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Ed Chalpin of PPX Studios wins a $1m settlement in the High Court in the USA relating to his rights on Jimi Hendrix recordings, stemming from Hendrix having been a member of Curtis Knight And The Squires on Chalpin's label.Full article:
Roland Rennie (MD, Polydor Records] : Warners in America accepted that Chalpin had a valid claim and paid him some money as compensation. When Chalpin came to me, to try to get money out of Polydor, I told him to bugger off. It eventually came to a court case, after Jimi had died, but the judge blew Chalpin out of the water.
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