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In the jazz world bassist Charles Mingus owned many of his masters and in the Latin world bassist Bobby Valentin did the same thing. Many artists self-financed as they did not want to owe the company store and they often struck better deals in the process. If I am.not mistaken Tom Waits also did this at a certain point with his latest label Epitaph. But perhaps the most remarkable example was Frank Zappa who owned every album he ever made. Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless -----Original message----- From: Bob Olhsson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 03:37:46 GMT+00:00 Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Morning reading: One take on patents, somewhat related to discussions we've had on copyrights, plus a take on copyrights -----Original Message----- From Michael Biel: " You often tell us you worked for Motown. What Motown performer owns their masters?" Motown was launched by Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson buying back the lease of their master "Shop Around" from Chess as it climbed the charts! I know for a fact that Stevie Wonder owns all of his masters and I'm sure a number of the others do also. It's a pretty common part of any popular artist's second record deal with the same label. When I started asking around a few years ago I was shocked by how common master leases have actually been. Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control Over 40 years making people sound better than they ever imagined! 615.562.4346 http://www.bobolhsson.com http://audiomastery.com