Talk:Ball Park Incident

Promotional video

A promotional video was also created and has been broadcast by 192TV: [1], featuring Hugh McDowell on cello and Bill Hunt on piano, with drummer Keith Smart with a meershaum pipe. The copyright status of the video is unclear. A further audio recording of the band performing the song live, possibly at Shepperton Studios for the Top of the Pops 1973 Christmas show, also with unclear copyright, is also in existence. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:17, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Picture the scene. Messrs Bullamore and Evans in the dock, being watched by a still bearded and long haired Mr. Wood (albeit snow white) with quivering upper lip, as the prosecuting council informs all present that Mr. Wood has been bankrupted by His Majesty's government stopping his winter fuel payment and those two reprobates denying him royalty payments on a certain "Ball Park Incident" video or two. I don't think a whimperng "not guilty, m'lud" from us is going to cut the mustard. (Then spot the parts of song/album titles in the narrative) - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:52, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps I've misunderstood, but clicking on [1] brings me to "Angel Fingers", not "Ball Park Incident". Harfarhs (talk) 00:02, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No intention of adding either of these links to the article. That's why mentioned here for background information. If you think the links here are copyvio, we will have to remove them or think of some other way of describing then. I'd be very surprised if the BBC would want to pursue a copyright claim against the Shepperton Studios audio recording. And I'm not convinced that Wood would remember the promotional video or know who might now own copyright (probably EMI, now owned by Universal Music Group). Any claim would be against WMF. But yes, it's the principle that matters, of course. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:01, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TOTP performances

"...on 14 and 21 December 1972, and then again on 4, 11 and 25 January 1973."

This does not seem to me to be what the source says: "14/12/1972 Ball Park Incident Mimed Performance 21/12/1972 Ball Park Incident Mimed Performance 04/01/1973 Ball Park Incident Audience Dancing 11/01/1973 Ball Park Incident Mimed Performance 25/01/1973 Ball Park Incident Played Over The Charts" [resequenced for clarity]. In particular, I think "Played Over The Charts" refers solely to audio of the song, and therefore can scarecely be described as a "performance". I invite comments. Harfarhs (talk) 23:50, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]