exile on main st was the 1971 rolling stones album with a working zipper.
exile on main st was the 1971 rolling stones album with a working zipper.
1971 rolling stones album with a working zipper?
exile on main st
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sticky fingers is the ninth british and eleventh american studio album by the english rock band the rolling stones, released in april 1971. it is the band's first album of the decade and the first release on the band's new label rolling stones records, after having been contracted since 1963 with decca records in the uk and london records in the us. it is also mick taylor's first full-length appearance on a rolling stones album and the first rolling stones album not to feature any contributions from guitarist and founder brian jones.
sticky fingers
the split between klein and the stones led to years of litigation. in 1971 the stones sued klein over u.s. publishing rights. the suit was settled the following year, with the stones receiving $1.2 million as a settlement of all american royalties earned up to that point (and was essentially the $1.25m advance that decca had paid the stones in 1965 that klein had been withholding since august 1965). however, the stones were unable to break their contract with klein, who held an additional $2 million of the stones' money to be paid over a 15-year period, ostensibly for tax purposes. klein's company, abkco, continued to control the rights to publish the stones' music and it was klein who made a fortune off the band's all-time best-selling album, "hot rocks 1964–1971". in 1972 klein alleged that some of the songs on their album "exile on main street" had been composed while the stones were still under contract with abkco. as a result, abkco acquired ownership of the disputed songs and was able to publish another rolling stones album, "more hot rocks (big hits and fazed cookies)". in 1974 negotiations over royalties led to a payment of $375,000 to the stones and abkco's release of an additional rolling stones album, "metamorphosis". in 1975 more lawsuits and negotiations resulted in a $1m payment to the stones for non-payment by klein of songwriting royalties, and the release of four rolling stones albums including "rock and roll circus" and "". in 1984 jagger and richards sued to break their publishing agreement with abkco because of non-payment of royalties. the judge encouraged the two sides to reach a settlement.
allen klein