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Originally Posted by chiliD
That's the thing, HAD they jumped to Arista, they STILL would've owed WB 2 albums. And, that would've just been like taking a cricket bat to a bee hive as far as pending litigation. WHEW! You think the Clifford Davies lawsuit took a toll on the band? THAT series of lawsuits would've just crushed 'em.
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Well I wonder if they would've got around that by releasing a live album (since we know the recordings existed) and an anthology as their 2 remaining WB albums?
This reminds me, does anyone know why Warners shifted FM from Reprise (who they had been with from when they signed in '69 starting with Then Play On) to their main label after the '75 album & before Rumours though Time then back to Reprise for the Dance onwards? Just curious, maybe the Reprise division couldn't handle the distribution needs the main label could for what is deemed to be their big selling artists (as they must then have seen FM as one of those with the white album's success)? What about someone like Gordon Lightfoot who stayed on Reprise through his most popular years? (though granted his success wasn't near FM's etc.)
John