Say what's on your mind Michael! Lol!
What you say is true, but as many of us know this is nothing new from an industry that doesn't seem to respect,know or care about the artists/performers that they make so much money from.
Best wishes to you all, John
John, I have been a victim of this type of thing on numerous occasions. Publishing companies that don't exist, record labels that think they own your work forever and many other examples. A few years ago there were well over a hundred compilation albums with my tracks on. Not one asked for my permission and not one has ever paid me a single penny.
Tracklist
1-1 –Peter Green Splinter Group Crawlin' King Snake
1-2 –Dan McCafferty Honky Tonk Downstairs
1-3 –Rab McCullough Louisiana Blues
1-4 –Maggie Bell Jealousy
1-5 –Edgar Winter White Man's Blues
1-6 –Spencer Davis Group* Alec In Transitland
1-7 –Frankie Miller Darlin'
1-8 –The Doobie Brothers Ordinary Man
1-9 –Snowy White's Blues Agency The Agency Blues
1-10 –Big Town Playboys featuring Andy Fairweather-Low Bobsit In Blues
1-11 –Ian Gillan No More Cane On The Brazos
1-12 –Dick Hexall-Smith* featuring John Mayall & Clem Clemson* If You That You Love Me, Why In The World Don't You Leave Me Be
2-1 –Dick Hexall-Smith* featuring John Mayall Millenium Blues
2-2 –John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers Padlock On The Blues
2-3 –Procol Harum Wall Street Blues
2-4 –Scott Holt (3) Angels In Exile
2-5 –Snowy White's Blues Agency The Thrill Is Gone
2-6 –Peter Green Splinter Group Downsize Blues
2-7 –Michael Messer King Guitar
2-8 –Rab McCullough Shame On You
2-9 –Frankie Miller Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
2-10 –Edgar Winter You Are My Song
2-11 –Dick Hexall-Smith* featuring Paul Jones & Jon Hiseman Rollin' And Tumblin'
2-12 –Snowy White's Blues Agency Woke Up This Morning
Disc One:
JOHN LEE HOOKER-Rock These Blues Away 3.48 /
FRANKIE MILLER-Play Something Sweet Brickyard Blues 3.32 /
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS-Don't Let The Boss Man Get You Down 2.47 /
PETER GREEN-Albatross (acoustic version) 3.20 JACK CASADY-Paradise 3.38 /
SNOWY WHITE'S BLUES AGENCY-I Want Your Love 4.49 /
JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS-Southside Story 4.39 /
SCOTT HOLT-Blind Willie McTell 7.14 /
DENNY LAINE-Say You Don't Mind 3.09 /
NAZARETH-Vigilante Man 5.17 /
MICHAEL MESSER-Crow Blues 4.24 /
IAN GILLAN & ROGER GLOVER-Lonely Avenue 3.05 /
PETER GREEN'S SPLINTER BAND-Legal Fees Blues 3.47 /
BIG TOWN PLAYBOYS featuting ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW-Companion Blues 4.54 /
SPOOKY TOOTH-Sunshine Help Me 2.00 /
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS-Can't Stand To Lose 3.55
Disc Two: PETER GREEN'S SPLINTER BAND-Wild Dogs 5.05 / J
OHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS-The Mists Of Time 7.52 /
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS-Greedy Man 3.20 /
FRANKIE MILLER-Little Angel 3.10 /
SNOWY WHITE'S BLUES AGENCY-Addicted Man 4.09 /
RAB MCCULLOCH-Mistreatin' Me 3.31 / JOHN LEE HOOKER-Catfish Blues 2.48 / -
SPOOKY TOOTH-Blues Town 3.31 /
JACK CASADY-Trust Somebody 4.58 /
MAGGIE BELL 5.04 / NAZARETH-Morning Dew 3.51/
FRANKIE MILLER-Drunken Nights In The City 3.50 /
LITTLE RIVER BAND-Who Made The Moon 4.49 /
IAN GILLAN-Apathy 4.12 / SCOTT HOLT-Angels In Exile 4.38 /
THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP-Dust My Blues 2.52
....to name a few that have used my music and my name without asking or paying. Perhaps now people can understand why these days I choose to stay off the mainstream radar. I does nothing for me or for any of the other artists whose names and music are used in this way.
My music is on all but two of the Apple Music albums listed in the last screenshot
Happy days!
Shine On
Michael