Colin B wrote:Colin B wrote:Legally & morally, they belong to them don't they ?Nolan Truth wrote:No.
Well, if RCA/Sony or whoever paid for the original studio session, but the tapes have been illegally acquired by the bootlegger, surely legal ownership of the recordings remains with them ?
If not, aren't they in the public domain by now ?
The tapes were being skipped by Radio Recorders on a clean out, RCA were contacted but at that time showed no interest in wanting nor collecting them.
They were saved, not illegally required, by a certain individual and his family , and that is the start of the story of how this original tape got out there. Bootleggers over the years got copies.
Coming up to date, anything unreleased on those ‘61 sessions is now in the public domain.
Here is THE original tape in question that was sold at auction.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/ ... ece4ffca7d
The consigner of this collection acquired this unique master tape directly from the Greenfield family. Jerome Greenfield was the General Manager of Radio Recorders at the time of the recording. After his death, in the process of clearing out his estate, his son found a number of unmarked boxes containing master reels from over 40 years ago.
The purchaser of this original Radio Recorders real is unknown.