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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: OK, I watched it |
| Date | Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:08:53 -0400 |
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At Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:27:16 CC wrote:
>Speaking of the Rollers, does anyone know if BMG intends to continue the
>reissues of the band's individual albums? I'd rather have domestic issues
>(because I'm a cheapskate), but the British imports have at least been more
>affordable than the Japanese versions, and they've been quite well done.
>I'm looking
>forward to It's A game,
Arista controls these releases. There's a big outstanding legal battle going
on over royalties that has curtailed any re-issues in North America (as
Bell/Arista sold 60 million albums worldwide and the band were never paid a
dime in royalties).
I've also investigated the Canadian-only release of "Ricochet" (aka "The
Brown Bag Album") which was released on Epic. SONY Music has told me that it
was a licensing deal involving the production company that recorded the
album....and the trail on these guys has gone cold :-(
And then there's the spin-off of stinker of an album that was the soundtrack
to the band's "Burning Rubber" movie in '85.....yeesh!
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
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