Hyperloop Records

[massb]

Anybody knows this label?

https://www.discogs.com/it/label/1381904-Hyperloop-Records

Reading the back covers they seem authorized reissues.

 

[Frantic]

Anybody knows this label?

https://www.discogs.com/it/label/1381904-Hyperloop-Records

Reading the back covers they seem authorized reissues.

Some of these might be considered semi-legitimate by getting someone in the band to sign off, whether they actually own the recordings or not. But most of these are just dee jay releases for the European mod market, the Bit-A-Sweet for instance is a total boot

 

[captain bronstain]

Anybody knows this label?

https://www.discogs.com/it/label/1381904-Hyperloop-Records

Reading the back covers they seem authorized reissues.

Here's what they write about Art Guy 7'' :

"The master tapes no longer exist and this recording was taken from a very clean Valiant label promo 45. The recording was then sent to 808hz recording studio for remastering... The original promo 45 had the track "Teenage Millionaire" on the flip side. It was a condition of my licence not to include this track at the request of Mr Guy. An alternative mix of "Where You Gonna Go" appears on this which has been slightly altered to sound like a stereo or mono plus..."

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that this so-called "mono plus" mix is absolute nonsense!

 

[Frantic]

Here's what they write about Art Guy 7'' :

"The master tapes no longer exist and this recording was taken from a very clean Valiant label promo 45. The recording was then sent to 808hz recording studio for remastering... The original promo 45 had the track "Teenage Millionaire" on the flip side. It was a condition of my licence not to include this track at the request of Mr Guy. An alternative mix of "Where You Gonna Go" appears on this which has been slightly altered to sound like a stereo or mono plus..."

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that this so-called "mono plus" mix is absolute nonsense!

The claim that the master tapes no longer exist is wrong. Alec Palao used the original mono master tape for this compilation:

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Transparent-Days-West-Coast-Nuggets/release/10670522

It was located in the Warner Brothers vault. Alec says he since got the 3-track master for Where You Gonna Go from the producer Bruce Morgan, and there are other songs. But if you’re a bootlegger, you’re not going to go the extra mile, even if you claim to have a license.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

"Remastering" a rip from a vinyl copy...so not "remastering" at all. Got it.