audio quality thereon is...rather disappointing, compared to any old youtube upload.

So with the recent releases of FALAA and Floodland (and I'm presuming VT at some point soon), by Warner UK/Rhino...would a new issue of Some Girls or a new compilation even be feasible? Who's even got the recordings nowadays? Elektra? himself? Are we doomed to scour for needledrops for a decent-quality digital listen?

Much obliged

have you heard this? you'll love it.

That reminds me! I've preserved Body Electric in 24/192

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:have you heard this? you'll love it.

Hopped on it, and it's a wonderful thing. Judging from this and youtube tags, I've got robertzombie to thank for a great deal. Those needledrops have replaced my own Some Girls in my library.

It's a shame that Youtube compresses the audio so much. The lossless transfers are even better!

The trick of course with a new compilation of this nature would be tracking down the master tapes. Needledrops are all well and good but they'll never match up to the masters, as we saw with the revelatory Body And Soul tracks on the recent Rhino remaster of F&L&A.

The old Body Electric tapes turn up on the CNT CD, They Shall Not Pass, but SGWBM is all needledrops as far as I can tell

The Heartland master tape appeared recently. Perhaps we can presume that the tapes are scattered, rather than held in one place

robertzombie wrote:
The Heartland master tape appeared recently. Perhaps we can presume that the tapes are scattered, rather than held in one place

unfortunately i think you're right: if the body elctric master was kept by CNT and the Heartland one by the recording studio then i would imagine the rest are similarly dispersed, yes.

Damn. I was afraid of something like this.

In any event, thanks for indulging my curiosity, guys. I hope they all eventually wind up in one place.