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mja6758 on Why was Capitol allowed to release Beatles records in early 1964 if Vee Jay had the rights?

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I'm afraid I've not seen the documentation, my account of what happened is based on my memory of things I have read over the years.

There were other lawsuits involved in the situation, other than the one I referred to. Those mainly came from EMI, and resulted from Vee-Jay's inability to meet royalty payments. The irony of The Beatles success for Vee-Jay was that, ultimately, it destroyed the label. Despite selling over two-and-a-million records by them in 1964, the label did not have the financial stability to meet all the demands that level of success demanded.

Lawsuits did not only come from ...


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