Tue, 13 May 2003

Noel Redding, RIP

I guess this is one way to know you're getting old - when the musicians you listened to in your youth tune in, turn on and drop out permanently. One tidbit I noticed in this obituary, however, tells a tale about the business practices of record companies, and the real reason they're chasing "pirates" -

His manager Ian Grant ... had been seeking royalties for some of Redding's recordings.

Redding had accepted a $100,000 payment in the 1970s after being told there would be no more releases of Jimi Hendrix Experience material.

But this was before the invention of compact discs and other formats.

Hendrix bassist dies. Noel Redding, bass player with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, dies aged 57. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]

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