NEWS: Murderabilia: Charles Manson Demos Released, Sharon Tate Turns in Grave

CELEB: Murderabilia: Charles Manson Demos Released, Sharon Tate Turns in Grave

Creepiness of creepinesses, with an uncomfortable proximity to Virginia Tech, the release of Charles Manson's album "The summer of Hate – the ’67 Sessions" must have Sharon Tate turning in her grave. The recordings include some of Manson's spoken word, and have been released by the so-called "Lupo Records," about which I couldn't find anything other than, well, this.

They're calling this the first time that these recordings, which were made on September 11, 1967, and were used as demos in a failed attempt to try to secure a recording deal, have been released to the public, although I did find what appears to be the same (or maybe partial) recording available here.

Actually, few states forbid criminals and others from making a buck off violent crime (California skirts this with notoriety for profit laws), although coincidentally New Hampshire Representative John DeJoie has introduced legislation that would "require any money made off a violent crime to be turned over to the courts."

DeJoie isn't the only one opposed to this whole "murderabilia" thing. Roy Brown, father of Amanda, who was seven years old when she was murdered in 1998, finds it heartbreaking and repulsive, and hopes his work will help to stop it.

What is the desire for an oil painting or handwritten poem by a serial killer? What happened to collecting Barbies and Hot Wheels? Even taxidermy would be better.

Oh that is wild! I can 't believe it.. I got chills when I read this..

Axl is so gonna buy the lot.

I have a personal connection to the Manson murders as my mother was best friends with Sharon Tate in junior high school and took dance lessons together. So for me, Manson holds a lot of interest. People can collect whatever the hell they want.

So if I tortured and killed YOUR mom in a fascinatingly horrific way, sang a song about it, and sold a million records, do you think MY MOM has a right to live in the big mansion I would buy her with the money, or better yet, buy porno mags and smokes or whatever tha fuck they have in prison?

Walk the mile first homes, THEN throw your 2 cents!

The beach boys recorded a reworked manson song on their 20/20 album.

His "LIE" album has been out since 1970 (on ESP), and re-released periodicly.

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I doubt "the victims fund" is getting rich off any of this

agreed.

40 years later? Why didn't they just call it Chinese Democracy?

So who currently gets the royalties from Red Cross's (sorry, Redd Kross's) version of "Cease to Exist"?

fuck that, strumming a guitar and carrying a tune do not diminish the fact of what he incited and condoned.

We'll see if Bush gets the same reception when he releases an album inspired by this current mess we're in.

I have this album..I bought it in the 80s at Beggars Banquet in OC, it was the demos that are likely the same as this deal.

The murders were 2 years after the recordings. They are not making money off of the CRIME, they are making money off of the notoriety.

A subtle but important difference.

If making money off of the notoriety is wrong, toss out all the books, movies and THC shows about WWII and the Holocaust.

Toss out every "true-crime" book ever written.

Toss out COPS and Court TV.

Toss out every crime related fictional drama on TV and in film and literature.

Where do YOU want to draw the line?

Yeah, I remember when I worked at Lou's,
Eric was playing it and it was quite and good,
and I was surprised as I'd never heard of
Manson the folk singer.
I remember it being quite good, and
hearing about the ESP release.

Could you go ahead and find for me the song Charles Manson recorded in 1967 about the Tate-LaBianca murders?

Maybe you wouldn't know if you weren't a music geek, but those demos have been circulating forevers. I played some of that stuff on my radio show like 7 years ago.

Who's bumping their Gary Glitter albums proudly? I know I am. He was fucking brilliant. And Mein Kempf was just amazing! I love to sing the praises of that piece of work. I mean, Hitler in his pre-mass-murderer days was something to be applauded. I could care less about that whole "Holocaust" thing, That dude had style. You're stupid if you can't see past the whole "murderer" thing. It's called being open-minded to other lifestyles. Get with the program, you philstines!!!



Anybody who would applauds the release of this shit (and/or money made off of it) has got some serious issues.

yeah, i'm not a big fan of Charles Manson. in case you were wondering.

agreed. and what about those beach boys and the song they recorded? or axl and guns? or anyone else who's ever written a song or book, etc about anything similar. what about marilyn manson, for that matter?
and it is good stuff, albeit creepily so.
like Gacy's clown paintings: creepy as fuck, but actually very good.

Remind me how that's important??

I would if the profits were going to Hitler, or Hitler's family......

Or if the criminals in COPS and Court TV were profiting off of their "noteriety".......

My comment was not about censorship, but did have to do with morality and society!!!!

I will draw MY LINE at not supporting the "artistic" endeavours of a murderer, how 'bout you?

P.S. See CKDexterHaven's comment!!!

september 11........thats kinda kinky....

You must have missed this from the article.

Reading ALL of it - FTW.

I didn't actually, but maybe YOU missed this part:

Criminals had been barred from making money off their exploits until 1991, when the United States Supreme Court overturned a New York law after finding that it was so broad it would discourage people from telling stories of public interest, such as the Watergate scandal. Critics also argued that the law violated the constitutional right to free speech by forbidding criminals from selling their stories.

The heart of the article talks on this very subject, which I commented on the first time!

I've gone through the article several times and took notice of that. However, I don't see how it is completely relevant to your comments.

The issue is profiting off of a crime, correct? these recording predate the crime by two years. It is not him publishing a book about how the murders actually happened step by step, the true crime authors have done enough of that already. They profited and so did the publishers. Are they looked down on?

These recordings are noteworthy because of who Manson is. Yes, he is infamous for a heinous crime. But these recordings are NOT part of that crime. So why does it matter if they are published? Especially since the profits are NOT going to Manson or his family as you specifically stated before, but to a victims rights group.