Ex-SHite PhilCohen is discouraged

According to SDE website insider Phil Cohen, in the contact section, scroll you `ll find it.,
no more archival releases for Lennon and McCartney. He gives the reasons why. I`m just the messenger.

For many of the biggest names in classic rock,it is unlikely that there will be any further releases of archival materials, and there are a number of reasons:
1.Legal and contractual disputes.
2.Disgreements between surviving(and often estranged) group members.
3.Disagreements between artists and record companies.
4.Grievances by artists over artist and song publishing royalty rates which were contractually set a half century ago(and seemed fair by the standards of their time)
5.Groups whose one surviving member is adamantly opposed to the release of unreleased material.
6.Good ‘ol record company apathy.
For those reasons, don’t expect to see any further unreleased material from:
Led Zeppelin
John Lennon
YES(Atlantic/ATCO recordings)
Pink Floyd
Traffic
Free
Small Faces(and all “Immediate” label artists)
The Yardbirds
Jimi Hendrix
Paul McCartney and Wings
Aerosmith
The Bee Gees
The Hollies
The Police
Eurythmics
Steely Dan
Cream
Deep Purple(1968-1976 line-ups)
Without these famous names, the Classic rock archival scene is going through a drought. And it is now far from certain that we will see another Beatles album get the Super Deluxe boxed set treatment this year. In a recent interview with America’s “Sound and Vision” magazine, Beatles reissue remixer/supervisor Giles Martin stated that he is going on hiatus from Beatles projects for six months to work on film projects and with other artists. This can be interpreted two ways:That the next Beatles box has already been mixed and mastered….or that there won’t be any Beatles box for 2023.
I know that if there had been any further archival projects by the artists that I’ve mentioned, that I would have putchased them.

The situation over artist and song publishing rates agreed to in the late 1960’s affects 3 Island Records groups: Traffic, Free and Spooky Tooth. This is why the original albums by these groups reverted back to having no bonus tracks, and boxed sets by Free and Spooky Tooth were deleted(Deleted shortly after release, in the case of Spooky Tooth’s “The Island Years”). The surviving members of these groups invoked their right to prohibit the release of unreleased material.

On another forum (of which I am no longer a member) someone has sought my opinion concerning a rumoured release of a previously unreleased Paul McCartney,George Harrison & Ringo Starr “Threetles” recording created with a 1970’s John Lennon cassette demo. Actually, I’ve got nothing against the release the release of another “Threetles” track, but this track and the multi-disc, (possibly remixed) hits package which it will be included in, are a poor, unacceptable substitute for the type of Beatles, John Lennon or Paul McCartney & Wings archival boxed sets that first generation fans wanted.
I am a first generation Beatles fan. I recall The Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. I was seven and a half years old. The Beatles’ disbandment was announced on the month that I turned 14. Excepting some compilations, I have have been a completist Beatles collector. Excepting some of the 1969 Twickenham rehearsals(of which I have at least 15 hours worth), I’ve got every note of Beatles music released officially or unofficially.
Obviously, for The Beatles music to survive into the future and to make money for the record company, it is neccessary to develope new generations of fans. The Beatles music now has 4th generation fans. I’ve got no problem with Universal Music creating new compilations or projects intended to target newer generations of fans(even projects that use technological “Tricks” that may be unacceptable to some original fans. One of these rumoured “Tricks” involves creating computer-generated animation based upon still photographs of the group), but Universal are going too far, by actions that snub or jettison first generation fans; people who would have purchased super deluxe editions of The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul”, John Lennon’s “Sometime in New York City” or “Mind Games” and Paul McCartney & Wings’ “London Town” and “Back To The Egg”. I don’t really think that Universal Music cares about archival boxed sets by any artists any more. Think about this: the people who were teenagers or children in the 1960’s are now between 65 and 75 years old. I’m 67.
One new threetles song is not enough to sustain my enthusiasm. This five month build-up towards the release of “Now and Then” and whatever compilation it may be included in, is a prolonged experience of anxiety and dullness. I’ve never had that kind of experience with upcoming Beatles product before. I am still a CD,DVD,Blu-Ray(and sometimes) vinyl collector, but my focus for the remainder of this year, will be with other artists.