Re: The boxed set: copy of a draft of a letter to EMI

[James Smith <CCJS@cc.nu.oz.au>]

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Subject: Re: The boxed set: copy of a draft of a letter to EMI
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Andrew writes:

>    The second of these additional collections has come to be known
> among fans as _The_Cathy_Demos_, after the title of a series of bootleg EP's.
> To date some twenty-three individual songs, which were written by Kate
> and performed by her alone at the piano, have surfaced and become
> widely known to fans throughout the world. There are now many different
> bootleg pressings of the Cathy Demos, none of them of particularly
> good quality (as you can well imagine).

Firstly, there are two chances of Kate allowing these to be released by
EMI or anyone else.  Secondly, I doubt that the quality of the recordings
would be such that EMI would consider publishing them.  And thirdly, how
will Kate feel when an EMI executive says to her, "It says here that
you've got a whole bunch of songs that were never released.  Have you got
a copy so that we can decide whether to put them on the rarities CD?"
A loyal fan is one thing...

Jim
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