While most people probably assume that anyone who was ever a rock star is rich and famous for life, that's unfortunately not true for some. That's why the estates of two late members of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, are suing Sony Music Entertainment UK.
As Far Out reported, their case states that Redding and Mitchell (who died in 2003 and 2008, respectively) have been "consistently excluded" from their share of revenue from the albums Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland.
On Dec. 9, Simon Malynicz KC, who is representing the estates of both musicians, told the court that The Jimi Hendrix Experience “was one of the most commercially successful acts of its era," but Redding and Mitchell “were excluded early on in their lifetimes” and “died in relative poverty." Malynicz also accused Sony of being "a major multinational which refuses to recognize or remunerate their copyright and performers’ right.”
According to Malynicz, the musicians' successors should have been entitled to a share of revenue via inheritable property rights upon their deaths.
The case is seeking to "ensure not only that justice is done to the memory of Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, but it can also give effect to James Marshall Hendrix’s wishes. For surely, he would have wanted his fellow musicians to receive everything to which they are entitled.”
Sony Music Entertainment UK has refuted these claims via written submissions from a representative which state that the original recording copyright belonged to the albums’ producers instead of the musicians.
Following the death of Jimi Hendrix in 1970, both Redding and Mitchell sold their share of the rights, resulting in payments of $100,000 to the former and $247,500 to the latter. However, neither musician believed at the time that their music would continue to make as much money as it has over the years. Sony attempted to use these sales to get the case thrown out, but in January of 2024, the London high court gave the case permission to go to trial.
Considering the fact that Redding and Mitchell were both a huge part of why The Jimi Hendrix Experience went on to become one of the most legendary acts in rock history, it seems only fair that their successors should be adequately compensated.
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