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It is my understanding that Everest (Solomon) has agreements that are 
non-exclusive.  That may explain some of the confusion.

Steve Smolian

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From: "David Lennick" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
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> 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.
>>
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