HW: cover songs

[William Duffy]

cjohnson wrote:
>
> >From my admittedly limited experience watching Japanese animation (I had
> >a friend years ago who was really into it), Japanese producers are not at
> >all shy about "lifting" music from American/European sources, with or
> >without permission.  Maybe the puppet show just borrowed the tune.
> >
> >Karl
>
>        I recently finished reading an excellent book entitled "Bootleg:
>        The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry".  This
>        invaluable reference (to "cookie" collectors such as myself) goes
>        into great detail about the various copyright laws affecting
>        musical recordings around the world.  Apparently Japan has long
>        been one of the lax-ist(sp?) countries in the world for copyright
>        protection.  Essentially, up until recently, non-Japanese musical
>        artists had *NO* copyright protection of any kind within the
>        borders of Japan.
>
>        This led to numerous rip-off releases without fear of punishment.
>        However, the high cost of manufacturing LPs and CDs in Japan and
>        difficulties exporting them prevented Nippon from reaching the
>        ranks of Italy, Germany, or Luxemburg in terms of units produced
>        and distributed.
>
>        This great book also relates many anecdotes told by folks
>        identified only by their aliases, as well as stories documented in
>        assorted court records following legal suits by record companies.
>        Highly recommended as the best work on the market on this
>        particular subject.  (Possibly the only work...?)
>
>        Captain Cloud
>        cjohnson at hpsc.hisd.harris.com

Would this be a first then, of another artist doing a cover version of a
HW tune, for a TV series?

>        ObLostJamming: Alan Davey 'Captured Rotation' - this is the sound
>        that has been missing from HW for the last few years!  Baron Brock
>        needs to let Alan play a more central role in the songwriting.
>        Dig it on "Ancient Light".

What makes Alan's album so good is also that he hasn't rehashed old
tunes (as far as I can tell), unlike the recent HW and Dave Brock
releases.