Cherie in 2004, featuring Roger Taylor in 1976

The allmusic database lists credits for Roger Taylor on the album as "Drums, Main Personnel" which sounds like something potentially lifted directly from liner notes . Allmusic is a serious subscription based service and the database is managed by editors. Properly sourced corrections are accepted and considered, but the content is not directly user generated: http://www.allmusic.com/product-submissions

Roger's (alleged) credits are extensive and interesting:

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/roger-taylor-mn0000254075/credits

[QUOTE] [b]tero! wrote:[/b]

Whether it's a re-recording from 2004, an edit from the GVH dvd surround audio, or if Roger personally provided the the multitracks for his latest girlfriend, it doesn't matter a single bit.

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I noticed the list of producers on the album included a "Mark Taylor". Clearly a common surname, but I did wonder if there was some familial connection that might be behind Roger's association, whatever its full nature is.

That's got to be a coincidence, otherwise we would have heard of his award-winning cousin years ago...

Oh. Ha ha. I guess he's famous. I suppose I should have wondered a little harder. When I saw Corey Hart as a producer I just assumed all of them were obscure. :P. Kara DioGuardi of American Idol was also a producer. As flakey as she was on Idol she has always been a serious enough behind the scenes person. It seems like they gave this artist significant enough support and backing. Funny how some fly and some don't. The song was no better and no worse than any other in the long line of successful sap.

[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]

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Stay classy.

Yeah, I'll go with Lava's press release and allmusic over Roger's memory any day. Shouldn't have tweeted Sarina, knowing how atrocious RT's memory is. He probably doesn't remember any collaborations that only took a day or two.

[QUOTE] [b]tero! wrote:[/b] Let's face it, a recording company doesn't go around crediting an artist signed on to another label unless they are absolutely certain they have to.[/QUOTE] http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/60166 "Dave Grohl reveals he doesn't actually appear on Michael Jackson's LP 'Michael'"

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[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b]

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Stay classy.

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Never you mind ;P

Roger's memory isn't perfect - nobody's is - but it's positively eidetic compared with Brian's.

[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b] [QUOTE] [b]tero! wrote:[/b] Let's face it, a recording company doesn't go around crediting an artist signed on to another label unless they are absolutely certain they have to.[/QUOTE] http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/60166 "Dave Grohl reveals he doesn't actually appear on Michael Jackson's LP 'Michael'"[/QUOTE] If they've used a two second sample of his playing, he's still appearing on the album even though he couldn't recognise it himself. The record company could have taken a chance on it, but It's much easier (and cheaper) to get clearance for all samples beforehand, than to have a lawsuit over each of them.

[QUOTE] [b]tero! wrote:[/b] [QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b] [QUOTE] [b]tero! wrote:[/b] Let's face it, a recording company doesn't go around crediting an artist signed on to another label unless they are absolutely certain they have to.[/QUOTE] http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/60166 "Dave Grohl reveals he doesn't actually appear on Michael Jackson's LP 'Michael'"[/QUOTE] If they've used a two second sample of his playing, he's still appearing on the album even though he couldn't recognise it himself. The record company could have taken a chance on it, but It's much easier (and cheaper) to get clearance for all samples beforehand, than to have a lawsuit over each of them.[/QUOTE] Very possible. I did notice some similarities between the drumming on "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" and the recent Nirvana reunion song "Cut Me Some Slack", although probably coincidental on one count. The problem with the MJ track is that the drum performance does come across as very stiff in playing however, but you suggesting that it could have been "sampled" does make some sense if that were the case. The mixing could have also made it unrecognizable too, easily. I have old demos with Unbalanced where the sound of the drum mix was so rather poorly done, it did NOT reflect my style of playing and just made it sound incredibly weak instead.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]@SarinaPotgieter wrote:[/QUOTENAME] (via Twitter)

@inuliger thanks!... Yes you are right, he didn't play on this track. " [/QUOTE]

Given that your two day old tweet to her relates to Roger's awareness of "passing off archive drum work as a rather fraudulent attempt at a recent collaboration" I have to question whether Sarina has anything reliable to add to this discussion at all. Does the evidence really point to fraud at this point? Whose fraud? The record company's fraud? That is intended as a serious question. What would the theory be that supports both the available evidence and Sarina's statements?

[QUOTE] [b]DavidRFuller wrote:[/b]

Yeah, I'll go with Lava's press release and allmusic over Roger's memory any day. Shouldn't have tweeted Sarina, knowing how atrocious RT's memory is. He probably doesn't remember any collaborations that only took a day or two. [/QUOTE]

The press release from lava is only as good as the music journalist who wrote it. It is only human to err. I mean, How many Roger Taylor's are there in the world, there must be 1000's ? I can name 3 off hand, other than our Roger M Taylor. Roger Taylor (Tennis Player) Roger Taylor ( Neighbour of Mine) & Roger Taylor (Drummer From Duran Duran)

It Could be Roger Taylor from "Duran Duran" Drumming & the music journalist has just presumed that it's our Roger. I mean it's not like music Journalists to get it wrong.........is it?

But do Have to admit, it does sound like the "Somebody to Love" - Multitrack Stems, Drums.

I wouldn't think music journalists write record company press releases as a matter of course.