Hi Matt
What do you know about the following? Apparently they have rights to INXS 1997 shows?;
http://www.greenscene.org/roar/psa/inxs.html
Additionally;
http://www.greenscene.org/roar/psa/hutchence.html
Especially what happened to;
"2 special digi-promo only cd samplers of the album (very rare)
signed by collaborating musician Joe Strummer".
Hey Jim - yeah they own the rights to footage of some INXS concerts they filmed in USA in 1997. The Warfield, San Francisco & Beacon Theatre, New York. There was a bit of a fuss about a year ago as a fan posted the footage on YouTube & INXS bootleg forum and they were told them to remove the footage off the internet or face legal action.
As for the promo cd...it's just the USA 4-track promo which was a sampler for the album which has A Straight Line, Possibilities, Let Me Show You & Slide Away. (VJDJ-27630-2) what makes it rare I guess is that is was signed by Joe Strummer.
I guess that asking whether they'll ever see the light of day is like throwing a bomb into the whole image rights saga :-)
I doubt it would be released by itself anyway, as the footage isn't that well shot it's just camcorder from the audience not tv quality like Loreley or Aspen. Bands make very little money from concert DVD's, which is why there is a big decline in them in recent years.
Most bands, where trying to make the best profit margins, sell music, DVDs or other downloadable content directly from their own sites, cutting out the middle man. Be nice to see such effort made by INXS as a means to get out into the public arena what the fans crave. Then again, pigs might fly :-)
I remember that. The footage was a little iffy. But, I'd buy it anyway. Especially the Beacon one.
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