Reservoir Media has announced its latest music rights deal. The New York-based company said on Thursday (October 10) that it has received producer royalties from works by Grammy Award-winning American record producer Jack Douglas.
The acquisition includes hits such as Aerosmith and Cheap Trick.
Rethewall described Douglas’s work as “a cornerstone of the history of rock music.”
He is the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards, including those from the Los Angeles Music Hall of Fame, the Sarasota Film Festival and the Audio Institute.
Born in the Bronx, New York City, Douglas began his music career at the Audio Institute before going on to work for Miles Davis, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Patti Smith, Supertramp and Montrose, among others. Projects designed and/or produced.
In 1971, Douglas helped design The Who’s who is next And was one of the engineers on John Lennon’s second solo album, imaginewhich features the iconic title track imagine.
Douglas also worked with three other Beatles during his career.
Douglas spent much of the 1970s focusing on production, particularly playing a crucial role in many of Aerosmith’s most successful albums. He specially produced 3 platinum albums get your wings (1974), 9x-Platinum toys in the attic (1975), 4x Platinum Awards rock (1976) and 2x Platinum Awards draw a clear line (1977).
Both toys in the attic and rock Listed on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In the 1980s, Douglas also worked with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, producing the duo’s Grammy Award-winning Album of the Year double fantasy and the album’s Grammy-nominated (Record of the Year) single (Like) start over, and a Grammy nomination for Yoko Ono (Best Female Rock Vocal Performance) It’s like walking on thin ice.
In the mid-2000s, Douglas reunited with Aerosmith and worked with the band on other projects, including 2004’s Gold Record Hong Jin is Bobo and 2012 Music from another dimension!
“Jack Douglas was a legendary producer who made some of the most iconic and sonically powerful rock records of the past 50 years.”
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“Jack Douglas is a legendary producer who has created some of the most iconic and sonically powerful records of the past 50 years,” said Rell Lafargue, President and Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir. Rock records.
“We are now honored to represent titles from his extraordinary body of work that will continue to be loved and revered for the next 50 years and beyond.”
He added: “With the addition of Jack’s music to Reservoir, we will further solidify our representation in the iconic rock space.”
This marks the latest deal for Reservoir Media. Last month, the company acquired publishing rights to the late songwriter and guitarist Billy Strange’s catalog.
Other noteworthy acquisitions include catalogs of rock artists Greg KeaneR&B group member this spinning machinesaxophonist sonny Rollinsand composer Louis Prima.
Reservoir’s continued investment in its iconic catalog contributed to its strong financial performance. In the first quarter of fiscal 2025, the company announced 8% Revenue increased annually to $34.3 million. Publishing revenue as a share of $24 million Of the total, we saw 15% Year-over-year growth was driven by higher catalog acquisitions and streaming revenue.
In an investor fact sheet released earlier this year, Reservoir said it had spent nearly US$1 billion Since its launch in 2007, it has been dedicated to catalog sourcing and contracting.
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