thetijuanataxi said:According to my sources, Univer$sal still owns the rights to the TJB compilations. So I wouldn't expect a new one from Shout Factory.
chriscraft-guy said:There was a comment in an earlier post from someone regarding Universal's ownership of the Alpert catalog.
Captain Bacardi said:That's not what the post said. First of all, Herb Alpert owns the masters to his own music as part of a lawsuit that was settled a couple of years ago. The post you refer to is that Uni owns the compilations of the Alpert/TJB stuff, which is basically irrelevant anyway, since Herb owns his own masters.
Which brings up the questions - Who DOES own the rights to the compilations? Did Herb get all exclusive rights with the lone exception being the DEFINITIVE HITS compilation on A&M/Universal in the States?
All of the other compilations here were withdrawn from the market. Was that forced by the settlement? Is it a moritorium on the titles for "X" number of years until Herb has had his shot at releasing the actual albums elsewhere?
Or are the original-concept compilations part of the deal? That is, will we be seeing SOLID BRASS, GREATEST HITS, GH 2, etc. on Shout! Factory farther out in time after the re-issues are through? Or will those rights revert to A&M/Universal after a period of time?
Are there international loopholes in this settlement which keeps around two 'foreign' compilations alive in the A&M/Universal fold (THE VERY BEST OF HERB ALPERT and A&M GOLD SERIES)?
I wish we had some more substantial information, but all we have is that many original albums will be released this year starting in February, along with the LOST TREASURES.
Harry
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