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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: EMI ripping off Bill Nelson of Be-Bop-Deluxe |
| Date | Sun, 27 Jun 2004 04:09:59 -0500 |
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At 04:31 PM 6/26/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>In any case, what happened here is a shame, but Nelson (in
>my opinion) let it slide for YEARS...and he really shouldn't
>be complaining about what happened when he really should
>have done *something* to fix the problem decades ago....
>he let too much time go by to be this angry about his own
>mistakes....As he said when this was written, he had at the
>time, had a "30 year professional life in music" -- he certainly
>should have stayed involved in the accounting of his own
>royalties....
After I read it I felt the same way - he should have taken care of his
contractual problems when he was recording for EMI. Was Be-Bop Deluxe a
successful band in the UK?
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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