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Thread #67420 Message #1142120
Posted By: GUEST
21-Mar-04 - 01:39 AM
Thread Name: Celtic Music Dave Bulmer (5)
Subject: RE: Celtic Music Dave Bulmer (5)
CM is not a "recording outfit"; never really has been. It is primarily a distributor which, over the years, has bought up the back catalogues of numerous small record labels. Odd bits of new material are generated occasionally by one of other of the complicated series of "nested" companies involved, but that has never been an important part of the business. The current series of re-issues are reported by some people who have bought them (see discussions on uk.music.folk) to be home-copied CDRs; whether that is accurate or not I don't know. I do know some former business associates and clients of Mr Bulmer, however, and they do not, on the whole, remember him with affection. "Lancashire Lad" is a rare voice in his favour. I wonder who he is?
The fact that some of the "Celtic Music" companies are still trading normally suggests that they have maintained acceptable working relationships with a reasonable number of other concerns. The general consensus, however, is that it is politic, when dealing with them, at least to have available the proverbial long spoon; and to try to be sure that you owe them money, not the other way around.