[Savage Clone]

Some of you acid folk heads may see a reissue Lp by the Trees Community called "The Christ Tree" on Radioactive being offered right now. This issue is a sham; a straight fucking needle-drop bootleg that undermines my good friend Timothy Renner's efforts and the years he has put into doing his upcoming 4CD box set deluxe reissue, which is set to come out in just a few months. The Radioactive release is not authorized by him or the Trees Community and they are all pretty pissed about it. This label has done similar things with other artists in the past and was recently taken to the cleaners by the Hendrix estate. Please do not buy!





Hello all,

Radioactive Records UK has just released an illegal pirate needle-drop
bootleg CD of an album by the Trees called "The Christ Tree."

As you may or may not know, I have been working directly with the band
on an official reissue of this album for YEARS now.

I spent about 1 year tracking down all of the living members and, in
many cases, putting them back in contact with each other for the first
time in twenty years. After doing this, I asked permission to reissue
"The Christ Tree." The band gave me permission and also gave me a huge
box of unreleased reels of music.

I spent about another year transferring all of these reels
analog-to-digital. Because of the age of the tapes and the fact that
they had moved from desert to humid clime and back over the years, I
had to have the tapes "baked" before ever playing them. This is a very
expensive process, but one that needed to be done to ensure the
stability of the tapes. I then had to buy a reel machine.

After transferring all of the music, I spent another 6 months or so
editing the best parts down to 4 CDs of music, chosen by the band and I
as the best of the best. I then paid Dennis Blackham at Skye Mastering
to master these CDs - a considerable investment, but Dennis is one of
the best in his field and it was worth it. The Trees and I were both
thrilled with the results.

We are set to release "The Christ Tree" at summer's end. It will be the
original album, remastered from original tapes, with bonus tracks and 3
CDs of unreleased material! It has taken the entire resources of my
record label and most of the money I have ever made selling my own
records, playing shows, etc to get our version ready. It was a risk
before this bootleg came out, and now we will have an illegal version
to compete with. I have felt, since first hearing the album, that I was
meant to reissue this. I figured, if it breaks the label, at least we
went out doing something I love and 100% believe in.

Dark Holler • Hand/Eye is the ONLY record label that has permission
from the Trees to reissue this material.

Then we find, just the other day, Radioactive Records UK has released a
bootleg CD.

"The Christ Tree" was originally released by the band, on their own
label. No other individual or organization has any claims to the rights
on this recording. Radioactive's CD is illegal, immoral, and will not
benefit anyone but Radioactive. Their claims that it is "authentic" or
"official" are outright lies.

Please DO NOT BUY their records, and especially their version of "The
Christ Tree." If you see it pop on on Ebay, please report it as a
bootleg. Please inform any retailers/mailorder houses that you see
carrying it of the bootleg/illegal status of the Radioactive version,
and please tell them that a LEGITIMATE version is just a couple months
away. PLEASE help. We must rely on consumers and specialty mailorder
houses to do the right thing.

The Hendrix estate just won a huge settlement against Radioactive, and
we will join another lawsuit against them if we can, but we will have
to get in line as they have ripped off countless other bands and
labels.

Please help in any way you can.

Timothy Renner
Dark Holler • Hand/Eye

[HaydenAsche]

That sucks, man. Thanks for the heads up.