HW: live material

M Holmes fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK
Wed Jul 11 07:43:31 EDT 2007


Carl Edlund Anderson writes:

> > I've spoken to him about this in the past. He's not agin a knowledgeable
> > fan doing some cataloguing work. However he wasn't keen on the stuff
> > leaving the premises.

> But I think you'd need to get someone in there to do some basic catalog 
> and digitization in a relatively short space of time.  Then Dave would 
> perhaps allow the copies off-site for further work.  One presumes he's 
> worried about someone doing a runner and putting out loads of Yuri 
> Gargarin style releases

Aye. I think that's the rub.

> but without record label involvement (and more 
> importantly, funding) it would just be too expensive to have someone 
> take the time to sit in Dave's farm sorting through everything!

Yes, I suspect this won't get done without some dedicated fan who is
trusted by Dave being willing to do it just for the love of it.

FoFP



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