Brad Osbourne -- Clocktower/Abraham Records

[Sydney Crooks]

Actually it was from both Heylin's and a Beatles-nut's books that I learned
about some plant in a non-Manhattan borought of NYC- the home of Kustum Recs,
among others, like the HWQ's named- "WCF/ White Cover Folks" label (I have 1 of
their Jimi boots from waayyy back & it's not too bad)... in both books I
believe the people who used this plant were derided for producing some rather
crappy boots next to their left-coast counterparts.... LZ expert Robert Godwin
complains about shitty east coast pressings in one of his books too, of course
I have 1 crappy early (pre-) TMOQ lp, a Kinks boot from '71 dynamite show,
tolerable recording, crapoloa surface noise-ridden & low-output lp press....
know of any other good boot/ related books? I've known a few people who could
add some neat appendices to Heylin's excellent read... also, I'm sure this was
a normal plant pressing the 'NY boots' in the early 70's but they were probably
doing small runs for small labels or high school band stuff rather than
handling a contract for any of the big labels.... /Erik

actually, if you read clinton heywoods book, bootleg, youll find that the
old time bootlegs were pressed in normal commercial plants for the most
part...they pretended the tapes contained something else and generally had
labels printed listing some made up band name for bootlegs of the stones,
beatles, zepplin etc. those pressings often were very good but were often
mastered from worn copies of previous issues of the recordings. sound
familiar?
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Hm, I wander if he goes to the same plant rock bootleggers used to use in

the NYC area

in the late 60's and early 70's? Thick crappy pressings with lots of

surface noise- or

maybe a lot of plants are like that?

Ha ha, I've seen him or a minion unloading said van downtown here

(downtown T-O;

downtown Mississauga is 1 big shopping mall) just outside a record

store here... I

though of rmr musings I'd read but decided not to say anything... on

the other

hand, I'm almost certain he gets his pressing done in NYC so the

loaded van would

presumably be coming 'up' here, not going 'down' there.... /Erik

His pressings are the worst. One listen to the Robert French Showcase or

Carlton

Livingston Best Of is just a waste of time and money
Robert

PEOPLE, this guy is a PIRATE. This guy is pirating stuff without author's authorization. FOR EXAMPLE: HE has been pirating several records produced and financed by my husband, Sydney Crooks, for years in CANADA. He has exchanged all of the album art information and names himself as the record's producer. PEOPLE, how could such a thing happen?

SHAMELESS PIRATE!!! PREPARE YOURSELF THE PROCESS WILL ARRIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS!!!
SYDNEY CROOKS is alive, has a family, children, wife, nephew and lawyers!!!

[Sydney Crooks]

PEOPLE, this guy is a PIRATE. This guy is pirating stuff without author's authorization. FOR EXAMPLE: HE has been pirating several records produced and financed by my husband, Sydney Crooks, for years in CANADA. He has exchanged all of the album art information and names himself as the record's producer. PEOPLE, how could such a thing happen?

SHAMELESS PIRATE!!! PREPARE YOURSELF THE PROCESS WILL ARRIVE AT YOUR ADDRESS!!!
SYDNEY CROOKS is alive, has a family, children, wife, nephew and lawyers!!!