The Rolling Stones Are Now ‘Universal Soldiers’
July 26, 2008 by Scott
Well maybe they’re way too old to be soldiers, but The Rolling Stones left EMI for Universal Music Group. My question is: How many more records does this band have left in them and I wonder if the new contract with Universal is for a specific amount of new records or if it’s indefinite?
New recordings will be released via UMG’s Polydor label worldwide, putting the distribution of the entire Stones catalog under one roof for the first time. The deal covers both digital and physical distribution, with UMG already working on a long-term strategy to digitize the catalog.
The Stones tested the waters with Universal in April, when they released the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese documentary “Shine a Light” through the label. U.S. sales are at 106,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Read more on this story at Billboard.com
Update: Since writing this up I found out that a fellow b5 blog has more details and insight on this. Swing on over the Britmusicscene to read more details about this deal.
The stones are eternal. Seriously, Kieth Richards should be dead by now ( he sort of looks already dead, but yet he still moves ) , Mick Jagger should have died of an STD long ago. Live they are still amazing, but they should stop bothering with new albums. I honestly don’t think they have released a good album since Tattoo You way back in the day.
I really liked Kieth Richards in At World’s End. I thought he acted pretty good for the short part that he had.