Ultimate Rhoads

Sky wrote:
As far as I know, Margolis and Klein formed Velocity with the sole purpose of publishing the RR book. Most of the material in that book was acquired during the filming of the documentary.
Sky

Thank you for the insight, Sky.

So what about all the other professional photographers who would of been giving the same licence to review. I'm talking Neil Zlozower, Ross Halfin, Robert Ellis, Mark Weiss, Fin Costello, John Livzey, Neal Preston, Jeffrey Mayer,Alan Perry, Jay Banbury. Who are just a few of the 30+ contributors to...

I will also note that if Randy Rhoads is as popular today as he was thirty years ago, we would be discussing Tri Star, Sony or someone else of 'big league' standing pitching to do a documentary about him, not a small independent, which seems to have been thrown together quickly, basically for this ...

I wonder if this was the same contract that was offered to Bob Daisley. He had some issues with a contract offered to him and his layer was less than impressed. I have just read the contract that RhoadsRockPhotographer posted and it basically says, if you give us permission to use your material it ...

From what I have read, there are 100s of images in the book. I don't see other photogs lining up here screaming injustice. Or did I miss that part? There is no mention of money in that 'image license'. With that, will assume that the other photogs provided images pro bono. As far as sales numbers g...

Usually, legal agreements tend to be fairly specific about what a person can and cannot do as part of a contractual relationship. This one was NOT specific, in its assigned rights - which is why I chose to not participate in it. Vague would be an understatement. Pay special attention to THIS part o...

shawn wrote:

chilinvilin wrote:Lets be clear here..kelly is still an asshole!

To be fair though, you come across as more of an asshole.

Also a huge Rudy fan.

I may sound insipid here, but 'til today, I was largely unaware of how many social media pages there are dedicated to Randy, from as little as 25 members to almost 200k:) There is still a lot of positivity out there about Randy, and I'd say more than negative- and little to no drama, too. https://w...

From what I can see thus far, the same names appear on both bios and the doc in differing order. Actually this is one of the things that I thought of when I first saw this book. I assumed automatically that the material from the defunct documentary had been rebranded into a book deal. Though it was...

I may sound insipid here, but 'til today, I was largely unaware of how many social media pages there are dedicated to Randy, from as little as 25 members to almost 200k:) There is still a lot of positivity out there about Randy, and I'd say more than negative- and little to no drama, too. https://ww...

You are still angry and barking at the wrong people. I acknowledged that your photos were not published in the RR book. They don't owe you any money or credits, but you're still shouting. Probably just as well, otherwise he'd have to stand in line with the others whose photographs and material WERE...

What exactly is the last horseshit email? And why should it mean anything to me? but excuse me while I exercise my right to not buy the book and call bullshit when I (think I) see it. So. You haven't bought the book. After all that research you did. Thanks for proving my point. Not sure what point ...

No, I wasn't suggesting that every "like" on the RR FB page purchased either bio- just that having 136k+ followers in any fashion (be it facebook, twitter, myspace, or even msg boards) is an excellent platform to sell merchandise. Coincidentally, Randy has a pretty active twitter feed, too...

Last I saw Randy's FB page had well over 110,000 friends- I'd be willing to bet that FB provided a convenient platform for sales for both bios, and I believe that sales are well over 200. The RR bio is $150 on Amazon new, and as low as $132 used. Otherwise through the publisher it's $99 with shippin...

I don't know that there is a way to determine how many units have sold- perhaps we could use Rudy's book sales as a potential guide- I think it's going to be way over a couple hundred.

Not that we could prove or disprove the sales amount anyway.