Albums we'd like to see

[Gary Allen]

Do The Shads actually make money when a compilation of the hits are released ?

[hoffers]

The Shads will of course get composer royalties for tracks they wrote.
I remember Jet saying he used to look forward to his royalty cheques as it was a decent amount most times, not so much for composing but for radio plays etc.

Mr Purdon is spot on saying we can easily make up our own favourite/themed albums.

Shame we've not had a newly recorded 'Shadows' album since 1990!!!
Bruce said everything would be compared with previous releases if they recorded new material, but so what, the market is still there, albeit smaller.

Hoffs

[howarddobson]

It's true we can make our own collections.

I tried making a Cliff and Shads playlist - but I still think a collection benefits from an expert eye in terms of running order and even the rills, the gaps between the songs. Just seems to flow better.

I know we've got these songs on loads of collections - but in terms of selling to an external general market I think it could work.

Gets a good message across - how many artists could put out a number ones album? Not many.

[Didier]

Do The Shads actually make money when a compilation of the hits are released ?

They don't for everything recorded for EMI. According to what Bruce wrote in his book, the Shadows didn't renew their contract with EMI in 1980 because they were denied a better contract involving rights on their future recordings.
Of course they still have royalties for their own compositions.

Didier

[Gary Allen]

The Shads will of course get composer royalties for tracks they wrote.
I remember Jet saying he used to look forward to his royalty cheques as it was a decent amount most times, not so much for composing but for radio plays etc.

Mr Purdon is spot on saying we can easily make up our own favourite/themed albums.

Shame we've not had a newly recorded 'Shadows' album since 1990!!!
Bruce said everything would be compared with previous releases if they recorded new material, but so what, the market is still there, albeit smaller.

Hoffs

Hi Tony,Theres a lot of standards that could be covered from the last 23 years, The Polydor era was great,some dodgy themes but great interpretations, Maybe the problem is that they would have to be approached and financed by a record company,although the option is still there to email protools sessions to each other and release it off their own backs. regards Gary

[Gary Allen]

Do The Shads actually make money when a compilation of the hits are released ?

They don't for everything recorded for EMI. According to what Bruce wrote in his book, the Shadows didn't renew their contract with EMI in 1980 because they were denied a better contract involving rights on their future recordings.
Of course they still have royalties for their own compositions.

Didier

Hi Didier, Thats probably why the original version of Apache wasnt used for the mattesons ad, regards Gary

[JimN]

Do The Shads actually make money when a compilation of the hits are released ?

They don't for everything recorded for EMI. According to what Bruce wrote in his book, the Shadows didn't renew their contract with EMI in 1980 because they were denied a better contract involving rights on their future recordings.
Of course they still have royalties for their own compositions.

Didier

Not renewing a recording contract simply means that the artist is no longer contracted to make records. It doesn't mean that they don't get royalties on recordings they've already made.

If EMI issue a CD with Apache on it (and they're about to just that), the Shadows members (estates or successors in the cases of Tony and Jet) will still receive a royalty.

On the other hand, if one of the current crop of issuers of royalty-free records issues a Shadows track more than fifty years old, there'll be no royalties on sales of that disc.

JN

[Gary Allen]

Hi Jim, Does this mean that anyone can release a compilation of Shads hits? regards Gary

[JimN]

Hi Jim, Does this mean that anyone can release a compilation of Shads hits? regards Gary

Provided that they are not sourcing from a copyrighted digital re-master, anyone can currently re-release any recording which was released at least fifty years earlier. Actually, that has long been the situation; it isn't new.

It is part of the reason why (for instance) the Hallmark label constantly re-releases albums on CD where the material has clearly been lifted from a vinyl LP.

I understand that this situation will change before the end of 2013.

[Gary Allen]

Thanks Jim, I didnt know that. regards Gary