Fuego Agrees to Restraint

Fuego Entertainment has agreed not to release recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the Beatles until the suit is resolved.


"This is an injunction that was agreed to by our clients with no admission of liability to give the court time to consider the parties' claims regarding the ownership interests in these recordings," Feugo's attorney said.

Apple countered, "[this] clearly reflects that there is no basis for Fuego's claims that they have a right to exploit the tapes."


[Background here.]

Beatles Sue Over Bootleg Tapes

Billboard drops this bomb before the holiday (Purim, Easter, Persian New Year etc.) weekend:

Apple Corps and Apple Records have just filed a federal lawsuit in Miami in an attempt to stop bootleg recordings from the Star-Club in Germany from being released to the public.

Background from OTCS here.

As of this posting, papers are not yet available online. But, you can expect OTCS to follow this one closely...

Miami Heat: Hendrix, Now Beatles

Fuego Entertainment, whom OTCS reported plans to release Jimi Hendrix recordings without authorization from Experience Hendrix, is back in the news: the independent label plans to release 15 never-before-heard Beatles live recordings (the first to feature then new-drummer Ringo) made in 1962 at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany.

However, there is no set release-date, based on what Billboard quotes as "legalities".