> Michael sold them years ago to Sony, so the remaining Beatles will never > see them again. Sad thing for Paul, as he actually had the chance to > buy them back in the early 80s, but didn't have enough money. He asked > Yoko to pitch in, and she said no. So Michael bought them!
Actually, it was the late Robert Holmes a Court who purchased them. He then offered them to Michael Jackson as part of the deal to get him to appear on Telethon. Those old enough to remember Jackson's efforts at live television at the time will probably consider it one of Homes a Court's less inspired business decisions. Just as an aside, one of the other sweeteners offered to Jackson was a Telethon Fellowship for overseas study to be named after him. Imagine that, the Michael Jackson Telethon Fellow in Paediatrics! This fellowship was only awarded once to my knowledge (to me) before the ATO nobbled the overseas Telethon Fellowships, and since 1992 all Telethon Fellowships have been awarded for research and/or advanced studies within Australia. Regards, John -- John Winters Phone +61 8 9367 9277 Fax +61 8 9367 9244 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Rod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:31:00 +0800 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: Memo To Steve Jobs - Let It Be > > <snip> > >> >> Maybe they are still smarting over selling the rights to most of the >> music, if memory serves me correctly (which would be novel), one of the >> few tracks Paul actually hung onto was his little baby The Long and >> Winding Road, you'll need to speak to Michael Jackson for most of the >> rest, which may be going cheap soon... >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Paul >> > > Michael sold them years ago to Sony, so the remaining Beatles will never > see them again. Sad thing for Paul, as he actually had the chance to > buy them back in the early 80s, but didn't have enough money. He asked > Yoko to pitch in, and she said no. So Michael bought them! > > The Beatles signed over the rights to their songs very early in their > careers. I guess they were convinced that selling albums would make > them more money than owning the rights to their songs. > > Not to worry for billionaire Paul, as he owns a lot of other music, such > as the Buddy Holly catalogue, a bucketload of musicals. If he can't > have is own, then he'll buy everyone else's! > > Seeya > > Rod! > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >
