[atlantaprog] Re: Z-Axis last Sunday (10/31)

Hey Allan,
Good tune.

Adrian Belew did the same thing for a song on his Young Lions album.  (Highly 
recommended BTW!)  The vocals on that song came from an off-the-air recording 
Adrian made of a radio preacher.  I don't know for sure if the recording was of 
a live performance or from a broadcast recording nor whether any sermon-, 
script-, or speech-writers were involved. I doubt Mr. Belew was ever able to 
determine those kinds of details.

Adrian has said he looked (and record company lawyers looked) for the preacher 
and couldn't find him but that the man's royalties awaited if he should ever 
turn up.  I guess that includes performance royalties as well as song-writing 
or lyric-writing.  That might be just a bookkeeping entry.  It could be a 
formal escrow bank account.  It could be a legal entity record company setup by 
Atlantic Records' lawyers in trust for the absent preacher.

Here's the fine print from the CD booklet in the hope that if you follow 
Atlantic's example you just might be covered no matter what.

The song-credit for writing "I Am What I Am" is "Belew, Omega" and other album 
credits say the following: 
All lyrics (c)1990 Saika Music Co., ASCAP 
All songs published by Saiko Music Co.
Instruments and vocals by Adrian Belew
With David Bowie vocals on "gunman" and duet on "Pretty Pink Rose"
The voice of The Prophet Omega on "I Am What I Am"
Van Kampen percussion ensemble on "Young Lions"
...
David Bowie courtesy of EMI Records
Van Kampen courtesy of Tomato Records
The Prophet Omega courtesy of Kapusta Records
...
(p)1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation (printed on the disc itself)

I think "Kapusta Records" is a "legal entity" but may be only an "accounting 
entity" used to track the absent Omaga's royalties.  It might even offer legal 
protection in case there is an issue over copyright.  Just remember, I am not a 
lawyer and this is not advice!

looking forward to the new CD,
Nick

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