Part 4 of
the slack sheet collection "Schwarzbuch", lies in front of you.
No, it no
longer deals with the Rolling
Stones Schwarzbuch but
instead, with the Schwarzbuch from Dieter Hoffmann concerning the
Rolling Stones recording medium. A fine difference that has an immense legal
effect. Therefore, the important reference too "The book
contains exclusive information about the Rolling Stones
but it's not authorised by them in any form".
Now, what has changed for you ? The lettering,
"Rolling Stones", was dropped from the cover. On the attached pig
file, it has been made unrecognisable respectively, it is no longer available
on new files.
Colour pages, will for now, no longer be
available as a print on demand is not feasible here and the submission costs on
a possible edition stop are too high.
So enough
said. Even the Lawyers could not kill the fun my side up to now. My vision
towards the complete works is just too big. Thank God, for the regular Bill Wyman's Rhythm' Kings concerts which helps to get rid of possible phases of
frustration with good music in a relaxed atmosphere.
My work began this time with the entrance into
the Paris concerts of 1976. Eternally not heard and in my opinion totally
undervalued up to now. Just recently I caught myself not knowing anymore which
CD now comes from which day. Problem recognized, problem solved for you. The 76
of Paris Stop is now completely listed with cross-references.
After the Beatles, the Who and the Kinks outshined
with outstanding "BBC" publications, the rumour mill was turning in
the Stones camp about a possible legalization of the adequately known BBC
tracks. It remained once again as rumours. Reason enough for me to up-date the
BBC Basis entries and publish them for you. I am especially proud here of the "Beautiful
Delilah" entry.
At the time
of the publication, in 1973, the LP contained material that was otherwise not
available (for example the title song). The result was a huge demand which was
answered by the Bootleggers with a great number of editions. Already 8 editions
were listed in the old Schwarzbuch. Now there are 26 editions documented. Even on the topic BBC, the reunion of the "Special Section" from the Weißbuch 1991
succeeded with the since then newly added publications such as "Lost
Treasure" or Beat Beat Beat At The Beeb".
Furthermore,
there are also newly discovered rarities such as the LP "Session" which
was presumably the basis for the vinyl classic "Memphis Tennesse".
The Early Live / TV entries were taken care of at the same time. The new studio
entries in terms of "Trident"
are certainly a highlight. Peter Winterstein has tirelessly evaluated the
newest dates of the scene (Thanks, Nico!) and has worked it into the Recording
Index. This represents the basis of all my publications. Should all go
well, there will the first complete
edition of this Recording Index in April 2002. The final publication deadline
will be announced in the Basement
News in time.
The
editorial part of the book which, as of now represents its own chapter in form
of an appendix, has been completed this time with the "European Tour 1970". The detailed article from the BN #
9, has been completely re-worked here. This is why the number of the published
CDs about this tour since the processing at that time, has increased from 7 to
24, believe it or not. All 24 CDs have now been fully discussed. By means of
the appendix, an entry in the important 70s Tour is made light and easy. The
vinyl publications are fully comprehensible through the appendix and are to
follow as entries in part 5. With 114 pages LP Section for 76 entries, the
quota was already full. Even a hard job was made in the CD section and for
example the mountain of 1973 Brussels CDs was cut down which led to the
thickest Schwarzbuch volume ever. For the first time, the index contains a
so-called Quick Info, sorted by themes / Sources in order to simplify the
orientation. Especially for theme areas, which have not been dealt with in the
appendix, these references will certainly serve a purpose. By rule, it deals
with a concert date or a short remark.
The appendix has finally received a
classification. Following the preface, an overview of how your Schwarzbuch is
to look has been attached. With now 541 CD, 252 LP and 21 EP entries, it now deals
with the most detailed publication of its kind of which I am very proud. Of
course always keeping in the back of my mind that this would bee meaningless
without you as a reader. I sincerely hope that I have duly fulfilled your
highest expectations with the included themes.
your
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