Quote Originally Posted by mysterysinger View Post
How desirable is it that the tapes are in the hands of the Partnership rather than Motown's from a fan's perspective? Does it mean that there's no chance of any FV&4S tracks in any Motown Unreleased 1971/1972 sets?
Universal Motown have for 10 years plus said and sadly Bob Gaudio agreed that there were no completed tracks left at Motown. We knew better and researched the Tape Index and the Artists Cards. Of course whilst Jersey Boys was at it's peak Bob Gaudio didn't want the distraction. Our Facebook Campaign has been an attempt to get SOMEONE to admit the truth and release the music.

The Snapper Project has been the first vehicle to enable that to happen and for 18 months they have been pursuing Contracts but whilst Warner/Rhino etc have agreed the list of tracks and said just add any more you find unreleased........Universal have had to be paid to transfer the tapes to Bob Gaudio for evaluation for the project.......he has approved 13 but in my opinion hasn't fully researched the tapes[he has the Neil Diamond show on Broadway to launch] So now everyone is waiting for Universal to COMPLETE contracts and make the Masters available to the UK Engineer. This is proving extremely difficult .....and with such stories who knows when we will get the tracks out.......or when the tapes will be re-visited. But getting 16 track transfer means at least a COPY is preserved for future evaluation/release. We have to be grateful for small mercies.......but one bonus is we have found several alternate mixes already left in the Four Seasons Partnership tape archive......and superb they are.

But the prospect of another dedicated FOUR SEASONS SESSION TAPES set being released in the future would need a sea-change in Universals CONTRACT and ARCHIVE departments. it is crazy that in 2020 with the industry racked with doubt re future income they can't find a way to make money from their catalogue and to manage their internal sales resources.