släpptes aldrig officiellt på vinyl
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On the first of those shows, Günter Rittinghaus showed up and he was carrying a big box of brand new Step On It LPs. He had a great smile on his face and was real proud when he handed over the box. I had mixed emotions and I told him immidiately why.
The thing was that according to the contract, we had the right to give our approval to the mastering and here he was with a shipload of albums, without our final approval. I knew the material needed proper mastering but now I could only wish us all the best of luck and then we did the shows. The album was selling at the merchant stands at the entrances at the theatres and we had not have the possibility to listen to it yet.
Back home again I was very curious when I first put the album on the record player. Well, major dissapointment. Real crappy mastering. Even the raw studio tapes was richer in sound and energy. The dynamic sound we had worked so hard to keep was all gone. The sound was as thin as an empty paperbag.
I called Günter up and told him, according to the contract he had to withdraw the whole stock. He could'nt understand why and I couldn't get a straight answer back on what he was going to do. Now, I know you can still still find those German albums on sale in music stores on the internet, without the rights to sell it. No check ever, so far.
From my point of view the PILA deal was off. They broke it. Just cut the crap. Those people did'nt care for the artists work. They just wanted to collect the money. Fast and at any price. We had to find another deal for the record anyhow. American this time.
Immidiatley after this episode we got a letter from Wonderland Records in the US, they wanted us to sign for them, but did we have more material than the few songs they had got in some mysterious way. Well, I sent them tapes of the whole album and they went nuts. Here I have to give special creds to Doug Van Pelt, who I got to eventually understand, was the man to interest Wonderland Records for Jet Circus. Doug started Jet Circus in the US and that's worth a big special thanks.
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