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Anybody know any good music that's unavailable due to licensing restrictions or court cases or sample clearances or anything? I'm thinking of making a mixtape of illegal music, but I need more songs. This is what I have so far:

Double Dee and Steinski - "Lesson 1 (The Payoff Mix)"
Double Dee and Steinski - "Lesson 2 (The James Brown Mix)"
Double Dee and Steinski - "Lesson 3 (The History of Hip Hop Mix)"
Negativland - the U2 EP
Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children promo with samples from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Biz Markie - "Alone Again (Naturally)"
Beastie Boys - "Rock Hard"
Beastie Boys - "I'm Down"

There's GOT to be more, right?

― MisterSnrub (Evan), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Spiritualized - "Elvis Version" of "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Oooh great one! Thank you!

― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

what about the Plunderphonics guy?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

the plunderphonics michael jackson album

― ddd, Friday, 14 February 2003 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)

That's been rereleased on a box set, though.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:24 (twenty-two years ago)

That's been rereleased on a box set, though.

"Carbona Not Glue" disqualified for the same reason, I suppose?

― JS Williams (js williams), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

plus it's awful

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

crosspost, never mind

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)

is the mj stuff on the box set? i heard that it was seized and destroyed. it had a pretty offensive cover i seem to remember

― ddd, Friday, 14 February 2003 02:05 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cop Killer"!

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.illegal-art.org/audio/liner.html

& you can download all those mp3s there too

― autovac (autovac), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Desmond by Happy Mondays from the Squirell And G Man LP for the Beatles rip off.

― svend, Friday, 14 February 2003 04:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I actually made 2 CDs' worth for a conference a few months ago. Two really good examples:

Cristina, "Is That All There Is?"
Momus, "Walter Carlos"

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

the original version of "Make it Happen" by Electronic (terrible title, but actually a good song) featured some samples of Ice T, but they weren't allowed to use them. which is too bad, because while it's still a good song, the original version's better.

― janni (janni), Friday, 14 February 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

That's a great site that autovac linked to; hadn't seen that one before. I was gonna suggest the JAMs 1987 lp but it's mentioned there. I love that story about Mike D and AC/DC. "They just couldn't get with the sample concept"

How come nobody thinks Wire is uncool for wanting to sue Elastica? Or do people?

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 14 February 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

well, they did have something come out of that lawsuit---there was an out-of-court settlement that Elastica ended up giving Wire, wasn't there?

at least they got to keep the song on. "Connection" is still pretty great, despite any strong resemblance it may have to "Three Girl Rhumba."

― janni (janni), Friday, 14 February 2003 20:15 (twenty-two years ago)

How many of these lawsuits are promulgated by the artist?

Often it's the publishers who'll be pushing for a slice of the pie. I think this happened to Elastica too with Waking up, with the Strangler's publishers going after them. The band themselves weren't particularly bothered, and I may be wrong but I think it's the same re U2/Negativland. Or maybe it McGuiness's dread hand at work.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:22 (twenty-two years ago)

did anything actually come of the Stranglers' thing, though? i mean, it's pretty obvious, the connection (pun not intentional), but i didn't hear much about any legal (re)action regarding it, unlike with the Wire thing.

and yeah, it does seem to be more about publishing companies.

though i don't think that was the case with John Denver + New Order, but that's an entirely different matter. :)

― janni (janni), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know, I just thought it was kind of lame. "Three Girl Rhumba" is only two chords! Is it impossible to concieve of two chords accidentally being used in a similar rhythm pattern 16 years apart, considering how many millions (literally) of people with guitars futz around for riffs? And everything else about the song is completely different!

But then, Elastica settled so I guess it was been intentional. But still. I mean, Monster Magnet stole whole arrangements from Cactus and Captain Beyond, and they didn't sue. I bet those dudes need the money these days more than Wire!

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Wire are uncool but it's all good!

― original bgm, Friday, 14 February 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Can someone describe exactly what New Order sampled from John Denver on that "Run 2" single? I have it, and I want to know exactly the sample in question is.

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't Momus get sued over a song?

― maria b (maria b), Saturday, 15 February 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

That was for "defamation" rather than copyright infringement

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 15 February 2003 03:49 (twenty-two years ago)

My immediate reaction to the Elastica song was that it was a rip off of Three Girl Rhumba, but I can't really remember if the Elastica/Wire comparisons I've heard came before or after that, so they might have influenced me a bit. If lots more high-profile-ish people had used that chord sequence between the two songs' release nobody'd have likely batted an eyelid.

― Ferg (Ferg), Saturday, 15 February 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

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