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Check us out! http://acc17901.com/public/swingers/index.htm "Nigel Hill" wrote in message news:4acedca3.0408071352.1bed1fd1@posting.google.com... > The biggest shocking news on Earth > ---------------------------------- > > JOSEPH FERRANTE, THE MUSICIAN THAT THE BEATLES BLOCKED FOR 13 YEARS > =================================================================== > > (Full Story) > > We are sending you an e-mail made of five different parts sent through > time. > We are sending you all this so that you might have a clear panoramic > view of the situation. > We would appreciate any help and support you can give. > > Also, should you want to download the adaptation of Hey Jude by Joseph > Ferrante, click on the following link: > > http://politics7.tripod.com/ > > and download the MP3. > It will be a free download for some days, specially for you. > After, remember to visit Joseph Ferrante's main website for more > music, etc., etc. > > If you enjoyed the song, please give a couple of coins (or a million > if you're rich) to the first needy person you find on the street, as a > contribution to Life. > The adaptation of Hey Jude by Ferrante was not made for money but for > the sake of art....please give the money to the poor...... > Also, if you enjoyed the song, please send this e-mail to your friends > so that they can also download the song. > > And don't forget to also search the Internet for Joseph Ferrante. > > Respectful Thanks. > THE NEWS MEDIA > > > > -------------------------------1st. part----------------------------- > > > S.O.S. > > TO THE EDITOR > > > Dear Editor: > > My name is JOSEPH FERRANTE. I am a musician. > I am writing to inform you of a long history of efforts to block my > musical career and take my ideas. It has now gone beyond the pale. > > Some time ago, while I was living in England, I was sent out to tune > the ex-Beatle GEORGE HARRISON's piano several times. After five years > in England I eventually went back to where I'd originally come from. > There I made my own adaptation of the Beatles' "Hey Jude". I took the > original song and re-worked it into a latin "Bachata", mixed with > flamenco. I made a demonstration cassette of it and sent it to George > Harrison. It came back to me stamped with a rude "by bike" in the > place of the usual "Air mail" on the envelope. I phoned him to ask for > an explanation but was told by his secretary that he did not want to > come to the phone. > > Mr. Raul Cairo of the Dutch "Music and Media" magazine can testify to > the quality of my arrangement of "Hey Jude", as he wrote an article > about it in the same magazine. > > I tried sending demonstration cassettes of my version of "Hey Jude" to > three record companies in Spain, and, some months later, a group > called "Los Roling" came out with a flamenco rendition of Beatles > music. Significantly, it was at the same time that Raul Cairo was > writing up my "Hey Jude" in "Music and Media". > > After a Finnish promotional firm requested 28 CDs of the song for > broadcasting on their radio chain throughout Europe the song began to > get airplay. I was told by the firm that they were getting phone-in > requests for the song at the stations and that it was being given a > nice reception by radio listeners. Some ten days later the song > disappeared off the air as though an invisible hand had stopped it. > The Finnish promotional firm did not care to provide any explanation > when I phoned up about it. > > Time went by and I made a "salsa" version of the Beatles' song "Sgt. > Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". This time I sent demonstration > cassettes to record companies outside Europe, including in New York. > Some months later, a well-known latin entertainer got a salsa band > together with performers from "Fania All Stars" among others, and > released an L.P. of salsa-style Beatles music in New York. > > Time went by again, and it occurred to me that perhaps I could help > get the Beatles back together again as a Beatles' music specialist > myself and a professional musician in my own right. I faxed a proposal > to that effect to George Harrison, one which he never answered. I did > fax him several times again afterwards trying to set out my ideas > about the Beatles revival venture, only to discover at one point that > he had had his fax number changed. The international operator told me > she couldn't give me the new number, as it was unlisted. About six > months after the fax incident the first "Beatles Anthology" CD came > out, after many, many years without a Beatles release. My idea. He > took it and went ahead without me. > > Now I am back in England. > > I came back with 14 songs that I'd put together under the title > "Shangri-La", hoping to get a record deal for it. Both "Hey Jude" and > "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" were included in my > production. There were also two other well-known songs in my own > adapted version. The rest, the other ten songs, were all my own > original compositions. > Even though I am a Rock musician,"Shangri-La" is a multi-styled > production. > > I took demonstration cassettes of "Shangri-La" to the ten major record > companies in London. All ten were somehow mysteriously "mislaid". > Representatives of the A&R departments concerned refused even to come > to the phone to give me an explanation, delegating other people to > take the call instead and tell me that they were still having trouble > locating the cassette. All ten