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Gareth Bevan

Fanderson and the Space 1999 CDs

Thanks for correcting me - always good to be put right by someone in the
know. I thought my educated guesses might have been slightly misplaced!

I wasn't trying to suggest that Fanderson didn't pay its way when it comes
to royalties - I know Fanderson does everything by the books, as it should
be. I was however under the (wrong) impression that it is posible to produce
a limited number of CDs with the copyright holder's permission without
having to pay re-use fees. Obviously wrong, and it's good to be corrected.
Hope it didn't cause any problems, as I didn't intend to suggest anything
untoward!

And thanks for the extra info - certainly cleared up some issues in my mind.

I bought a CD yesterday that contains the complete version of 'Pictures of
Autumn', which is featured on the Space 1999 CD year one; the rest of the CD
is great stuff as well. The artist is Jack Arel, and the CD is well worth
hunting out if you like the whole era of easy listening/library music.

>Gareth's recent posting contained a few inaccuracies, which I'd like to
>take the opportunity of correcting:
>
> > The Fanderson Space 1999 CD releases were very limited; I think
> > they pressed around 900 of each. This avoids having to pay musician
> > re-use fees (like repeat fees for actors), as there's a cut off
> > point, which might well be 1000.
>
>Fanderson ALWAYS pays artists their due royalties (unlike buying bootlegs
>off Ebay and other places). This is done through the MCPS as would any
>other release. The restriction on the number of pressings was instigated by
>Zomba, which held us to just 1000 copies of Year One, in the hope that we
>might be able to encourage a commercial release. Also, as with all club
>merchandise, we have to decide how many copies of things like sleeves and
>booklets to print, to make it as economical as possible.
>
> > Fanderson had to negotiate with Zomba music who at that time owned
> > the Barry Gray tapes from Space year 1. However, their releases
> > were incomplete which is one one episode suite appears in mono.
>
>Zomba don't own any of the Barry Gray music, but several of the "library"
>music tracks used throughout the series. The reason "Black Sun" appears in
>mono is simply because a stereo or multi-track recording no longer exists
>in Barry's collection.
>
> > The rights to the UFO music are seemingly owned by Carlton.
>
>No, the rights to Barry's music are now owned by several third parties, but
>not Carlton. However, Carlton owns the actual tapes, and the "intellectual
>rights" to use the series logo, images etc. Therefore, we've had to
>negotiate with all the copyright holders.
>
>
>We're really looking forward to continuing our series with UFO, and thanks
>to the people who have forwarded comments and suggestions so far. However,
>your suggestions will only get heard if you send them to me. I don't always
>get a chance to read the digests on SHADO, so if you want to be heard be
>sure to copy your comments and suggestions to [hidden email]
>
>Thanks.
>
>Nick Williams, secretary and treasurer
>
>
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