{"id":149038,"date":"2021-01-06T21:11:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/neil-young-sells-half-the-rights-to-his-entire-song-catalog\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T21:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:11:04","slug":"neil-young-sells-half-the-rights-to-his-entire-song-catalog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/neil-young-sells-half-the-rights-to-his-entire-song-catalog\/","title":{"rendered":"#Neil Young sells half the rights to his entire song catalog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For a man who famously says he\u2019ll never going to retire, Neil Young just built himself a nice little nest egg<\/p>\n

The singer-songwriter behind hits such as \u201cHeart Of Gold\u201d and \u201cRockin\u2019 in the Free World\u201d sold half of his legendary song catalog to Hipgnosis Songs Fund \u2014 the same publishing house that this week bought the music of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.<\/p>\n

The deal, announced Wednesday by the British firm, gives Hipgnosis Songs half the worldwide copyright and income interests in all of Young\u2019s 1,180 tunes, the latest in a string of big-name acquisitions for the publicly traded music-focused firm.<\/p>\n

Hipgnosis did not reveal financial terms of the deal, but the BBC reported<\/a> that the company paid $150 million for its piece of Young\u2019s catalog, which spans nearly 50 studio albums released over five decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cI built Hipgnosis to be a company Neil would want to be a part of,\u201d said Merck Mercuriadis<\/a>, the veteran music industry executive who founded Hipgnosis in 2018. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a deal that changes Hipgnosis forever,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Hipgnosis has snapp<\/a>ed up the rights to songs from a slew of high-profile artists since going public in 2018, including Blondie, Enrique Iglesias, Barry Manilow and Timbaland. The Young acquisition was the third it announced in as many days, coming on the heels of deals with Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and record producer Jimmy Iovine.<\/p>\n

Taking a stake in Young\u2019s music was personal for Mercuriadis, who said he grew up idolizing the 75-year-old artist and his late manager, Elliot Roberts. \u201c\u2018Harvest\u2019 was my companion and I know every note, every word, every pause and silence intimately,\u201d Mercuriadis said of Young\u2019s 1972 album that he bought when he was just 7 years old.<\/p>\n

Hipgnosis indicated that it would respect Young\u2019s wishes to keep his songs out of commercials. Young reportedly said at a 1973 concert that he\u2019d turned down a company\u2019s offer to use \u201cHeart Of Gold\u201d in an ad, saying he\u2019d have to rename it \u201cBurger of Gold\u201d if he had accepted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will never be a \u2018Burger Of Gold\u2019 but we will work together to make sure everyone gets to hear [the songs] on Neil\u2019s terms,\u201d Mercuriadis said.<\/p>\n

Young isn\u2019t the only music legend to cash in on his catalog recently. Bob Dylan sold his songs to Universal Music Group last month in a blockbuster deal reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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