cassettes??...Isn't that a bit much to > be a coincidence??... > > One of the other two items I'd re-worked for "Shangri-La" was "If I > Had A Hammer". The rhythm and arrangements were all distinctly > different in my version from the original song. One day, after having > delivered my cassettes to the main record companies, I switched on the > television, only to see the launch of a new programme featuring Trini > Lopez's original "If I Had A Hammer" as the theme song...That was > after my version of the long-forgotten song had been heard by the > record companies. > > Again, after my cassettes had gone out to the record companies, a big > night club that was owned by people who had links with the record > industry started running a show they called "Shangri-La". They stole > the name from my production. I ended up having to hire solicitors to > get them to stop using the name, as I had already had it registered > for musical purposes. > > During that same period I received dozens of nuisance calls on my > mobile phone from people mocking me with taunts like: "Don't you have > a record deal ?", or "Go find another country", or "I'm not hearing > your songs on the radio"... > > Realizing that there must be a conspiracy against me I had promotional > CDs pressed of "Hey Jude" and distributed them to 84 radio stations > around England. After a couple weeks I had letters back from radio > stations saying they couldn't play "Hey Jude" on their programmes, > although some of the selfsame directors went on to praise my > arrangement of the song. Capital Radio described it as "a very > interesting arrangement". The BBC World Service went on to call it "a > very original and quite virtuoso arrangement". From Sony Music I read: > "..I was really impressed with the quality of the performance and your > new arrangement". If the song was good enough to generate such > comments, why wouldn't they play it ? ? ? > > After the radio set-back I sent a CD of my adapted version of "Hey > Jude" to Paul McCartney at his office, asking if he could give me a > hand by contacting some of the radio station directors. A week later I > followed up by phoning his office, only to be met with one of the > secretaries, who in a rude and aggressive manner dismissed me with,: > "We've put your CD of "Hey Jude" in a cold cellar...". Why such a > violent reaction ? ?... > > So I wrote to Paul McCartney. I even made 16 copies of my letters and > mailed them separately to be sure that one of them at least got > through to him at his home. Yet I never had a reply. > Interestingly enough, just at that time I started to hear massive > outpourings of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" on the radio,and Paul McCartney > himself suddenly began performing live again at the "Cavern" in > Liverpool after years of inactivity. > > It was during those same months that I was getting threatening, > anonymous phone calls on my mobile, warning me against giving live > performances or playing anywhere. The calls were always made from > public telephones. > One music agent whom I'd contacted in an effort to find myself a > manager, apologized, saying: "I'm sorry, but I cannot use you...". He > refused to say why and hung up on me. > That was when I realized what a huge operation I was up against. So > huge, in fact, that in the three and a half years I have been in > England this second stay I have as yet to give my first live concert > or perform anywhere, despite having contacted more than 20 music > agents. > > Five months after my "Hey Jude" was blocked on British radio stations > the latest Beatles' CD came out. This was the second time that my > adaptation of "Hey Jude" had caused a Beatles' Anthology to appear..It > seems some people regard my "Hey Jude" as a threat... > > And as another "coincidence", the e-mail address that Paul McCartney > offered for fans to write to him is called heyjude18@hotmail.com...as > I said before, after my Hey Jude got blocked on british radio, Paul > McCartney rushed in with concerts at the "Cavern" in Liverpool and > launched this second Beatles Anthology CD. Nevertheless, when he saw > that the concerts only gathered a very small audience and that the CD > did not sell as expected, now he pushed for a CD to come out of his > work with his group "Wings"...all this with no let-up, one thing after > another, like he was trying to gain time for something, wanting to be > constantly present in people's minds for some reason....It is with > sadness that I realize that possibly some people could be very afraid > of my Hey Jude.... > > Most recently, one of my piano tuning customers, who is involved with > the British music industry, said an aggressive letter had been forged > in my name and sent out to different branches of the above mentioned > music industry and to other parts of the music world. This was further > confirmed by a DJ friend of mine in British radio...What vile extremes > will some people not resort to in their attempt to alienate others > from me???... > > Also, as another "coincidence", one of the ten major record companies > in London that stole my "Shangri-la" cassettes, has just launched a CD > of one of their bands, being the band's CD title exactly the same as > my own, with the addition of a couple of words to make the title a > comical phrase !!! ..... They've launched it through one of their > branches in another part of the world.....I suspect this is a subtle > trap by this record firm expecting me to react to their action to > implicate me with that part