Comments on: Seeking Spektor

By: Denyer

Denyer — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:03:27 +0000

(I’m assuming the poem was taken from an older original recording, rather than directly from the mixed and released Opposite Ends b-side. And of course, it has to be provable. Far less hassle and potential risk to just remove the intros.)

By: Denyer

Denyer — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:01:04 +0000

It’s the unedited one.

“She’s on warners anyway… although obviously now we aren’t, ah.”

Mmm. Point being that whilst she may be contracted to not record stuff for other people/labels, that contract’s between her and her label. Someone could record her, say, singing whilst making bread or whatever, and Warner as an entity don’t have a claim. She would if someone released it, which is a pretext a label could make a claim over (getting her to authorise their legal department to pursue.)

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 09 May 2007 16:38:30 +0000

So exactly what has been cut out, the Opposite Ends poem?

The version of Witching Hour I have has Regina talking at the start of All Conquering (’You sit there and think who am I…’), Light Brigade (’We take no prisoners…’) and Weird (’If this is it…’). Maybe some other bits I can’t remember.

Is this the unedited version I have then? Or is this the ‘cut’ version?

By: Kong

Kong — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:31:02 +0000

She’s on warners anyway… although obviously now we aren’t, ah.

By: Denyer

Denyer — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:54:18 +0000

Nah, by “release” I mean Warner don’t own the poem recording unless she specifically ceded it to them after it was made — they could try to make it stick that since she’s on Sire/WEA they’d own it as a work-for-hire, but Regina’s contract is between her and them, not them and anyone else she interacts with.

Corporate goons are probably trying to start shit on the claimed basis that the samples are from their Opposite Ends release, rather than the master recording the album and OE were both in part derived works of.

They could, theoretically, try to get her to sue — though Ms Spektor doesn’t seem the sort to be pushed around.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:37:18 +0000

so it’s owen’s faut then. go figure

By: Denyer

Denyer — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:35:10 +0000

The non-commercial bit is irrelevant. All that matters legally is whether she signed a release for the recording before it was added to a single — my guess is probably not.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:57:47 +0000

Yeah she is, I just read that link thing. Sorry guys.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:56:39 +0000

How about the CD, that will surely have the intros…right?

Oh and who is Regina Spektor, is she the one who did the vocal intro on Opposite Ends (the version on one the CDS last year)? If not who is that??

By: Denyer

Denyer — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:48:56 +0000

Sounds fine without the intros, though, except perhaps for All Conquering feeling a little clipped.

By: Denyer

Denyer — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:16:00 +0000

It is interesting what you can find online if you look…

(You should all check out Regina Spektor’s albums if you haven’t already, BTW.)