In Reply to: Indirectly by the fact that the scam lasted as long as it did (nt) posted by kerr on February 27, 2007 at 11:47:19:
were so "incredible" (sic!:-), then why weren't the originals reviewed that way, or held in such high regard? Yes, the originals were known, and were by some major artists but...Hatto was being hyped by "those in the know" as the second coming -- and they now have egg on their faces. To you point, the original recordings would border on legendary if they had Hatto's face on the cover? Hatto was embraced as a novelty, it seems to me ("greatest unknown pianist"). Some folks don't even need to LISTEN to recordings to take THAT kind of bait -- and there it is!
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- Absolutely right. If the recordings supposedly done by Hatto... - SE 03:32:49 02/28/07 (1)
- Yes, that was my point exactly! - kerr 09:22:08 03/01/07 (0)