GUITARIDOL5682 wrote:So going from what your saying no one had signed nothing in the way of contracts leading up to Jan' 1981 ?. So non of the band had any status or ties to them actually being in the band as a signed up member. So did Bob and Lee ever have anything wrote up in a contract while Randy was in the band ?
Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. No contracts were signed by any member of the original band during the writing and recording of those albums.
Maybe it's hard for anyone who isn't involved in the music business to understand exactly what a recording contract is, but Jet invested money in the band by paying for the live-in rehearsal venues and studios etc. so that albums could be made, and Ozzy, Bob, Randy and later Lee were paid a weekly retainer (a wage ) to remain in the band and create those albums.
Of course Randy got homesick, who wouldn't? He didn't like our cold English winters either but that doesn't mean he didn't enjoy himself. He wasn't 'tied' to Jet and he could've left the band at any time but he chose to stay in the UK.
Contracts had been written up for Bob, Lee and Randy but not signed. 'Letters of Intention' and long, wordy contracts had gone back and forth from the lawyers on both sides but contracts remained unsigned. Much of what was in the contracts was considered unfair for the musicians and one-sided in favour of Jet, and pertained to the album(s) and how the money would be split when the album(s) started to make a profit from sales...That money is the artist's 'performance royalty'.
Randy never signed any contract for individual management to anyone, he did have a contract with Jet at the time of his death but from what I understand, the exact date of signing is only known by those involved.