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. >> >> **************************************************************************** >> >> >> >> >