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EJXD2 (EddieD317@GMail.com) 06:15 pm UTC 08/26/10 |
| The mid to late 90s was a great time to be a Steinman fan. Not from the standpoint of new releases--though it was great to get both Whistle Down the Wind and Dance of the Vampires in consecutive years--but from a treasure hunting standpoint. The Internet, particularly the World Wide Web and e-mail, was new to the masses, and listservs and eBay were ripe with discovery opportunities. The biggest find of my scavenging came in spring 1998 when a woman mentioned that she had a tape of "Jim singing" (actually Rory Dodd) "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing To Waste" from the 80s that sounded nothing like the Whistle song. After much prodding she finally sent me a tape, and it was of course magical. I was always happy to share what I found with people, a trait I learned from Moco, who managed to unearth (through Robert Owen, M.D.) tapes of More Than You Deserve and Neverland. I'm not sure what happened to that attitude from the late 90s, but at least one of two things changed: Either no one looks for stuff anymore or no one shares. I can understand the former because I'm definitely out of the loop, but I can't understand the latter. I know there are people on here who have stuff we'd love to hear but hid behind some bogus "I promised XYZ I wouldn't share it" when XYZ has no authority over the material anyway. I'm a big believer in copyrights and intellectual property. I don't download music for free regardless of how easy it is to do so, but I also don't see listening to demos of "I'd Do Anything For Love" from the late 80s as taking money out of people's pockets either. I guess this is just a long-winded way of saying, I'd really love it if he-knows-who-he-is would be kind of enough to share those demos he has from the mid to late 80s. | |
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