Re: (TV) The Lost Album / Thoughts on "lost" albums

["Andy Ferguson" <afne04343@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Who's been reading the new Mojo then ?
Andy

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From: "Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com>
> A lot of albums we call "lost" more accurately fall into this "never
found"
> category, like Verlaine's '86 sessions, the Beach Boys' SMILE, Public
Image's
> COMMERCIAL ZONE, the VU's 1969 recordings, or the Beatles GET BACK. In
each of
> those cases, the recording wasn't complete, the production wasn't
complete,
> etc. On the other hand, records like Eno's MY SQUELCHY LIFE, Badfinger's
HEAD
> FIRST, or Prince's BLACK ALBUM really *are* (or were) "lost" - they were
mixed,
> finalized, etc., only to be rejected, cancelled, whatever, before
widespread
> release. And some don't fall neatly into either category, like Big Star's
3RD -
> the material was all recorded, and the production was done (as far as I
know),
> but there was no track listing, no running order, etc. Maybe "abandoned"
is
> better than "never found" to handle all of these non-"lost" cases?
>
> --Philip
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