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This is where I came into FSM - Inside Daisy Clover was my first SAE purchase. Absolutely brilliant set and music, and I'm delighted to be one of the "few".
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I am absolutely loving these reports!
I have to ask... as a geek who got turned on to Star Trek and film music at a young age (and around the same time), was the Paramount licensing deal a result of you knocking at their door every year or was it simply the new administration? And if so, did they call you or did you guys call them?
If you can't answer any of this, I totally understand. I'm just fascinated by this facet of the business. 
It was the new administration, and I ran into someone socially who advised me of the new people, one of whom I know from way back, etc.
Lukas
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Some quick Star Trek II memories...
Lukas called me one day and said he had some errands to run. As I'd just started working with him, he thought it was important that I meet the people involved with his albums. This included going to Rhino, Mulholland Music and some other places. After telling me all of this he then said, and I quote, "Also, I'm having my car serviced, so can you pick me up and drive me?"
That December day we went to Paramount, picked up the Star Trek II tapes, and delivered them to John Davis to transfer. "Enterprise Attacks Reliant" was indeed the first thing we heard. I also jokingly commented that I thought it'd be funny if the original "Epilogue" showed up...and then it did! Lukas and I were also initially thrown off by "Kirk Takes Command" because we thought it was "Spock". That was a fun day.
Cutting "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" in Arthur's studio was fun. I'd never worked with a composer before and I did a trick on that right in front of him, that I'd never attempted before (though I didn't tell him that). There was a brief flub in a take and I just went to another one real quick to fix it. I think it's less than a second.
Neil
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I love the stories too; it's a lot better than just inventory reports.
Looking back on Lukas's career, it's striking how much music has been rescued from possible extinction, or at least permanent exile, hidden away on aging studio master reels. He and a few other giants in the small-label niche have radically changed our world. Maybe not the world, but certainly our world.
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Great stuff!
A joy to read your anecdotes Lukas.
I could read your quite conversational style all day!
I'm going to miss these posts as much as the CD's
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I´m surprised! This was fun to read... and I didn´t even know that those reports existed. I´m ashamed of myself. Will do a search for the other articles as well. Oh my, I´ve spent too much time here in the forum when I should have been reading on the main site as well!
Thanks for your nice words. I put links to all the other installments in the first paragraph of the current column.
Lukas
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Yes these area really a fun read.
I'm also putting them to good use. I've been printing them out, then going through my collection to see what I've got and don't have, and more importantly, deciding what scores I want to purchase. I took advantage of the recent FSM special and picked up some discs I've wanted , and selected the TV Omnibus as my bonus set.
No doubt these reports take a lot of effort to produce, and I'm sure Lukas is happy to know how much they are appreciated!
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(Dare I hope it is one of the remaining six????)
