Mix Nixed
‘THE Beatles are a national treasure beyond compare, and their work has been protected as jealously as the Elgin Marbles.
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OK, their back catalogue may have been sold to Michael Jackson, but when did you last hear a Fab Four number on an advertisement?
Now EMI, the Beatles record company, are flexing their muscles over The Grey Album, a disc by New York DJ Brian Burton.
Burton has mixed Jay-Zs Black Album together with the Beatles eponymously-named double album (often incorrectly referred to as The White Album) and produced a hybrid that has garnered critical plaudits in abundance.
Indeed, the Boston Globe called it the most intriguing hip-hop album in recent memory.
However, this isnt enough to dissuade EMI from issuing a cease and desist order, and the Telegraph reports that Burton is complying.
We welcome this move. As the editor of Canorak (Anoraks magazine for the mature headphone-wearing music fan) rightly points out in the current issue: This sort of thing was done years ago, and much better, by Stars on 45. Their version of No Reply is the last word as far as Im concerned.’
Posted: 17th, February 2004 | In: Broadsheets Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
