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Post by XxbagpussxX on Mar 18, 2006 9:11:53 GMT
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Post by MissJoy on Mar 18, 2006 16:20:09 GMT
"Traditionally, when a record is this massive, everyone wants to claim credit for its success." That's what I think too.
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Post by willjames on Mar 20, 2006 23:31:36 GMT
My only question is;- 'why has it taken him so long to come out of the woodwork?'
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katey
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Post by katey on Mar 22, 2006 21:43:30 GMT
I just think that everyone seems to be trying to cash in on his sucess in whatever way possible now.
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Post by XxbagpussxX on May 14, 2007 13:22:30 GMT
A little update on this story: www.pr-inside.com/blunt-s-claim-for-album-royalties-r123048.htmBritish singer JAMES BLUNT has issued a summons from London's High Court in an attempt to earn royalties from his successful debut album Back To Bedlam. The Beautiful hitmaker's earnings from his 2004 release were suspended after producer Lukas Burton claimed he had not been given any credit for his work on six tracks on the album. Burton alleged the songs he was given by Blunt were "crude, occasionally laughably direct and betrayed his relative lack of musicianship" - before personally amending the lyrics ahead of the album's release. But Blunt hopes to overturn the ruling and has issued the writ in the High Court to get his royalties reinstated.
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Post by XxbagpussxX on Jul 17, 2007 20:55:18 GMT
This story keeps on cropping up.... www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007320929,00.html Blunt goes back to war
WHEN JAMES BLUNT left the Army for a career in music, he must have thought his war days were behind him.
But the poshest man in pop is now fighting another furious battle — in the High Court.
The singer is suing producer Lukas Burton in a row over millions of pounds worth of royalties from James’s debut album Back To Bedlam.
The disc has sold more than 11 MILLION copies and is the world’s second biggest album this century after DIDO’s No Angel.
Now James will be forced to take the stand in court with all guns blazing — revealing exact details of where and when he wrote some of his most famous tracks.
Royalty payments for the tunes have been suspended after Lukas — who has also produced songs for SIR PAUL McCARTNEY and Dido — claimed he played a big part in them, only for James to later sever all ties with him.
A source said: “Now that James is a multi-millionaire star it seems a string of people are expecting a slice of the cake.
“This dispute with Lukas has been rumbling for a while — and James has decided to take action.”
He is asking the court to rule that he and his publishing company, EMI, own copyright to the six disputed tracks — Goodbye My Lover, No Bravery, Cry, I Don’t Believe, I Really Want You and Don’t Lose Yourself.
According to the powder-keg writ served by James, Burton claims he co-authored the songs and is after a slice of the profits.
But James reckons precise details he will give of how he created the hits will prove vital ammo in the fight ahead.
The chart-topper will tell the court that he wrote No Bravery while serving with the British Army in Pristina, Kosovo, in August 1999.
He says Goodbye My Lover was penned at his London flat in September 2000, while Cry came in the summer of 2001 and I Don’t Believe was written during a stay at his parents’ Hampshire home in 1989.
He adds that I Really Want You was composed at three places — his flat in Bristol in 1994, in the open air outside Burton’s Los Angeles studio in late 2001 and at James’s London home in 2002.
Finally, he says Don’t Lose Yourself was composed at his Bristol flat in 1994.
I really feel for James on this one. Since he hit the big time, everyone has been trying to get a piece of his pie and now a huge chunk of his royalties are being held back.
I have had a good listen to James’s eagerly awaited second album, All The Lost Souls, which comes out at the end of September.
And it’s very clear to me that James is more than capable of writing smash hits all on his own.
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