I downloaded Al Kooper’s live album “Soul of a Man” (1995) from eMusic today. Listening to it right now for the first time, I’m blown away - what a great live album. Sitting here reading old posts on Kooper’s site. This is an interesting segment from 2004 about music publishers. Greedy bastards.

AL’S UPDATES

Second off, the 5.1 SACD Surround Sound versions of SUPER SESSION and CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN are completed and ready for release. There are many difficulties in the world of Surround nowadays. The latest is thus:

SONY wants to release a hybrid disc with a:
1) two track remastered stereo version plus a
2) two track remastered SACD stereo version plus
3) a 5.1 SACD Surround Sound version.

Music publishers are balking about this and demanding to be paid three times the normal royalties because of the three “versions” This has put our babies on hold until all this greediness gets sorted out. Its COMPLETELY out of my hands when these masters will be released. When I know for sure, I will post that info up here ASAP. Soooo, no need to ask about that anymore, okay ?