Hello,
I'm new here and a HUUUUUGE FM fan!
I was reading about the Sincerely San Jose 45 and came across this thread.
First things first: Jeffrey Glenn passed away last year. He was one of
the most knowledgeable and generous music fans I ever came in contact
with. That sentiment seems to have been shared by everyone else, too:
notlameblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/rip-jeff-glenn.html
It's not surprising that it was Jeff who came across the Sincerely San
Jose 45 and was knowledgeable enough and curious enough to make the
connection to Fritz. He made a series of 240 CDRs of obscure 45s and
gave them away to fellow music fans. I was lucky enough for him to
send me (at his expense) vols. 21 & 22.
It saddened me to see Jeff accused of being a bootlegger. Javier
really showed restraint and respect to not release the Fritz material
all those years when I'm sure there were many opportunities to cash
in. And I understand Javier being upset about this record having been
released without his consent. The only thing is that it's a pre-fame
rip-off record that came out in the very early 70's NOT a post-fame
cash-in bootleg pressed c. 2004.
Here is evidence that the Sincerely San Jose 45 was released around 1970:
This is from
Billboard magazine, November 21st, 1970.
Google the label owner's name. He seems to still be around and doesn't
seem to have the greatest reputation. How it came to pass that he
released these two Fritz tracks, I don't know. In his initial posts
Jeff Glenn had a few hypotheses. I doubt we'll get the story from the
horse's mouth.
Luis Suarez