Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：02/27/2015 06:45:18Copy HTML

I am currently working to get the Goodyear and Grants LPs released on CD via Gordon Anderson's Real Gone Music label.

Securing the licensing for use of the "Grants" name won't be a problem as they are long out of business; however, securing the licensing for use of the "Goodyear" name will be more problematic.

My proposal to Gordon for 2015 would be a double CD release of the best Goodyear album (1967's The Great Songs Of Christmas, Volume 7) coupled with the best Grants album (1967's A Very Merry Christmas, Volume 1).

Here's how I would promote the release:

1967: The great year of the two best retail store sponsored Christmas compilation albums of all-time: Goodyear's The Great Songs Of Christmas, Volume 7 and Grants' A Very Merry Christmas, Volume 1.

Hopefully, with the cooperation of Goodyear and Sony Music, we can make this release happen for Christmas 2015.


  

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：03/26/2015 05:22:02Copy HTML

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：04/15/2015 07:57:17Copy HTML

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：04/20/2015 04:31:29Copy HTML

The licensing issue is the same no matter how they are released.

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：01/18/2016 06:05:14Copy HTML

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：01/18/2016 10:21:12Copy HTML

Goodyear Album Seven only has one song on it that was edited; but since it's by John Davidson, it's no great loss. Grants did not edit songs on their compilations.

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：01/19/2016 01:38:20Copy HTML

Yes, it appears that John Davidson,'s The First Noel was significantly shorter on Goodyear's Volume 7.  

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：01/19/2016 06:53:36Copy HTML

The song's cut by just over a minute: the original version is 2:46; and the abridged version on Album Seven is 1:44.

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/06/2017 12:30:39Copy HTML

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/06/2017 05:32:13Copy HTML

Rodney,

We tried in 2015: Gordon put in for the project, but unfortunately, Sony couldn't get copyright clearance from Goodyear.

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/07/2017 03:36:18Copy HTML

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/08/2017 08:50:24Copy HTML

I plan to make another push for it sometime down the line, but it's probably unlikely in the end that we'll be granted licensing. And it's too bad, because the 2fer CD that I proposed of Goodyear Volume 7 with Grants Volume 1 would have made for a spectacular release.

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/15/2017 06:38:08Copy HTML

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/16/2017 12:10:55Copy HTML

Yes, and it's always been a mystery why Sony never included the song as a bonus track on their CD reissue of Tony's Snowfall LP. It was more than likely a licensing problem with Goodyear; the same problem we're having.

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/20/2017 02:26:15Copy HTML

Re：Old Firestone and Goodyear LPs

Date Posted：11/20/2017 04:25:16Copy HTML

I've talked about this on the board before, but just to reiterate: When Steve and Eydie first released their 1964 Christmas album That Holiday Feeling on CD through their private GL Music record label, I had mentioned to Steve Lawrence about adding "‘Twas The Night Before Christmas" as an additional bonus track. In addition, there's also Steve's solo rendition of "Go Tell It On The Mountain," as well as Eydie's solo rendition of "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear," which were both recorded in 1969 exclusively for RCA's Christmas In New York, Vol. 3. He said he'd look into it, but unfortunately nothing ever came of it.

Their GL Music reissue CD is now being distributed through Real Gone Music.