Thanks for your reply and book suggestion. I'll check it out.

I know I have Master rights (recording and production). I know I can register the recordings with a form SR, but I'm okay releasing these to the public domain. My concern is for the original works that are most likely not registered. In some cases my recordings might be the only remaining record of the creations.

I don't represent the original creator and don't have a right to register their works. Plus this is very expensive because each songwriter has to be registered separately.

I don't know if I'm doing the songwriters a service or a disservice by publishing these recordings. A few of the recordings and songs are very good.

I realize this is a very different problem many songwriters face on this forum, but it's probably not a unique situation.

Any ideas?