Well, as I work for Madacy, and manage their intellectual property, and have a copy of the purchase agreement, I would disagree in this case. It may be the case with other masters he had, and Bernie Solomon was notorious for trying to sell his catalogue multiple times (it used to be a joke at the NARM (music retailers) convention that Bernie would show up every year to find a new buyer).
MJ
-----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:37 PM To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] TO DAVID LEWIS: Re: Tradition/Everest/Vanguard Classics/Bernie Solomon
It is my understanding that Everest (Solomon) has agreements that are non-exclusive. That may explain some of the confusion.
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] TO DAVID LEWIS: Re: Tradition/Everest/Vanguard Classics/Bernie Solomon
> All very interesting..which reminds me, I need to bother Compendia again > about some old royalties they still owe me for the stuff I did when they > were still Intersound. And fascinating to know that Madacy is no longer a > pirate label. A lot of their "rights" were very debatable, and there was a > time when you could find the identical recordings on Madacy and > Laserlight, right down to the clicks and pops from the original LPs they > stole. > > dl > > Mark Jenkins wrote: >> Even though Artemis Records is defunct, and Danny Goldberg has moved on, >> Sheridan Square Entertainment does still exist, with new owners, and >> owns both Compendia Records and other labels (a portion of V2). It's >> based in Nashville, TN, now and still is overseen by Michael Olsen. >> They still own the rights to the Vanguard catalogue, and I know >> independently that portions of this catalogue are being exploited >> privately online (as there is no formal agreement as of yet, I believe, >> between the parties, I won't go into the details). As for the Everest >> jazz and classical catalogues, of which there has >> been recent discussion, these were purchased from Bernie Solomon by >> Madacy Music Group (now Madacy Entertainment LP) based in Montreal, and >> SOME of the 35mm masters have been licensed to Classic Records of Los >> Angeles. Madacy owns all worldwide rights to these recordings and >> master tapes. >> >> MJ The information in this email is confidential and may be legally >> privileged. >> Access to this email by anyone other than the addressee is unauthorized. >> >> ************************************************************************ **** >> >> >> >> > The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the addressee is unauthorized.
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