Kids on Pink Floyd album sue for royalties
11-26-04, 08:52 PM
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Kids on Pink Floyd album sue for royalties
Agent Says Kids From 'Wall' Owed Royalties
Fri Nov 26, 2:31 PM ET Entertainment - AP
LONDON - Members of the children's chorus who sang on Pink Floyd's anti-authoritarian 1979 hit "Another Brick in the Wall" are owed thousands in payment, a royalties agent said Friday.
Peter Rowan said he was representing one of the group, Peter Thorpe, in a bid for unpaid royalties. Rowan said he hoped other members of the group would join the claim for royalties from a fund set up to compensate session musicians.
Two dozen students from Islington Green School in north London sang on the chart-topping track from the album "The Wall," which was recorded at a nearby studio in 1979.
The song attracted controversy for the chorus sung by the children: "We don't need no education/We don't need no thought control/No dark sarcasm in the classroom/Teachers, leave them kids alone."
"It was seen as being quite improper, and I think it was raised in Parliament that children should have been used for this," said the school's current head teacher, Trevor Averre-Beeson.
"The Wall" has sold more than 23 million copies and is the third best-selling album of all time, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites).
The school received a platinum disc and 1,000 pounds in return for the children's efforts, but the pupils were not paid.
Rowan said the singers could claim money from a fund established in 1997 to give session musicians a percentage of royalties from broadcasts.
"It's a legal right and the money is building up," Rowan said.
"There's probably around 5,000 or 6,000 pounds there already, so they would get a few hundred each."
Linky
I always wondered how much they were paid, wasen't Dark Side in the top 250 for like 20 years or so?
Fri Nov 26, 2:31 PM ET Entertainment - AP
LONDON - Members of the children's chorus who sang on Pink Floyd's anti-authoritarian 1979 hit "Another Brick in the Wall" are owed thousands in payment, a royalties agent said Friday.
Peter Rowan said he was representing one of the group, Peter Thorpe, in a bid for unpaid royalties. Rowan said he hoped other members of the group would join the claim for royalties from a fund set up to compensate session musicians.
Two dozen students from Islington Green School in north London sang on the chart-topping track from the album "The Wall," which was recorded at a nearby studio in 1979.
The song attracted controversy for the chorus sung by the children: "We don't need no education/We don't need no thought control/No dark sarcasm in the classroom/Teachers, leave them kids alone."
"It was seen as being quite improper, and I think it was raised in Parliament that children should have been used for this," said the school's current head teacher, Trevor Averre-Beeson.
"The Wall" has sold more than 23 million copies and is the third best-selling album of all time, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites).
The school received a platinum disc and 1,000 pounds in return for the children's efforts, but the pupils were not paid.
Rowan said the singers could claim money from a fund established in 1997 to give session musicians a percentage of royalties from broadcasts.
"It's a legal right and the money is building up," Rowan said.
"There's probably around 5,000 or 6,000 pounds there already, so they would get a few hundred each."
Linky
I always wondered how much they were paid, wasen't Dark Side in the top 250 for like 20 years or so?
11-26-04, 10:40 PM
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Re: Kids on Pink Floyd album sue for royalties
Originally posted by Lateralus
I always wondered how much they were paid, wasen't Dark Side in the top 250 for like 20 years or so?
I always wondered how much they were paid, wasen't Dark Side in the top 250 for like 20 years or so?
11-27-04, 06:17 AM
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Re: Re: Kids on Pink Floyd album sue for royalties
Originally posted by The_Infidel
What does Dark Side Of The Moon have to do with the kids from The Wall?
What does Dark Side Of The Moon have to do with the kids from The Wall?
Your right, my mistake. 
It has been awhile since I listened to Floyd.Still it was huge album and one of the most recognizable songs in rock & roll and they didn't get anything?
11-29-04, 10:11 AM
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Originally posted by wm lopez
They paid the school back then end of disscusion.
They paid the school back then end of disscusion.
Did the parents all sign releases to the school allowing them to forfeit any rights of their children?
