The late Douglas Adams’ brilliant comic novel creation Dirk Gently, the ‘holistic detective’, always went on about the interconnectedness of all things. There was some truth in that idea.
One of the albums that is in the process of being retrieved by the GoFundMe campaign I’m running with Martin Simpson, via the ‘use it or lose it’ provisions in the copyright extension law for ‘mothballed’ works in the 50-70 year zone, is ‘Don’t Panic’ (1972) by Pete Scott.
Pete Scott was never a major artist, but he was a hugely talented one – and his music means the world to his family and friends.
Pete’s daughter Amy-Claire Scott proves that interconnectedness of all things once again in her latest Substack newsletter about her late father’s music – which I encourage Afterworders to give 5 minutes to (including the song of Pete’s within it). It explains the stepping stones that led from the 1970s to the rights asserting letter of last week that will, we believe, retrieve ‘Don’t Panic’ (1972) for his family. 🙂
And here’s the GoFundMe campaign. So far, letters of rights assertion have been sent on behalf of Dave Burland (three albums), Robin & Barry Dransfield (two albums) and Pete scott (one album and one compilation track). Several letters on behalf of other artists listed at the GFM page are in progress.
The late Douglas Adams’ brilliant comic novel creation Dirk Gently, the ‘holistic detective’, always went on about the interconnectedness of all things. There was some truth in that idea.
One of the albums that is in the process of being retrieved by the GoFundMe campaign I’m running with Martin Simpson, via the ‘use it or lose it’ provisions in the copyright extension law for ‘mothballed’ works in the 50-70 year zone, is ‘Don’t Panic’ (1972) by Pete Scott.
Pete Scott was never a major artist, but he was a hugely talented one – and his music means the world to his family and friends.
Pete’s daughter Amy-Claire Scott proves that interconnectedness of all things once again in her latest Substack newsletter about her late father’s music – which I encourage Afterworders to give 5 minutes to (including the song of Pete’s within it). It explains the stepping stones that led from the 1970s to the rights asserting letter of last week that will, we believe, retrieve ‘Don’t Panic’ (1972) for his family. 🙂
https://petescottmusic.substack.com/p/somewhere-a-bell
Here’s Pete on Geordieland TV in the 70s.
And here’s the GoFundMe campaign. So far, letters of rights assertion have been sent on behalf of Dave Burland (three albums), Robin & Barry Dransfield (two albums) and Pete scott (one album and one compilation track). Several letters on behalf of other artists listed at the GFM page are in progress.
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/win-back-rights-to-pioneering-1970s-folk-albums-for-artists/donations
Great work, Colin. Keep up the good fight.