Re: Talmy

At 07:05 AM 6/25/96 -0400, you wrote:
>At 10:00 PM 06/24/96 -0400, "Gary M. Gillman" <garyg@inforamp.net> wrote:
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>>>I'm always fascinated when these discussions of Talmy recur and we all
>>speak of him so knowingly, as the guy who produced the classic early Who
>>recordings but won't release the legendary masters he's sitting on, etc. But
>>what do we really know of Talmy other than these (barest of) facts? Who IS
>>Shel Talmy anyway? How old is he? Where does he live? Is he a Who fan like
>>we are? How did he come to work with the Who? What's he been doing since his
>>groundbreaking work with the Who and Kinks? Does he acknowledge that My
>>Generation is the first "rock" song, and does he consider that he had a lot
>>to do with stimulating the Who's groundbreaking innovations (as indeed it
>>appears he did?). What does he think of LAL, and its re-release? What is
>>this insuperable issue that, 30 years on, prevents the remixing in stereo of
>>some of rocks' greatest recordings? Can't someone on the list with
>>connections in the music biz line this guy up for, say, a joint Who/Kinks
>>mailing list interview, moderated if need be? The Talmy story is one of the
>>least understood parts of the Who saga, and this is most
unfortunate....Gary M.
>>
>>
>I approached Shel via e-mail a few weeks ago to do an interview regarding
>the master tapes. He respectfully declined at the present time because of
>the current negotiations.
>
>I'm not sure if he subscribes to this mailing list but he is one of the few
>people that are Who-related that I know of that are active on the internet.
>
>Joe
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>Joe, thanks for this. I can fully understand Talmy's response, but except
for my single question on the dispute most of what I asked about is general
information, of interest mostly to committed Who fans. Do you think he'd do
the interview if the questions stayed away from the legal dispute?....Gary M.