New Project Live CD (probably).

[Ian Burdon]

Hello all

Sorry, this is a longish message and it’s cross-posted too! I hope you’ll think that it’s worth it.

Within the past three weeks I have received consent to have a recording of a radio broadcast of Jake’s remastered and to release it on cd. The tape belongs to a member of one of the lists who wishes to remain anonymous. I am currently in the process of arranging the MCPS licence and have posted this at what I consider to be the first time at which I could ‘go public’ with reasonable confidence that the consents will fall into place.

I should say that there is still a chance of a delay so I’m crossing my fingers as I post this.

The broadcast is the first part of a live show recorded in Germany by Jake and Alan Williams for the British Forces Network in 1981: sadly the second half is long lost. The songs are:

The Gorilla
Worried Brown Eyes
The Jolly Captain
Sister Josephine
Over to Isobel
Isabella
The Hair of the Widow of Bridlington
One of Them.

– with some good banter between songs. The total length of the show was 39 minutes.

The aim is to sell the cd as a project cd with the proceeds being divided as follows: (i) recovery of the production costs cd and payment of the various licence/royalty payments and (ii) generate a modest surplus to contribute towards working capital for the approach to the BBC.

However, before pressing ahead I need to have some idea of whether anyone will actually buy it and the likely demand so that I can divide the fixed costs by the probable demand to come up with a price. I would like to keep that price below £10 if I can and the best way to achieve that is to be able to count on a reasonable demand from all of you. It will also give me a good idea of a minimum number of cds to manufacture.

So could I ask you, on a without prejudice basis, if you think that you might buy one (or more) to write to me personally at BBCJake@blueyonder.co.uk *as quickly as you can* to say so.

AT THIS STAGE THIS IS ALL THAT I WANT. PLEASE DON’T SEND ANYTHING OTHER THAN A ‘YES’ AND AN INDICATION IF YOU THINK THAT YOU MIGHT WANT MORE THAN ONE COPY.

I should add that probably, because there will be upfront costs to cover and I am not made of money, we will look for preorders.

Thanks

Ian

[Ian Burdon]

A brief note of thanks to those who have so far replied – too many for
individual replies. Please keep your notes coming to
BBCJake@blueyonder.co.uk

Ian

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