At some point after the contract was terminated, ABKCO sued the group, a suit resolved in 1977 when the Beatles paid ABKCO $ 4. 2 million ; other ABKCO Beatles-related lawsuits continued for at least a decade.

" The Verve was subsequently forced to give ABKCO 100 percent of the royalties from " Bitter Sweet Symphony ", and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were given songwriting credits along with Ashcroft.

On their song " Bittersweet Symphony ," the British rock group The Verve sampled an orchestration from Andrew Loog Oldham's version of The Rolling Stones ' " The Last Time ," the rights to which are owned by Klein's ABKCO Industries.

A bitter legal battle ensued, resulting in The Verve turning over 100 % of the royalties to ABKCO.

Despite the group's competent musicianship, some subsequent singles employed session musicians – including Big Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Vic Flick – with contributions from the band, although the role of session players on Herman's Hermits records has been exaggerated in the rock media and in liner notes on their ABKCO Records Retrospective ( which does not credit the Hermits ' playing ).

On April 2, 2008, eMusic added The Rolling Stones when they were on their ABKCO label.

This includes their music from 1964 – 1970, plus any compilations made thereafter by ABKCO.

In 2008, the group switched distribution of Rolling Stones Records back catalogue material as well as new material to Polydor Records in the UK, and Interscope Records in the US ( both imprints of Universal Music Group, also distributor of their pre-1971 catalogue as UMG is the distributor for ABKCO Records ).

The latest in a series of repackages by ABKCO Records, who licence The Rolling Stones ' 1963 – 1970 recorded works, Singles 1963 – 1965 is the first of three successive volumes to commemorate their non-LP releases during this era.

The second in a series of repackages by ABKCO Records, who licence The Rolling Stones ' 1963 – 1970 recorded works, Singles 1965 – 1967 is the second of three successive volumes to commemorate their non-LP releases during this era.

The latest in a series of repackages by ABKCO Records, who licence The Rolling Stones ' 1963 – 1970 recorded works, Singles 1968 – 1971 is the third of three successive volumes to commemorate their non-LP releases during this era.

When he was demoing this song for Phil Spector during 1970 he jokingly changed one line of the lyrics to " Beware of ABKCO ".

Despite having original lyrics, the music of " Bitter Sweet Symphony " contains bongo drums sampled from the Oldham track, which led to a lawsuit with ABKCO Records, Allen Klein's company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones material of the 1960s.

In 1970, she began work in New York as a receptionist at ABKCO Records, Allen Klein's management office, which at that time represented Apple Records and three former Beatles: Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

Until 2009, ABKCO administered Philles Records and its master recordings, including hits by the Righteous Brothers, the Ronettes, the Crystals and others ( via a licensing deal with EMI Music Publishing, which owned the Philles catalog since the mid-1990s ).

ABKCO Records is currently distributed by Universal Music Distribution, which also controls distribution of the Rolling Stones ' post-ABKCO catalog.

Jody Klein, president of ABKCO, has been credited in the liner notes of the recordings in not only getting the Cameo-Parkway recordings finally released ( which he partially owns ), but also overseeing an extensive remastering of The Rolling Stones, the Animals, Herman's Hermits, and Sam Cooke's 1960s recordings.

The Lucky Eleven and Cameo-Parkway recordings are now owned by ABKCO Records .. a re-issue label which includes the re-release of Cameo-Parkway product.

Made in the Shade, which had to compete with the latest cash-in ABKCO release — this time an outtakes compilation called Metamorphosis — reached # 14 in the UK and # 6 in the US, eventually going platinum.

In America, the label was best known as the American imprint of the pre-1971 recordings of The Rolling Stones ( now owned by ABKCO ).

In August 2002, it was reissued in a remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records, and once more in 2010 by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese only SHM-SACD version.

Today the Cameo-Parkway catalogue is owned by ABKCO Records.

Later that year, Cameo-Parkway Records was acquired by ABKCO, bringing the legendary Philadelphia label ’ s decade-long run of hits into the fold.

Prior to this deal, the Philles reissues were handled by ABKCO Records.

In August 2002 both editions of Between the Buttons were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

While most reissues have used the US track-listing to maximise profit by featuring the two hit singles, the UK version was re-issued by ABKCO in 2003 on 180 gram vinyl in the US.

In August 2002 both the US and UK editions of Out of Our Heads were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

In August 2002, England's Newest Hitmakers was reissued as a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO.

In August 2002, 12 X 5 was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

In 2011, ABKCO released the CD For The Love Of Charlie produced by Al Kooper and co produced by Quentin Jones, with guest artists Graham Nash, Peter Noone, Jimmy Vivino, Craig Ross, and Dennis Diken, with Gracie singing some of his own songs and some covers.

In addition, 1971's Hot Rocks 1964-1971 and 1972's More Hot Rocks ( Big Hits & Fazed Cookies ) were released by Allen Klein's ABKCO Records without The Rolling Stones ' authorization.

The ruling was upheld by the Second Circuit in ABKCO Music v. Harrisongs Music, and the case Three Boys Music v. Michael Bolton, upheld by the Ninth Circuit, affirmed the principle.

ABKCO is the successor company to a business that was founded in 1961 as Allen Klein & Co. Allen Klein was then a business manager specializing in music clients including Bobby Darin and Sam Cooke and, later, managed The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.

Unavailable for decades, The Rolling Stones was reissued on Compact Disc in 2004 on the Singles 1963 – 1965 box set through ABKCO Records.

Due to the preference towards the American albums, ABKCO Records overlooked both The Rolling Stones and The Rolling Stones No. 2 for CD release in 1986 and during its remastering series in 2002.

Metamorphosis is the third compilation album of The Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records ( who usurped control of the band's Decca / London material in 1970 ) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein.

The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is the fifth release of The Rolling Stones music by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records ( who gained control of the band's Decca / London material in 1970 ) after the band's departure from Decca and Klein.

After years of delays, ABKCO finally issued The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus and a tie-in home video of the event in October 1996 and it reached # 92 in the US.

" Klein's ABKCO label released the rarest of all Stones albums, Metamorphosis.

Four albums and two singles were released under this arrangement before Allen Klein bought the Cameo-Parkway catalog and renamed the label ABKCO.

By late 1967, after financial problems worsened, the Cameo-Parkway company was sold to Allen Klein and renamed ABKCO Records, with Bell Records acquiring its remaining subsidiary Vando label.

ABKCO reissued Cameo-Parkway recordings in the early 1970s, but allowed them to fall out of print after that time.

In May 2005 ABKCO revived the Cameo-Parkway name for reissues only, and released a multi-CD box set of the labels ' most notable output: Cameo-Parkway: 1957-1967.

ABKCO has also begun to license repertoire out to other labels, allowing Universal Music to license some songs for its Complete Introduction To Northern Soul box set in 2008, and allowing Collectors ' Choice Music to reissue several albums in 2010.

ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. is a major independent record label, music publisher, and film and video production company.

In addition to music, ABKCO controls the rights to Alejandro Jodorowsky's early films, including Fando y Lis, El Topo, and The Holy Mountain.

ABKCO Industries was founded in 1968 as an umbrella company involved in management, music publishing, film, TV and theatrical production.

ABKCO sat on the entire catalog of music from artists such as Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker.

ABKCO is active in the release of compilations and reissues from its catalogs, film and commercial placement of its master recordings and music publishing properties.

In January 1970, The Beatles signed a music publishing management contract with ABKCO Industries.