I've been hearing from Mary fans for 40 years, I can stand it. They just don't look past Poor Mary - The Victim to think things out. I don't care.

No one could possibly have known how much future royalties for Flo would have been = however, with a #1 album still in the top ten when when signed out, plus 15 LPs in print and such, a GOOD lawyer would have advised her of their value. Maybe Braun felt the $160k was it's value and told Flo to take it so she didn't have to deal with Motown later - who knows? Motown stars were different in that they generally had a body of work under one roof that was easier to market - AND keep track of.

Quote Originally Posted by RobertZ View Post
All true points [[though you'll probably hear from the Mary fans!)
I wonder when the concept of royalties and just how valuable an asset they were became common knowledge to non-composing performers? Was there a "watershed" moment?