1979 contract

[url]https://www.backstageauctions.com/catalog/1583-queen-1979-original-recording-contract-summary-contractual-commitments/ai/0/31965[/url]

Look at the third photo.

This is absolutely fascinating - the proposed Live At The Rainbow album was lurking in their minds years after the fact, and they still had to draw up legal paperwork to specifically prevent its release.

John Reid may have sorted out their legal stuff in 1976/77 and even managed to secure their retroactive publishing, but he couldn't get the rights to something that hadn't been released.

Out of principle Queen didn't want the Trident guys to make another dime off their backs. It was clearly personal, not about the music.

As if we needed proof of who leaked the audio to bootleggers in 1975 after things went south, for what became Sheetkeeckers.

The press release for the Rainbow box set 5 years ago came out days before Norman Sheffield's death. This is surely not a coincidence.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall at any point in this process.

Wow interesting! Thanks!

-Chin

Yeah that is interesting. Around that time Bowie was arguing that his live 'Stage' album counted as 2 LPS to get to the end of his contract quicker. The label were having none of it. Interestingly, it contained no duplicates with his earlier 'David Live' album (no mean feat - both records released 2 tours apart had 17 tracks each) - I wonder if a similar 'percentage unrecorded' material was in his contract.

The translations are hilarious!! Hahaha! “Donde esta el bano.. mi estoy cagando.”

[QUOTE] [b]Jake12 wrote:[/b]

The translations are hilarious!! Hahaha! “Donde esta el bano.. mi estoy cagando.” [/QUOTE]

Right, I'd linked to the wrong one:

www.backstageauctions.com/catalog/1582-queen-1981-original-japan-south-america-tour-crew-itinerary/ai/0/31964

But that made me chuckle too.

The 1979 contract is the one in question.

Is there anything in the contract about brown M&Ms?

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

Is there anything in the contract about brown M&Ms?[/QUOTE]

ha ! Someone would have to buy it to find out.

Luckily they included this page in the samples. It's a bombshell.

To be a fly on the wall indeed!

I remember reading somewhere years ago that Freddie blocked the release of a 1975 live album back in the 70s. I can't remember exactly where I read it.

Great to have a Van Halen Moment in this board the brown M&M question made ja smile. To bad Eddie Van Halen is suffering from cancer again.

Awesome.

Thanks for the posts Mr Wizard

Thanks for the posts Mr Wizard

That's certainly interesting, thanks for the find!