paul secor

Thank you for everything you gave us, Mr. King.

Marty Cook & the New York Sound Explosion: Trance (Circle)

Nat Turner John Wheelwright Hoagy Carmichael

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/arts/music/johnny-gimble-who-fiddled-his-way-from-a-flatbed-truck-to-fame-dies-at-88.html?_r=0

Ran Blake: Film Noir (Arista Novus)

Emmett Kelly Hobo Bill The Lady Who's a Tramp

Something like that must bring up all sorts of feelings. I can only begin to imagine.

Johnny Hodges: The Smooth One (Verve)

The Bride of Frankenstein The Bachelor Pete Fountain

Blind Lemon Jefferson Blind Boy Grunt Robert Zimmerman

Yes. Reminds me of when music in general was new to me. I'd buy a new album, listen to it excitedly and steadily for a week, and get to know it well. Not like today.

Reading this, I was reminded of a similar situation with Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Here's a repost from sometime back on these forums: Big Beat Steve, on Jul 11 2009, 02:22 PM, said: Or did you ever give a consideration to the RCA material recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup and how he was cheated out of the royalties even at a time when Elvis tried to get him his due but RCA backed off at the very last minute and said No at a time when Crudup already was an old and ill man who could have used every penny (and it would have ben PEANUTS to the RCA bosses). paul secor, on July 11, 2009 said: But to get matters straight about Arthur Crudup - It was actually a publishing company, Hill & Range, that reneged at the last minute on paying Arthur Crudup for back royalties. Dick Waterman, in his book, Between Midnight and Day, tells the complete story. Arthur Crudup died shortly after this incident. On his way back from the funeral in Virginia, Dick Waterman spoke with an associate of a lawyer he had used to negotiate a contract for Bonnie Raitt. The lawyer suggested that they file suit to stop record companies from paying further royalties to Hill & Range. Chappell music was in the process of buying Hill & Range, and refused to go forward with the deal unless the legal matter was settled. A deal was reached, and Arthur Crudup's heirs received an initial payment of $248,000. The initial one time settlement that Hill & Range reneged on was for $60,000. Dick Waterman writes that he was present when the first check was issued, and that over the past 30+ years Arthur Crudup's estate has received around three million dollars in royalty payments. From everything I've read over the years, Dick Waterman comes across as an honest guy, so I have no reason to doubt what he wrote in his book. I imagine that there are those here who would say that Arthur Crudup's family shouldn't receive royalty money because Mr. Crudup died before the settlement came about. No comment from me on that.

Ruth Rendell: The Vault Picked this up at the library shortly before I read of her passing. Ok, but judging from reviews it seems she wrote better novels than this one.

I'll give it a shot. This has little to do with government. It's not clear whether songwriters, for example, are paid for the use of their compositions. Moreover, Concord (to use one example) paid the original owners of Fantasy for the recording masters. Given the timing of their purchase (at the start of the record industry's decline), it's hard to say it was a wise purchase. Surely they have the right to make money off these masters. These cheap sets make it harder for them to do so. My assumption is that Concord still pays royalties to the musicians (at least the leaders) and for sure to composers. Joe and Michael, I'm confident that Concord is paying somebody. But I doubt that they are paying the musicians and the composers because I suspect that for most of those great '50s jazz albums, the musicians and the composers are dead. So Concord is paying "the heirs and assigns." You will recall that I assumed that I have a moral duty to certain people such as the musicians. Did they have a right to transfer my moral duty? It's not obvious to me that they did. Have you ever received a bequest or legacy of any kind? Do you plan to leave one to your family? Musicians are people and citizens, and they have the right to leave what they have to their families.

Family, lawyers, and money - always a bad combination.

Another thanks.

For many, the JSP fell into a different category, because John R.T. Davies worked from original 78s to remaster and reissue the material - much the same as he and some others did with the Frog, Jazz Oracle, and other labels - rather than just making digital copies of other people's work.

Both Columbia and JSP (remastered by John R.T. Davies) have released reasonably priced and good sounding issues of this material. I would think that if anyone else issues it, it's only to make a quick buck.