Black Sabbath - Odins Court

For Parker, there was no question of abandoning his prerogatives, in any case, until he was pressed by card debts. “The Colonel was one of our best customers,” confirms the Director of Hilton International. Locked to the wall by creditors, he was ready to do anything to replenish his supplies, and the right to coordinate Presley's records was a major trophy. After several months of negotiations, ARC and Colonel entered into a historic contract on March 1, 1973: the company bought for $ 5.4 million the right to dispose and publish at its discretion, in the form and on the media that it chooses, all the records, Presley made to this day, and they gathered about seven hundred. For this tidy sum, the artist and his manager refused all royalties due to them. In other words,Elvis will no longer receive a cent on the re-release of hits such as “Everything Is Alright”, “Hotel Where Heart Breaks” or “Mongrel”.