A book published in 2001.

About a subject that took place in the 60's.

As for Vox amps made in USA, surely you must know that the parent company was British.

Notice that up above I said that there were those who copied what the Marshall Plan put forth, it is part and parcel of business history that success gets copied. And copied.

Look, it is no big secret, we had the likes of Motown, Wrecking Crew, etc. and Britain followed suit.

As for being told what to use, the history of endorsement contracting in the music industry is as old as the instruments themselves and continues to this very day.

Again I say that this is not a bug, its a feature, part and parcel of good business practice IMO.


Frank Zappa is one who laid it all out in writing, a really good read IMO.

Speaking of FZ and Beatles, check this out about what took place the one time John and Yoko appeared with The Mothers - and the rather low thing John and Yoko pulled by releasing an album of it afterwards, in which the two claimed the songwriting credits:

http://suckmybeatles.com/2007/10/29/reason-1754-the-ballad-of-john-and-frank/

Quote:

Its all part of a long line of undocumented theft and disrespect towards the inimitable Zappa who saw through them from the beginning. He released the worlds first concept album and double album in ’66 with his major label debut Freak Out!.
McCartney owned a copy, and called Zappa to ask permission to use the idea. Expecting to get a drugged out hippie on the phone drooling over his famous moptop, he was instead met with a fiercely intelligent composer and business man who expected to be compensated for his own ideas. Instead of all that fuss, the beatles just stole the idea and claimed it as their own. Zappa retaliated with the famous We’re Only In It For The Money, an album vilifying hippie pretensions, sporting on the cover a parody of Sgt Peppers.


Be sure to listen to the audio of Frank on that link, "in his own words..."


--Mac

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