What are you talking about? My cd has *all* the songwriters credited.
Course, mine is the original OKRA release, so what, do you have the
re-release? Well, at any rate Jon, rest assured, the band and original
label had all the songwriters by name listed......
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Weisberger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 9:33 PM
> To: passenger side
> Subject: RE: 2 queries
>
> > y'all are gettin' pretty het up, here. SOME of us are forgetting
> > that one of the things this whole "whatever it is" does is introduce
> > people to music and artists they wouldn't be familiar with otherwise
> > by mix n matching people and songs.
>
> Heh, as it happens, that's one of my complaints about the Okra
> All-Stars CD,
> which has 9 covers out of 15 cuts, and not a single songwriter ID,
> never
> mind original artist names. Assuming that some of the purchasers are
> likely
> aware that Prince wrote "Purple Rain," that leaves 8 songs - some of
> them
> very good ones (including, BTW, "Wild And Blue") whose origins are
> completely hidden from view. There's no way of even telling which
> ones are
> the covers.
>
> > Now, expecting an urban rock critic to dig deep enough to find
> > out that liner notes might ton provide the comprehensiveness and
> > accuracy of a country music encyclopedia, which, by the way, would
> > have to be organized by song title, is, imho, asking an unreasonable
> amount.
>
> Maybe, but it would be nice to have songwriting credits, and it's a
> good
> reason to have liner notes that go beyond listing the musicians, the
> song
> titles, and a little list of thankyews. In my opinion, if they aren't
> there, it weakens the "introduction" aspect.
>
> Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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