AIRED:
Groove Radio 103.1, Los Angeles.

SOURCE:
My CD single.

MIX USED FOR EDIT:
Granny's Epicure Mix

DESCRIPTION:
This one has some history. Buckle in. Please keep you arms inside the car for the duration of the ride...

I did a radio edit of the "Granny's Epicure Mix" of "Anomaly (Calling Your Name)". The edit was a smash. It played all the time on Groove Radio.

When Musicnow Records went to release the song in the U.S., track one on their CD single was "Granny's 7" Edit". The catch? It wasn't my radio edit. Fine. Whatever.

Cut to a few weeks later. I get a frantic call from Musicnow Records. "People are calling our label, complaining that the edit we have on our CD single isn't the one that plays on Groove Radio in Los Angeles!" (my edit)

Musicnow had me quickly rip their U.S. CD single, add my edit as "track six" to their original five track CD single, and FedEx a CD-R to a pressing plant. Within a few weeks, a "corrected" CD single was on the shelves in record shops, with my specific edit.

Cool, right? No.

The ONLY way to tell if you had the CD single with my edit was a small sticker stuck onto the shrink wrap of the cardboard sleeve. As soon as you removed the shrink wrap, bye bye went my credit. The label did not print up a new cardboard sleeve, so EVERY CD single (original and repress with my edit) has a five track track listing, with no credit to me. My only credit was the sticker.

Oh well. I got paid. Fuck it.

Later on, Warners tried to release a CD single, with my edit. The release got as far as CD-R test pressings before Warners realized that while BT was on their label, they didn't have rights to that specific song (BT was the "Libra" in "Libra Presents Taylor").

After that, Rhino released a double CD compilation album of BT called "10 Years In The Life". On disc two, the "mixed" disc in the set, my radio edit appears. Soak that in. A *MIX* CD, usually reserved for full length dance mixes segued together, used my radio edit. Again, let's choose to ignore record label logic. My edit was used. I got paid (again), and this time I got a physical credit on the commercial release.

See, I told you this one would be a wild ride.

Here's a few pictures of the Musicnow CD single. Click to enlarge...

File uploaded: January 15th, 2023