Just noticed on the inside of the Verve album today that "BIttersweet Symphony" is credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. This is hot on the heels of Allen Klein finding out that they used a sample from the Stones Orchestral version by Andrew Loog Oldham. Does anyone understand how Verve can lose their entire royalties on this point... Incidentally, it's not the

Hi Keith, the 'sample' was actually credited on the single of Bitter Sweet Symphony, it is from that orchestral version of 'The Last Time' which is quite good... I heard it in full on XFM one night. I have to say, far from it being a sample, BSS uses the whole song..with Mr Ashcroft singing over it..probably with a bit of production too, but all that is left out is the actual chorus part from 'The Last Time'. I tried to find this version in the shops but so far, no luck. Anyway, it IS obvious...and absolutely NOT a completely different song with a small string sample. Byeee! JJ main string motif that's the sample, it's much less obvious (so I'm told, I can't make it out myself). I mean, you appear to be able to make money out of doing a cover version, and when they do a completely different song with a small snatch of a weird stones cover version in itself they receive no money. Fuck... Actually I've just noticed, the credits say:

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Performed by the Andrew Loog Oldham orchestra

Cheers, Keith.

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