Imaginos :Black & Silver

[Stephen Swann]

Rocker22 at AOL.COM writes:
>
> I always thought that CBS didn't like Imaginos and would only release
> Imaginos if it was a BOC album.  And BOC was cooperating with CBS under the
> terms of their contract.   So how did they shaft Albert when they ultimately
> helped get his solo album released?

By not paying him his share of the money, until he finally had to take
them to court to get it...?  Forgive me for sounding exasperated, but
I thought that part was pretty easy to understand.

As for why they didn't, and who was actually responsible, and whether
it was a deliberate effort to screw him, or just gross oversight,
and if so ...whose?... nobody but the principles really know that.

But the fact of the non-payment is not really one of those vague
matters of people's "perceptions" of who was right.  I mean, no money
is no money, regardless of spin doctoring.  As for who is to blame for
it... well, whatever reasons the band and management may have had for
disliking Al, or whatever disagreements they may have with him,
cutting him out of his share of his work probably isn't the way to
express it.

And in the interests of repeating the obvious until we all understand
it, of course there are two sides to the story.  But even if you you
were to assume the worst - that Al was an asshole, and everybody else
were angels bathed in grace, that still doesn't release anybody from
their obligation to pay him for his work.

Steve