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What's the current status of the Tradition catalog? John Ross At 1/31/2008 09:07 AM, you wrote: >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:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Smolian >Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 5:37 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >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" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >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. > >****************************************************************************