I wonder what the "Stratus" sampling cost them in terms of publishing
>>royalties ?
>I bet it cost a fair bit. It isn't just a sneaky sample, it's like the
>whole song!
>I know that when The Verve did Bitter Sweet Symphony, the orchestral bit
>is from a classical version of the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time"
>performed by the Loog-Oldham orchestra. They got stung for every penny!
>Then again that track kick-started their careers to big time, and I
>think in Massive Attack's case, it added to a brilliant debut album and
>they've never looked back.
Mind you....The Verve used the sample without permission and were pretty
powerless to stop Alan Klein (the owner of the copwrite) asking for 100% of
the publishing royalties. Must amount to a great deal of money....
I guess that Massive Attack were better advised to pay the dues to Billy
Cobham up front, and probably have made a damn site more cash as a result.
Matt Mullen
mcfly@tcp.co.uk