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Fact 2. Grant Greens best records were not released in his life time. While that has been asserted by others; you're an "aficionado", meaning if you were to evaluate the records, you would know whether or not they were inferior. If you don't feel you are capable of that, then you're on the wrong thread.*****
I have never read anything from the folks at Blue Note stating why the sessions were not released. I do know that all artist record stuff that is delayed or even never released. We are talking about this now in regards to Prince, and I think he controlled his own stuff. Ran his own studio.
The Beatles had stuff that was not released. Some movies are made and never released. Some sub par music and movies are released and they often kill the careers of many budding actors and artists.
When you consider how these people were paid. I don't get any sense of what could have been the motivation for Blue Note to hold back the release. These were not Rock recordings. There wasn't that much money at stake. It's not like famous painters whose work increases in value after they die. If you own a Monet, it is unique, the only one he painted. The probably made thousand of copies of 'Matador' in one day. And, they have not sold them all yet.
Cheers
I have never read anything from the folks at Blue Note stating why the sessions were not released. I do know that all artist record stuff that is delayed or even never released. We are talking about this now in regards to Prince, and I think he controlled his own stuff. Ran his own studio.
The Beatles had stuff that was not released. Some movies are made and never released. Some sub par music and movies are released and they often kill the careers of many budding actors and artists.
When you consider how these people were paid. I don't get any sense of what could have been the motivation for Blue Note to hold back the release. These were not Rock recordings. There wasn't that much money at stake. It's not like famous painters whose work increases in value after they die. If you own a Monet, it is unique, the only one he painted. The probably made thousand of copies of 'Matador' in one day. And, they have not sold them all yet.
Cheers