if so, that's gotta be one of the biggest lost fortunes in music history
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 January 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
no, i think he did retain rights to some revenues, though not nearly as much as he should have gotten. just from the billboard article, it mentions:
One of the first moves Concord made was to reinstate and increase Fogerty’s artist royalties, which Fogerty had relinquished to Zaentz in 1980 to get out of his Fantasy deal and had not received in 25 years.
Fogerty, who had retained his writer’s share of his CCR copyrights, also owns the masters and publishing to his solo material, including such hits as “Centerfield,” “Rockin’ All Over the World,” and “Almost Saturday Night.”
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 12 January 2023 20:40 (one year ago) link
a chooglehead can provide more detail. and i'm not sure how retaining the writer's share of the copyright compares to artist royalties and owning the masters and publishing. it's probably peanuts, but it wouldn't be zero.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 12 January 2023 20:43 (one year ago) link
Writer and publisher shares are usually 50/50 each; writer royalties legally can't be below 50%.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
^^^ so he probably did OK, but had to watch a lot of $ go to his hated nemesis
― sleeve, Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
Yeah, they were sufficiently high that he didn't have to release records or tour for 10 years!
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
Thanks!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link
We should have a poll of biggest record executive assholes: Zaentz, Allen Klein, the Bert Berns, who else?
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:02 (one year ago) link
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― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:03 (one year ago) link
Plenty of small label owners to add to such a list! Most of them in fact.
― the billy sherwood of trad jazz (Matt #2), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:04 (one year ago) link
Greg Ginn belongs on that list for sure, and Tony whatsisname from Victory Records.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:21 (one year ago) link
Armen Boladian for sure
Matthew Katz should count
― birdistheword, Friday, 13 January 2023 00:46 (one year ago) link
Ginn is really bad
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:56 (one year ago) link
The Homestead guys
― Vexatious litigant (morrisp), Friday, 13 January 2023 00:58 (one year ago) link
Don RobeyMorris Levy
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 13 January 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
“John’s songs are some of the chooglinest compositions of the 20th century,” Valentine said.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 13 January 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
Robey, definitely. A complete sack of shit, and until recently, I didn't realize that some believe he coerced Big Mama Thornton into loading the bullet that killed Johnny Ace into his gun.
― birdistheword, Friday, 13 January 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link
(I doubt the theory myself, but that's only a small part of an article detailing how terrible Robey was.)
― birdistheword, Friday, 13 January 2023 01:37 (one year ago) link
Was driving around this morning and "Commotion" came on, so you know what I did?
I turned that shit *up*.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 January 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
I think someone was intentionally making a statement, playing that song on the sound-system one day in Walmart just before Christmas.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 16 January 2023 15:08 (one year ago) link
A manager rather than a record company guy but hard to beat this guy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Polley
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Monday, 16 January 2023 15:08 (one year ago) link
If you include managers, Peter Grant has to be near the top of the list.
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Monday, 16 January 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
Grant didn’t steal from, or otherwise rip off, his bands. But he got in way over his head thinking that surrounding Zeppelin with his gangster buddies, and using brute force bullying tactics, was a good idea. Zep got their money, and control over their work, but Grant did tremendous damage (physical and emotional) along the way. Not for nothing did Plant and Page take on Who/Judas Priest manager Bill Curbishley for the UnLeded records/tours.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 January 2023 15:51 (one year ago) link
Sweet hitchakikah
― calstars, Saturday, 4 February 2023 16:03 (one year ago) link
The red 15 means "not allowed." I tried.
https://phildellio.tripod.com/choogled.jpg
― clemenza, Friday, 3 March 2023 02:55 (one year ago) link
"Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" has recently crossed the Billion spins threshold on Spotify, with "Fortunate Son" coming up next with almost 924 Million plays.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 3 March 2023 03:09 (one year ago) link
How much $ does that translate to
― calstars, Friday, 3 March 2023 03:50 (one year ago) link
around 3 million dollars?
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 3 March 2023 07:06 (one year ago) link