RE: Safe (from Harm)

Justin Small
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:15:43 -0000

I bet it cost a fair bit. It isn't just a sneaky sample, it's like the
whole song!
I know that when The Verve did Bitter Sweet Symphony, the orchestral bit
is from a classical version of the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time"
performed by the Loog-Oldham orchestra. They got stung for every penny!
Then again that track kick-started their careers to big time, and I
think in Massive Attack's case, it added to a brilliant debut album and
they've never looked back.
Cheers,
J
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Mullen [SMTP:mcfly@tcp.co.uk]
>Sent: 19 March 1998 12:57
>To: Justin Small
>Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: RE: Safe (from Harm)
>
>At 12:19 19/03/98 -0000, you wrote:
>>The original of this track is featured on one of the "Blaxploitation"
>>compilation cd's.
>>Also, the original "Be Thankful For What You've Got" is on it to, and it
>>sounds exactly the same as Massive's version, but without the scratching
>>bits.
>>Cheers,
>
>By William De Vaughn (?) if I remember.......
>
>Funny, as the more I explore the way in which other artists that I admire
>sample, the more I say to myself "jeez... I'd never be *that* blatant with
>my sampling".
>
>I wonder what the "Stratus" sampling cost them in terms of publishing
>royalties ?
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>Matt Mullen
>mcfly@tcp.co.uk