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Cult Leader Lettuce

So, I called up Hollywood records for shits and giggles recently. Basically, this is how the conversation went:

HR: Hello, Hollywood Records, home of Queen, Queen, and also Queen. How may I help you?

me: Hey, I was interested as to how much you would need to fork over a band's catalog and masters to me?

HR: Is it Queen?

me: No.

HR: Has anyone from Queen worked on it?

me: No.

HR: Has anyone in Queen ever listened to it?

me: Doubtful.

HR: Who is it?

me: The Dead Milkmen

HR: Oh, THOSE guys. Yeah, it's not Queen, so it's all yours. Free. Gratis. Nada. Zilch. Who do we send it to?

Anyways, I now am in possession of the masters for Soul Rotation, Not Richard but Dick, and the If I Had A Gun EP. I'm going to be making a Deluxe edition release of NRBD later this year, just in time for Festivus, and it's going to include the full album on one disc, and the demos on the second disc, lovingly transferred from DAT.

Can't wait!
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Cult Leader Lettuce · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:39 pm Post subject:

Oh, before anyone gets their hopes up, it should be obvious what day it is.
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The Tarantula · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject:

Saturday?
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Cult Leader Lettuce · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:19 pm Post subject:

STH · Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 15

I have sent emails to Hollywood records asking the same, no joke. Of course, they go unreplied.

If it was doable, we could just pool to buy the masters and give the rights back to the band.

I wonder if they'd even be interested in re-releasing them on their own or not if that was the case.

The Tarantula · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject:

Dirty Sanchez · Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 391 Location: Watts n' McKean

But will it be on vinyl?

Adict4DeadMilk · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:29 am Post subject:

I'm no hipster and I like vinyl.
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The Tarantula · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:13 am Post subject:

I detest vinyl and everything it stands for.
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Cult Leader Lettuce · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:17 pm Post subject:

dinorock · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:53 pm Post subject:

Next poll. Vinyl or leather. What's your fetish?
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mrbigtoughguychris · Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Posts: 101

Just FYI,
8-10 years ago I did call and get in contact with Hollywood Records, a Disney product, and I spoke to a woman that sent me, on their dime, 2 copies of Not Richard, But Dick.
I think I traded some emails with her, I will look and see if I have her email address, mayhaps she is still there and still the nicest lady in the entire world and would consider forking over the masters? I highly doubt it, but maybe I could ask.
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The Polish Ogre · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject:

Can I just get them on rotating cylinder for my 1877 Edisson Phonograph?
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Cult Leader Lettuce · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:38 pm Post subject:

dinorock · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:59 am Post subject: