FANSOL letter to Chad Taylor, our thoughts and the mail compilation Options

[+Ed+]

+ Heropsychosacha (Netherlands)

[sh4rpz]

Ray! The last letter is perfect! I do think this is it!

Fuckin' A!

This might be the one.

[Merica]

Perhaps all it's missing is a little slither under the Hold Me Up line inquiring about the Public Affection outtakes too?

[sh4rpz]

Perhaps all it's missing is a little slither under the Hold Me Up line inquiring about the Public Affection outtakes too?

-hi5-

I think even if we don't get the tracks, if he can drop some info or insight as to whether these will ever see the light of day or how / why they ended up left off the final records, it will be cool...

At least we're making contact and they (meaning CT, CG and PD) know we want 'em!

[Merica]

I think even if we don't get the tracks, if he can drop some info or insight as to whether these will ever see the light of day or how / why they ended up left off the final records, it will be cool...

At least we're making contact and they (meaning CT, CG and PD) know we want 'em!

Spot on. We need to stay level headed and realise that anything we might get is brilliant.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

That last letter brought a tear to my eye!

Any ideas where we can get more names?

[Merica]

I left a message on the Friends of Live Facebook group, and I suspect more people will fall in line here.

Not sure where else.

[sh4rpz]

I left a message on the Friends of Live Facebook group, and I suspect more people will fall in line here.

Not sure where else.

what's our deadline? When are we intending to deploy said letter?

Edit: I wonder if Nick will add himself to the list above.

This post has been edited by sh4rpz: Jul 16 2010, 11:21 am

[Merica]

what's our deadline? When are we intending to deploy said letter?

Edit: I wonder if Nick will add himself to the list above.

Not sure. I think +Ed+ is sending it. Couple of days? Don't know. After a while I think it'll be just vanity to keep adding names, but unti then we do want to try make it look as impressive as possible.

And yeah, Nick should get himself in here and put his name down. And Hoodstock, Badman, Pokey - where are these dudes? Ex? Come on!

EDIT - Hang on though, let me be fair. We only started this thing yesterday. Let's give them some time.

This post has been edited by Merica: Jul 16 2010, 11:28 am

[jclive]

Not sure. I think +Ed+ is sending it. Couple of days? Don't know. After a while I think it'll be just vanity to keep adding names, but unti then we do want to try make it look as impressive as possible.

And yeah, Nick should get himself in here and put his name down. And Hoodstock, Badman, Pokey - where are these dudes? Ex? Come on!

EDIT - Hang on though, let me be fair. We only started this thing yesterday. Let's give them some time.

You can add me.

[sh4rpz]

Not sure. I think +Ed+ is sending it. Couple of days? Don't know. After a while I think it'll be just vanity to keep adding names, but unti then we do want to try make it look as impressive as possible.

And yeah, Nick should get himself in here and put his name down. And Hoodstock, Badman, Pokey - where are these dudes? Ex? Come on!

EDIT - Hang on though, let me be fair. We only started this thing yesterday. Let's give them some time.

You're right. I've only seen it today myself. Perhaps let it ride (heh!) through over the weekend?

[Merica]

Added a line about DOAD outtakes and added some names to the list. Don't want to flood this thread with the letter over and over, so I won't post it again until need be and at that point I'll add more names. Unless anyone else wants to do it and I'm not around. By all means, feel free.

And yeah, giving it the weekend sounds good. Unless anyone thinks otherwise? Throw all your ideas into the mix, people.

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Dear Chad Taylor,

On behalf of your fans from around the world we want to sincerely thank you for the years of wonderful music you have given us, and for all that is still to come with TGF.

We believe ourselves to possess nearly all of the recordings that you've taken part in, and do so with great joy and pride. However; since about 1996 we've heard about several songs that are either only available in obscure, low quality form - or appear to be myths, and we're not certain they actually exist to be heard!

This is why we have decided to write to you today; we have a request. If they do exist, we're dying to know about them. We want to learn about the little known tracks like New City and Pop Vortex, the forgotten gems lost along the way. So whether you can tell us more information about them, or even be able to send us a version of these rare tracks - we'd be ever, ever so grateful. The members of the FansOfLive and WhereFreaksTalk message boards made a list of the songs we most desire. Here it is:

New City -- We believe there's a version circulating, but none of us have ever heard it. It's SUPER rare!
Wash the Blood Away -- Does it even exist?
Change -- We know this exists, but only have a low quality version.
Pop Vortex -- Once again we don't know if it exists at all, let alone if it's out there to be heard.
Pat's SS demo -- This was mentioned in the FOL newsletter and has us licking our lips.
Hold Me Up -- We love this so much; a studio cut must exist?
DOAD Outtakes -- The other material you guys were kicking around; All Is Crazy On The Action Front, etc.

We would be incredibly happy to receive anything that you may be able to offer us. We hope this does not sound too upfront, but you seem to be the only person in the world who can help us with this and we decided that now is as good a time as any to see what could be done. You don't get if you don't ask, right?

Thank you very much for reading this, and in advance if you do decide you can help us in some way. Good luck with TGF. We can't wait for the record to drop in September!

And please, greet the rest of the band for us.


Faithfully yours,

FansOfLive.com
WhereFreaksTalk.com
TheGraciousFans.com

Merica (UK), thefunkyredcaboose (USA), donno (USA), Deku (UK), deepenoughtodive (USA), Bremang (USA), TheBeacon (USA), OutToDry (USA), Plive (Sweden), Nobody Knows (Netherlands), possum (USA), swami (King of Canada), SecretInsomnia (Netherlands), stuker (USA), Infrequent Poster (USA), drewgood (USA), dangum (Australia), ItchyTriggerFinger (USA), brandedwendy (Netherlands), Wildman (Netherlands), Lakini (Romania), +Ed+ (Russia), garadius (USA), Aitkens (USA), michael39 (Australia), Wambangalang (Australia), PurdueSteve (USA), janine5683 (Canada), Sonic Tonic (Canada), shave98765 (USA), zmanpga (USA), crazy1 (USA), sh4rpz (South Africa), Genres (USA), VoodooLady (USA), LivesMeltdown (USA), Heropsychosacha (Netherlands), jclive (USA)

... and the overwhelming masses of fans who have supported you and have petitioned to hear more of the music you've been inspired to create over the years.

[+Ed+]

That last letter brought a tear to my eye!

Then Ray and myself did a decent job.

what's our deadline? When are we intending to deploy said letter?

We do not havr a deadline. Ray invented this mechanism yesterday and in 10 minutes it was deployed by myself... I think the sooner the better, but a weekend sounds very right for me.

I feel there have to be more places to find names. Live under the Southern Stars, Dan?

I will also think of messaging SOY.... Fuck, i will message them right NOW!

[Merica]

Ah yeah, what is it - Live Fuss? Fans Under the Southern Stars.

Get on it, mate!

[+Ed+]

Done