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November 2003 Recording Engineer Obie
O'Brien - Page 8
MBADC: This was a question written in to our
Q&A, but I don’t know if you can answer it, because I think it might pose a
security risk. I’ll go ahead and ask it, and if you want to skip it, we’ll skip
it: When it’s time to turn an album into the label, does someone within the
organization physically turn it in, or…How does it get to the label?
Obie: The way the record is delivered has changed over the years. Because it used to
be, you shipped pieces all over the world. And there was always that possibility that
somebody would get hold of something. Anymore, you have totally secure ways of sending the
stuff around the world. So they’ve really addressed that over the years. It’s
much more secure than it’s ever been.
MBADC: In your years, has anything ever gotten lost?
Obie: We’ve been very lucky. The only time we ever had something not show up was,
I believe Jon was in Mexico and it was a couple of mixes of B-sides. It wasn’t even
anything important, and I sent it down to him on a disk—he was on a movie set--and he
calls me later and goes, "What the hell is this you sent me? I’ve got a data
disk." I go, "What are you talking about?" Somebody along the line saw that
it was a Bon Jovi CD, lifted it, and put just a disk of data in there. But thankfully it
was nothing that was [of major importance]. It was some bonus tracks that were going on
somewhere. If I remember correctly it was just some songs that had already been released.
So it wasn’t too much of a panic situation, but it really let you realize that it
could happen at any time.
MBADC: Did it ever surface?
Obie: No. It never surfaced. But you know, that’s the way the world is.
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