The Fritz compilation that didn't happen

[vermicious knid]

Well, not yet at least. Javier Pacheco of Fritz posted here for a while in years past, and I was reading them tonight. You can see his profile here. Many of his posts were about making a CD of old Fritz music that everyone could buy. In 2001, he said this:

I saw Stevie at Shoreline last Sept and asked her to produce a Fritz recording. Mind you, we hadn't seen each other in 30 years. It was great seeing her. She was very positive, aware of the fan interest generated on this. I feel confident its going to happen. She said we'd sit down and discuss what specific songs would be included. Jan or Feb of 2002 we will discuss what pieces to include.

I guess that never happened. Javier dissapeared for a while, but he came back in 2004, still optimistic about these recording being released to the public.

We had a wonderful heartfelt Fritz reunion at the Concord Pavilion show June 27th. I have sent Marty a couple of pics of us backstage in Stevie's room. Does all this good vibe mean we are going to do a creative project together? I did pose the question to Lindsey and I believe he is seriously considering it. We talked about dubbing vocals to the old recordings, but at some juncture I think the possibility of us recording the material fresh is also an option.

Through Javier, The Penguin website put up some samples of the music of Fritz. Link. And he told us "I am definitely going to release complete CDs of this live and studio music this year or next." But that never happened. These few songs are still the only Fritz songs people can hear.