hiya

does "happyland " exist as a track ?

Yes. Recorded, mixed and... unreleased.

Yes, I've not heard of it being released either.

sigh..... Wouldn't it be nice if there was some sorta anthology of paul's work one day ?

I have HappyLand as a track.

Am I permitted to share it on the forum?
The quality is superb, will this infringe copywrite?

My only 'direction' was not to share 'Pain'

I'll stay tuned for further advice.

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Phillo that would be so wonderful if you could share "Happyland" on the site or personally - it's such a beautiful song I would so love it in my collection. I'm sure PG will let you know, however he is a little swamped at the moment!! Keep us in touch and thanks so much for all your sharing xx

The audio track was saved when I was converting the DVD's to MPEG for the Frenz Sorta Like A Show series on YouTube.

Thanks again to Peter Grace for being such a good bloke and sharing his and Pauls work. He was a very close pal of Paul and obviously was allowed access to unreleased stuff.

Paul leads off with a solo performance at the Cornish Arm in Melbourne that is overdubbed at 42 seconds with a studio mix. Due to the extended intro by Paul and the expert editing of Gracie, it was easy to lift the track out in it's entirity. ( well 99.999% , needed a very small fade at the start and the end fades out to applause )
I could see / hear the quality in SoundForge and it runs out to a 4:06minute 45meg wav or a high quality 6meg 202kb variable bit rate mp3.
Standard mp3 would be about 3 meg.

To the Frenz that have PM'd, I just have to hold off. Like Love&Peace says, PG will let us know.

I could reduce the quality of the mp3 if that makes a difference, but my thoughts are:

A song doesn't give pleasure if stored away and in the scheme of things, the DVD's from Peter Grace and his show on Channel 31 were a lucky find and he was very happy the material was to be made available to Frenz. One song doesn't make an album, it sharpens interest.

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Just a thought. It's a long shot but if 'happyland' as a track exists, why not set it in cement on one of the future 'I Like It Rare' releases?

Actually the only Paul stuff we could share was the stuff Paul ok'd when he was alive...I'd say it is the same with Peter Grace.

Paul's family would own the rights around material after he passed away so please I can not give permission around this, or Frenz.com, I can't stress it enough. What people do away from Frenz.com is their own moral judgement but it would be incredibly wrong for myself or Frenz.com to ok this to be done here with out the correct ok.

Sorry I hate poo-pooing stuff like this and if Hessie was here it MIGHT be another story, but he isn't and even though we have a lot of material, none of it has/will be available unless the family/estate wishes that. Same would go for everyone else and Gracie has always done the right thing around Hessie too.

It doesn't make a difference if one song sharpens interest, it still should go through the right channels (and I don't mean channel 31 *GRIN*)

Saying that i can't control what people do privately.

Re: Future Rare release, the previous Rare cds that have had Paul songs, were all ok'd by Paul (even rare #3 which was ok'd 5 months before his death- we held off on purpose because it felt very tacky that it's release date was meant to be the week after his death).....so unless it gets approved by the estate for the moment probably not...but you can never tell what will happen in the future.

There has been some minor talk of possible releases of Paul's material further down the track I believe and maybe even SHED realted stuff on DVD.... but it's early days.

Gryph.

Gryph,
Your opinion was requested and I respect and understand your decision, particularly in regard to his family and estate.

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It doesn't make a difference if one song sharpens interest, it still should go through the right channels (and I don't mean channel 31 *GRIN*)

That made me smile.

Gryph,
Your opinion was requested and I respect and understand your decision, particularly in regard to his family and estate.


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Yes, completely understood and respected, the wishes and interests of Paul's family will always come first.

The possibility of more of Paul's songs in the future and maybe the whole SHED on DVD would just be so wonderful, all in its right time.

Message Recieved, Understood and Respected. I said it was a long shot anyway but sometimes it is better to jump then hesitate. No harm in asking.

The possibility of future releases not only gives us something to look forward to, but something to put on our xmas prezzie lists !!!

If Neil could get someone at the record label to have a listen, I'm sure it could be released. Aside from MTGB and Italian Plastic, I haven't heard any other Paul songs - and Happyland was by far my fave.

Despite PG being flat out with the new drummer trials, I'm sure he's mindful of this discussion as it’s confirmed interest and is perhaps a prompt to review the release of material that had been put on hold for the right reasons at the time.

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Hey at least someone asked us, which was really appreciated..... I'm sure it's only a matter of time before Paul/Hester/ LLT etc material comes out... god there's probably enough for a box set (now Jeremy don't get excited)! (:

The time has to be right, Kevin from LLT would be great around all of this and we have touched on it briefly....Shed too but it will be further down the track (I thinK).
Gryph.

One thing at a time, PG

A box set?

Hessie's Shed?

You mean that this might actually HAPPEN one day Gryph?

Wow, I'm speechless...now ^THAT^ would be another dream come true!