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A Lawyerly Look at The Beatles Break Up... And More Part 2

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Tasingegade's picture

and I enjoy learning that a fellow lawyer is also a fellow music lover and gearhead. Good writing takes a complicated concept and makes it simple - nicely done describing fiduciary relationships and in explaining how under-handed Klein's conduct was here! Mike, I like how the content you post on your pages here is something for everyone and welcomes all record lovers, including Kanye-loving teenagers to beatles-era JDs.

Michael Fremer's picture
There's room for all thoughts and music
Glotz's picture

This was such a fun read. And the ABKCO release section is equally cool and beneficial to readers!

Kudos! More of this please...

R Wade's picture

Thanks Michael. Great article. Hopefully Joshua can make additional "legal" contributions to AP in the future--especially regarding the Beatles.

Lemon Curry's picture

I really appreciated how you captured the Jeckyl and Hyde aspect of Klein. His take no prisoners approach was exactly what was needed at first. Apple was a mess and the band wasn't seeing enough money for their work. Klein fixed all that. But like Patton after the war was won, those skills destroyed everything he fixed. The pure evil of trying to switch sides and scam George Harrison,establishing a case study of what client abuse looks like is hard for any normal person to understand.
Greatness, and failure. You nailed it quite well.

swimming1's picture

Don't you feel sorry for the Beatles and lawyers,too?

Paul Boudreau's picture

“…which made him look like fat Elvis in a brown business suit.” Ha!

Also, an inflation calculator tells me that $13 US in 1971 equates to nearly $85 today - no wonder I couldn’t afford one back then.

Mile High Audio's picture

Thoughtful, educational, informative, entertaining and well written - a real gem of an article. Great stuff and thank you so much!

Tom L's picture

The various lawyers, of course.
How could it be otherwise?

Forest11's picture

Taking a lawyerly look at The Beatles' breakup and related legal matters is a fascinating exploration of how complex situations can arise even in the world of music. Just as 
Paul Mankin, an attorney skilled in handling intricate cases, helps navigate legal complexities, legal insights shed light on the intricacies of iconic band breakups and the contractual aspects that often underpin them. It underscores the importance of legal expertise in various facets of our culture, revealing the legal dimensions behind even the most celebrated musical journeys.

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A Lawyerly Look at The Beatles Break Up... And More

L-R: Allen Klein, George, Ravi. (Photo: Leonard Detrick/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
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Justin Pearson and Pedro Silva (cello); Katherine Rockhill, piano
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Bach Cello Suites
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Chasing the Dragon 5 180g LPs
Cred Prod: 
Mike Valentine, Francoise Valentine
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Mike Valentine
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Mike Valentine
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John Webber, Air Studios
Chasing The Dragon, a British audiophile label that has been around for about ten years now, has distinguished itself with digital and analog releases that can fairly be said to have pushed the state of the art in recorded sound. As is not the case with many audiophile labels, the founders Mike and Françoise Valentine have paid equal attention to the musical contents of their label, notably with classical music and jazz, for which oftener than not they eschew studios in favor of venues where acoustic music is typically performed, such as concert halls or other places with appropriately sympathetic acoustics (e.g., churches). One of the best concert recordings I own is CTD’s 45-RPM album with the Interpreti Veneziani Chamber Orchestra in marvelously stylish, spirted performances of pieces by Vivaldi, Marais, and Sarasate, so beautifully captured—London’s St. John’s Smith Square the venue—that if you set the level right and close your eyes, you easily imagine yourself transported to the best seat in the house (VAL45001). Even their studio recordings are so carefully miked they don’t sound studio bound: the singer Clare Teal’s A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, with Chris Dean leading The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, is sonically of reference caliber and musically so stylistically on point as an example of Swing that but for the sonics you’d swear it was made in the 1940s. These are but two albums from a pretty impressive catalog. For a small label to concentrate its repertoire on classical and vintage jazz is not without risk in this day and age, and it is testament to the Valentines’ expertise, taste, commitment, and courage that they have maintained such high sonic and musical standards.

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Artist: 
Calling Cadence
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Calling Cadence
Cred Label: 
Hi-Res HRRLP1 180g AAA LP
Cred Prod: 
Matt Linesch and David Swartz
Cred Eng: 
Matt Linesch
Cred Mix: 
Matt Linesch
Cred Mast: 
Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
The Southern California retro-band Calling Cadence signed to Hi-Res Records recently released an eponymously titled debut album recorded, mixed and mastered "the way they used to" make albums: recorded and mixed to analog tape and mastered by Kevin Gray from the analog master tape, and pressed at RTI on 180g vinyl. The cover image of an 8-track tape helps seal the retro-deal as does the music.

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When the CD of this release arrived months ago, I looked at it and figured it was an Armstrong compilation and so put it aside. Nothing on the "jewel" case gave any indication that it was anything but and there was no accompanying press blurb.

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Louis Armstrong All-Stars
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A Gift to Pops
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Verve B0034365 LP
Cred Prod: 
Wycliffe Gordon
Cred Eng: 
Misha Kachkachishvili
Cred Mix: 
Misha Kachkachishvili
Cred Mast: 
Misha Kachkachishvili, lacquers cut by Joe Nino-Hernes
When the CD of this release arrived months ago, I looked at it and figured it was an Armstrong compilation and so put it aside. Nothing on the "jewel" case gave any indication that it was anything but and there was no accompanying press blurb.

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