Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-14 Thread Andrew Hickey
On 6/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never really struck me as a valid explanation, this question of rights. My understanding of copyright is that anybody can cover anybody else's songs as long as the proper royalties are paid, where applicable. This was further

Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-14 Thread marco
I'd be willing to bet that it was released because FZ could purchase the rights to do so, unlike the Texas Motel Medley where he couldn't. I know that some of the US releases of that tour were slightly different from the UK and world releases because acquiring the rights to some tunes.

RE: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-13 Thread marcomat
, June 12, 2006 6:08 PMTo: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.comSubject: [Zappa-List] Stairway Just been reading the latest edition of the UK music/movies magazine Uncut which this month has a retrospective article on Led Zep 4.It got me thinking as to why Frank decided to cover STH on

Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-13 Thread Roger Houston
I'm sure that the 2 most important reasons for playing STH were that in was 1) Fun and 2) Funny. What else matters? Frank had nothing else to prove. rh --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/12/06 12:11:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just been reading the

Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-13 Thread usbjazz
t@yahoogroups.comSent: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:55:32 -0400Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway As for the WHY of ultimately deciding to play it (and release it on album), I'm not really sure. --Milhouse I'd be willing to bet that it was released because FZ could purchase the rights to do so, unlik

RE: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-13 Thread Jim L
: [Zappa-List] Stairway Never really struck me as a valid explanation, thisquestion of rights. My understanding of copyright is that anybody can cover anybody else's songs as long as the proper royalties are paid, where applicable. This was further expanded back in the eighties when 2

Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-13 Thread Milhouse481
In a message dated 6/13/06 5:27:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Never really struck me as a valid explanation, thisquestion of "rights". My understanding of copyright is that anybody can cover anybody else's songs as long as the proper royalties are paid, where

[Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-12 Thread Glen Young
Just been reading the latest edition of the UK music/movies magazine Uncut which this month has a retrospective article on Led Zep 4. It got me thinking as to why Frank decided to cover STH on the 88 tour ? I don't think I've ever seen an explanation of thiswas it to show how clever he

Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-12 Thread Milhouse481
In a message dated 6/12/06 12:11:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just been reading the latest edition of the UK music/movies magazine Uncut which this month has a retrospective article on Led Zep 4.It got me thinking as to why Frank decided to cover STH on the 88

Re: [Zappa-List] Stairway

2006-06-12 Thread jcoonk
As for the WHY of ultimately deciding to play it (and release it on album), I'm not really sure. --Milhouse I'd be willing to bet that it was released because FZ could purchase the rights to do so, unlike the Texas Motel Medley where he couldn't. I know that some of the US releases of