Re: BBC

["Mick Buck" <bucku@surfsouth.com>]

Mark,

First of all,
>it doesn't look much like a double CD to me.

According to the article in ICE, it will be a double cd if you buy it at
Best Buys.  Supposed to have an interview with Pete and few extra tracks
such as Pinball Wizard.
>
>And The Relay...isn't that the same one as on the YBYB video? Which was
canned music to a live vocal?

Actually, it's the Old Grey Whistle Test version, which is longer than the
YBYB version (it's just a different live vocal over a canned backing track).

>There are also many notable missing tracks, such as You Rang, Runaround
>Sue, and Jingle Bells...the sort of things which would have really MADE the
>collection a great one, instead of (ho-hum, just what you expected)!

I don't know if these tracks exist in any better sound quality than what you
or I have heard on crappy bootlegs.

>MCA/Polydor is their own worst enemy. IDIOTS!
>
Hmmm, at the risk of sounding like I might actually be defending the bozos
at MCA (or whatever their corporation is called now), I don't think it's
really their fault.  Credit or blame for such "executive decisons" can be
given to Jon Astley and Pete Townshend.

Mick