Classic KFMC Rock News
For March 10, 2010
***The surviving members of PINK FLOYD have sued record label EMI over the marketing of their music, as well as payment of online royalties. According to the BBC, the band is disputing the way payments for their digital sales are calculated and is seeking a ruling on whether EMI is allowed to sell individual tracks from their albums, as opposed to “bundles.” Regarding the latter issue, Floyd’s attorney ROBERT HOWE says that EMI claims that the sale of individual album tracks applies only to physical product and not to digital product. Howe adds that this practice, quote, “Makes no commercial sense.”
Pink Floyd has been signed to EMI for over four decades. Apart from THE BEATLES, their back catalog is the most lucrative in rock music.
***Will GUNS N’ ROSES perform three “secret” shows as part of their current South American tour? Accounts differ. JAMISON ERNEST, the tour's organizer, says the band is planning “secret” performances in Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro in the near future. However, FERNANDO LEBEIS, the son of AXL ROSE’s personal assistant, has shot down this claim in a post on a Guns N’ Roses fan site. Lebeis writes, “Sorry guys, there will not be three secret shows in South America...Some people just need to be quiet and enjoy the sun.” Guns N’ Roses is currently in the midst of their first South American tour since 1992.
***The DOORS documentary When You’re Strange opens theatrically April 9th in select markets. In anticipation of the film’s release, Rhino Records is releasing a trio of Doors albums before the film hits theaters. The first two are live albums that will arrive on March 16th. Both Live in New York and Absolutely Live were recorded in 1970 and will be reissued as double-album sets on vinyl, with remastering done by The Doors’ original co-producer, BRUCE BOTNICK. These will set you back about 35 dollars apiece.
Then on April 6th, the soundtrack to When You’re Strange will be released. This album is a must for any Doors fan as it includes not only studio versions of classics like “L.A. Woman,” “Touch Me,” “Five to One” and “People Are Strange,” but also live versions of other songs, interview clips with all four band members and many of JIM MORRISON’s poems read by none other than JOHNNY DEPP, who also narrates the film. When You're Strange: Songs from the Motion Picture will cost you about 19 bucks on CD and 12 dollars digitally
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