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Northern SongsItem #: HL.00335947
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Written by Brian Southall, Rupert Perry. The True Story of The Beatles Song Publishing Empire. Omnibus Press. With Softcover. 6.25x9.25 inches. 236 pages. Published by Omnibus Press. (HL.00335947) Free Shipping on this item in orders above $199
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From the moment Beatlemania broke out, Lennon & McCartney's publishing company Northern Songs was a potential goldmine. It would eventually beccome the most valuable catalog of songs in the world. The history of that catalog - how Lennon & McCartney lost it, and the complex financial and legal wranglings that took it into other hands - is the epic music industry story of the 20th century. This detailed investigation contains interviews with the late Dick James' son, Michael Jackson's lawyer, million-selling songwriters and executives from Apple Corp., NEMS, ATV, EMI, and Sony, plus contributions from George Martin and Yoko Ono. The hi-jacking of The Beatles' song catalog is a staggering saga of incompetence, duplicity, and music industry politics. Northern Songs lays it all bare in a groundbreaking investigative book that is as compulsive as it is astounding.