BBC "In Concert" #236: Split Enz

The Hammersmith Odeon gig — or 14 tracks of it.

I think that price is in the realm of $700 Australian. Something for next xmas? . . . Or next decade?

"Custom printed CD-R" ... sounds like a polite way of describing it.

The BBC wouldn't be happy about that.

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Originally posted by Jaffaman:
The BBC wouldn't be happy about that.

Indeed.

Do you reckon it's a transfer from the tapes, or from the LP set. That's the question...

I'm going to suggest that nobody here buy that.

I actually thought it looked pretty genuine. The concert has been used by Radio 6 fairly recently, and they're hardly going to use the original tapes in modern broadcasting are they?

Anyone familiar with recent BBC policy on old recordings?

Yes, it looks like the real thing. It's the property of the BBC, however. It's not for someone else to sell.

No matter the origin of said CD (which is extremely dodgy and probably illegal) EIL is also quite notorious for selling items that are priced rapaciously.

I'm not doubting that the content on the CD-R might be the genuine article, and I use the word MIGHT in a huge way, but the above looks very much to be to be price-scalping.
To be honest, I would rather pay much less for the real thing then pay an outragous price for something that is possibly a bootlegged copy.

http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=348029
they also have this one
and more of them
http://eil.com/shop/extsearch.asp?DiscTitle=bbc-rock-hour

Eil.com are very very very xpensive be warned guys and girls

Phooey, the American version is missing Poor Boy and I Hope I Never.

I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot barge pole for fear of repercussions from the BBC. I don't know whether they pursue the sellers and/or purchasers but I simply wouldn't risk it.

I have to ask... if it is the genuine article, and it hasn't been officially released by the BBC, does that mean someone has nicked it and its now up for sale?

Yup.

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Originally posted by Texas Rose:
I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot barge pole for fear of repercussions from the BBC. I don't know whether they pursue the sellers and/or purchasers but I simply wouldn't risk it.

I can't speak for the BBC but I do know that there are a few out there that DO trace any person who buys the article in question, purely because naturally they want their property back. It's called 'recieving stolen &/or pirated goods' and you can be charged for it IF the rightful owner/copyright holder wishes to press charges.
To be on the safe side, I wouldn't risk it either.

The original LP was 'Radio only'. All the copies were supposed to be handed back after it had been played once (as far as I remember).
If the BBC were going to release it, I'm sure they do it with greater fanfare to attract the Finn fans. They wouldn't do it on CDR (they have a bit more money than that).
If anyone wants to pay $700 for something illegal they need their brain examined. I'm sure that if the BBC were going to release it, this sort of thing would just piss them off and they would put it back in the vaults.
Trouble with EIL is if you complain and try to get them to take it off their site, they won't because they are just the middleman and have very little morals.
That's my 2c worth. Oh hang on, we don't have 2c anymore. We don't even have 5c. So I'll have to up that to "That's my 10c worth". :-)

Okay, so, bad for buying, but I suppose it's vaguely encouraging that the tapes for this gig are probably still around (weren't they lost some time?).

Just out of curiosity, is any any promo LP being resold illegal, or just radio services' promo/interview/concert albums?

The tapes of this concert were never lost. The last time Radio NZ played it some years ago, it was from a DAT copy provided by the BBC. Sounded like it was from the original edited tape.

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Originally posted by Zuf:
Trouble with EIL is if you complain and try to get them to take it off their site, they won't because they are just the middleman and have very little morals.

You're complaining to the wrong people.
You need to tell the BBC or the copyright holders about it, not eil.com. Of course they won't take it off their site - they'll lose a potential sale... I'm sure they're well aware that what they're doing won't win them any friends with the copyright holders too.

Someone mentioned eil.coms ridiculous pricing as well, I just had a look to see what other scalped items they had, and noticed they're selling a single Muse wristband (official merch that you can legit buy from plenty of places for about £4.00 for two) for £14.00 reduced from £18.00. Seriously, who in their right mind would buy that?!

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Originally posted by Vortex:
Just out of curiosity, is any any promo LP being resold illegal,

Yes.