by Iain Purdon » Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:39 am
I don’t remember Tony asking that but the answer is straightforward enough. ‘Available’ in this context means commercially on sale, with all permissions obtained and royalties paid. It would be OK, however, for the BBC to give Bruce a tape copy for personal listening only, as a memento of the studio session. Tony would have known that, though, so maybe he was asking for effect rather than for information?
Bruce’s video compilation “Shadows on the Box” was always shown during the meal interval at Shadowmania. It was a treat for us because, likewise, much of that stuff is TV performance not available anywhere else. (And if it is, it probably shouldn’t be!)
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