of the world.....I will not fall into that > trap.....Now they are trying to block me in other parts of the world > as well.....it looks like some people consider my work something very > dangerous, judging by the amount of conspiracy they are > generating......once again, it is amazing to see the vile manoeuvres > of some people...... > > What I have said so far is just the tip of the iceberg. Depending on > how things go, the full iceberg may yet come to light in all its > magnitude. I don't want to blame anybody but I feel my story has to be > told. > I come looking to all music lovers to help me fight this horrible > multi-tentacled monster that has kept me and my work out of the public > eye and stolen my ideas. > > It is because of this conspiracy against me that I have had to find > shelter on the Internet. > My and my work can only be found at my website. Look on search engines > for the name of Joseph Ferrante's website. > I invite you all to it. > > Yours sincerely: > > Joseph Ferrante. > > > -------------------------------2nd. part----------------------------- > > > > IN BRIEF > ======== > > > > Joseph Ferrante, the music genius that The Beatles and their record > firm blocked during 13 long years, in a gigantic plot which involved > different sectors of the music industry... > > > > --------------------------------3rd. part---------------------------- > > > > ADDENDUM > ======== > > > > The adaptation of Hey Jude by Joseph Ferrante has been granted a > PUBLISHING AGREEMENT by the copyright owners. Due to this fact, the > people involved, not being able to stop it legally, use all kind of > vile and subreptitious and illegal manoeuvres to do it...... > The only reason for this (and we must humbly say it because enough is > enough) is that the adaptation of Hey Jude by Ferrante makes the > original song look like an absolute nothing....They try to hide the > sun with a finger...... > > It is possible to hide things from all the people part of the time and > it is possible to hide things from part of the people all the time, > but it's impossible to hide things from all of the people all of the > time.. ..and what was done in the night, shows in daylight...... > > And the clear evidence showing that all these facts are true is that > the trascendental masterpiece made by Ferrante is not known by the > public, having Ferrante's adaptation of Hey Jude a publishing > agreement by the copyright owners and all..... > > > > ---------------------------------4th. Part--------------------------- > > > > ...And not only they blocked the adaptation of Hey Jude by Joseph > Ferrante.....but they also blocked his own compositions, our dear > friend and reader..... > Hey Jude is one among nine songs on the "Shangri-La" CD....the other > eight are Ferrante's own compositions....they blocked those eight > songs as well...... > > > > > ---------------------------------5th. Part--------------------------- > > > > BREAKING NEWS > ============= > > > And now, after the people involved and their big international firm > had used the pulling of strings and the traffic of influences with the > newspapers so that they wouldn't publish this article, they are also > trying to pretend in front of people as a big masquerade that Paul > McCartney still owns the copyright for Hey Jude, when in fact he sold > the rights of the Beatles' songs to three different international > entities. > Of these three international entities, Ferrante was granted a > PUBLISHING AGREEMENT for his adaptation of Hey Jude by the owners of > the copyright of the song. (AVAILABLE ON DEMAND) > Due to the fact that he thinks that people are stupid and that he can > twist the facts in front of audiences and that people will never know > what things are like in real life (having people such gigantic > brainwash with the guys and their pre-manufactured ACT AND MASQUERADE, > WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN REAL LIFE), they are still > lying to audiences and making them think that the bass player owns the > song and this and the other, when in fact THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN > LEGALLY DO TO STOP THE ADAPTATION BY FERRANTE, other than the pulling > of strings in newspapers and the traffic of influences here and there, > all of which is done ILLEGALLY, SUBREPTITIOUSLY, AND VERY HIDDEN AND > SUBTERRANEAN.....All this because the copyrights ARE NO LONGER THE > BASS PLAYER'S....we repeat.....NO LONGER HIS...... > Once again, the ONLY REASON for this is that the adaptation of Hey > Jude by Ferrante makes the original song look like an absolute > nothing...... ...they know VERY WELL that an elementary song had been > upgraded to a MASTERPIECE......they fear the adaptation........it > takes their sleep away............. > .......And the stature of the man is determined by the amount of > conspiracy he generates...... > > > > > ---------------------------------P.S.------------------------------- > > > > We know that these things will be hard for some people, having the > GIGANTIC BRAINWASH some people have. We used to have it TOO. We were > the first ones to be SHOCKED by all this, but we saw the SERPENT > HIDDEN BEHIND THE FLOWER, whereas everybody else DIDN'T.....We could > discover the REAL PEOPLE behind the MASQUERADE...We WOKE UP....THEY > DID WAKE US UP.....12 years of an amazing musician destroyed by SOME > EGOLATRIES... > .......that is VILE...... > > > Respectfully....our dear friend and reader. > THE NEWS MEDIA. > > > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .