I just thought I'd put an e-mail out on the bootleg
topic seeing as my name has been bandied about a bit
and also some of this politically correct waffle is
getting right on my nerves!!
I sent an e-mail a few months back on justifying my
own sale of bootleg cds. To summarise, I do three
issues a year of my fanzine Madness Unsugged. Each
costs �500. Subscriptions and sales bring me in about
�230. Without the sale of these cds, I'd be losing
�800 a year. In fact the next issue has an extra 16
pages which between extra postage and photocopying
costs will cost me an extra �100. I didn't need to do
that, it's just misguided devotion and some socialist
zarjazz silliness on my part. Selling these cds is my
only way of recouping some of the cost. I also did it
to take it out of the hands of somebody who was making
ridiculous money and conning people and me.
Point nuimber 1: "You're depriving the band of
revenue"........No, no. The likes of Suggs singing
"I'm only sleeping" on the Danny Baker show and
Madness doing "lovestruck" on TFI Friday, as appear on
the Nutty Sounds cds that I sell, are hardly going to
be on your shelf in HMV and Virgin next Monday.
Point Number 2: We as fans were badly ripped off with
"The Business", forking out about �23 for nothing new,
not to mention the other joke compilations. So Virgin
and Madness losing money is hardly goinmg to make me
cry. If Virgin had any intention of doing anything
with the kind of material that appears on "First Step
Behind", they'd have done it on "The Business". If
somebody was selling bootleg compilations of
"Wonderful", that would have been a different story.
Point Number 3: With the various compilations,
Madstocks and short tours to large audiences, Madness
have mastered the idea of Profit Maximisation with
Effort Minimisation since 1992. The compilations since
then have seen them take money unfairly from fans
although I do know that it is the decision of Virgin
to do these (mind you, have you ever heard any of the
boys returning royalties???). Again no tears shed for
the boys.
Oh by the way, do you think Madness give a damn about
you when you get ripped of by Virgin's compilations
and digitally remastered rubbish?!?! What's that
phrase about "getting a taste of your own medicine".
BOOTLEGS ARE GREAT! BOOTLEGS ARE GREAT! BOOTLEGS ARE
GREAT! BOOTLEGS ARE GREAT! BOOTLEGS ARE GREAT!
"First Step Beyond"......20 plus tracks of ordinary
magic. It's definitely worth a listen......
Vince Carden
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