Simply Rerecorded

In order to get around the fact that Warner owns the recordings to all of Simply Red's hits, Mick Hucknall has decided to re-record the entire back catalogue.

"Warner has all of the rights to the original recordings, but they don't seem to be doing an awful lot with them," says the band's manager, Ian Grenfell. "We think we can do more with those recordings than they can. We've got a dozen people and all they work on is Simply Red."

The band hopes that they will be able to licence the new recordings for commercials and movies. But don't have any plans soon to exploit the fans by rereleasing their albums in the new form.

I think this would be worthwhile if they also redo the album photography with the band as they look today! I can't wait for other bands to follow.