Comments on: Paul Anka Awarded 50 Percent Of Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/10/paul-anka-awarded-50-percent-of-michael-jacksons-this-is-it/ American Songwriter Magazine Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:44:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JohnB http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/10/paul-anka-awarded-50-percent-of-michael-jacksons-this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4454 JohnB Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:47:49 +0000 http://www.americansongwriter.com/?p=27358#comment-4454 Was this a set-up for publicity all along? HOW could Sony and the estate not have known about the provenance of the song - particularly as the estate's executor, John Branca, represented both MJ and Paul Anka at that time and 'facilitated' the return of the 'stolen' tapes to Paul Anka. More to the point - WHY are SONY not releasing tracks that fans have been clamouring for for over 20 years - the BAD TOUR Wembley stadium concert for example - we only have teaser snippets to listen to like at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvdGMrv8PLM or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdvg9AqWxzU Was this a set-up for publicity all along?

HOW could Sony and the estate not have known about the provenance of the song – particularly as the estate’s executor, John Branca, represented both MJ and Paul Anka at that time and ‘facilitated’ the return of the ’stolen’ tapes to Paul Anka.

More to the point – WHY are SONY not releasing tracks that fans have been clamouring for for over 20 years – the BAD TOUR Wembley stadium concert for example – we only have teaser snippets to listen to like at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvdGMrv8PLM
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdvg9AqWxzU

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