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It's amazing how much music those guys actually did and never really got the credit they deserved.

I looked at Tommy Tedesco's sheets and saw that he played on the BatMan theme and the show..... then just by coincidence, my wife, who is the TV watcher and channel surfer in this house, just happened to flip into the BATMAN show from the 60's and we watched the show.... I was listening to the music..... and when the credits rolled..... you guessed it, no credits to the musicians who played the music.


Probably because of the way they sold their work. Musician for hire in those days was probably not much different than paying somebody by the hour to dig a ditch.

Looking back, all of these guys and gals probably kick themselves for not having a better understanding of the contractual side of the music business... but then, that's also probably why they got so much work. The people who KNEW the business side knew they were working by the hour, not asking for residuals or recognition, and they jumped at the chance to get that much skill for so little compensation.


They had some of these guys washing windows when there were no sessions going on! That tells you how they regarded them... The movie is just lip service, and that's free.

Harry Nilsson washing windows

In fact, the people who own the rights to the music in the movie will be the ones who make most of the money from this film... not the Wrecking crew. So in a way the same guys are screwing the Wrecking Crew all over again, using their story as an opportunity to make money in a spinoff kinda way..

I'd love to know what the wrecking crew musicians are making from this film... and what the owners of the song rights are making.

Last edited by Pat Marr; 03/13/15 04:54 AM. Reason: added Nilsson link
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