Arpeggio wrote:I remember reading a comment somewhere (but I cannot recall the precise details) that, for whatever reason/s, Hank was ultimately dissatisfied with his "Guitar Syndicate" project. He was most unhappy that it came out on CD (See For Miles) apparently. So....I would guess that he would not sanction any kind of reissue of it nowadays.
Rob - don’t ever recall Hank making comments that he was dissatisfied with it - I do remember you asking him about that album in your Shadsfax / unpublished RC extensive interview and I recall him saying something like ‘I’d love to do something like that again’ - but I don’t remember him saying he was dissatisfied with it?
As for a reissue - and Hank being apparently against it, well they used 3 or 4 tracks on Hank’s 3 cd ‘Gold’ from a year or so back - including Ebb Tide, Bird of Beauty, Syndicated and Flamingo - and I thought Hank had been involved in the track listing. Maybe he’s possibly not happy with a couple of tracks (though, as someone else said, Jay Z seemed perfectly happy to sample New Earth) but I see the main barrier to a re release as being a commercial, rather than an artistic one
