A wealth of live recordings will be released from the BBC broadcast archives for the first time ever, thanks to a deal between BBC and EMI. While EMI continues to relieve record execs with one hand, it's picking up music catalogs with the other hand. This deal will make previously unreleased music from Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Coldplay, Lily Allen, David Bowie, Kylie Minogue and more available; EMI can even include this material as bonus tracks on their artists' albums and DVDs. The BBC archives also include live radio sessions with Pink Floyd - including songs from their debut album Piper At The Gates Of Dawn! In return, BBC gains increased access to EMI artists for commercial programming, thus leading to more music in the broadcast archives. Whoa, makes me dizzy just thinking about the circulation... According to Billboard:
Both companies will also receive reciprocal royalties for each other's sales, and featured artists will be approached for clearance on each release project.
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Pink Floyd BBC Sessions Part 1 -
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I was wondering if there would be the part that said "and featured artists will be approached for clearance on each release project." Pete Jenner, who was the Floyd's first manager, has commented more than once that the problem with all the old 60s and 70s material is that contractually it's really hard to determine who owns what rights. But the manager and artists will ultimately have to approve it. Wonder how many people you have to speak to on behalf of The Beach Boys? Five minimumplus their lawyers is my guess.
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BTW, that Floyd track was something else.
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glad you dig Jonh! i was quite excited about this news, because i love so much of what i've heard come out of BBC broadcasts. perhaps being in the BBC studio is exciting for the musicians and inspires a great performance. like this Floyd session! there is a part 2 as well:
Enjoy!
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The BBC has released stuff by itself before, notably 'Strange Fruit Records' which was mainly John Peel sessions...