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Joo Gilberto's Disappearance
Judicial fights will affect the ability to access more than half of João Gilbertos discography
Nov.6.2019 11:59AM
Lucas Brêda
Ivan Finotti
SÃO PAULO
João Gilberto died on July 6, and now music lovers are experiencing another loss: Gilberto's albums have disappeared from Brazilian shelves.
Instead of a long-awaited avalanche of relaunches that often invade physical and virtual stores in the wake of the death of an idol, there is a great silence.
In fact, the three record companies that currently own the 17 official albums released by João Gilberto between 1959 and 2004 do not sell any of these CDs or vinyl in Brazil.
Universal, Warner, and Sony have given up releasing physical albums because of the changing market and also fear lawsuits from John's heirs, who are still fighting with Universal in court over record sales royalties since 1964 and also for moral damages.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/culture/2019/11/joao-gilbertos-disappearance.shtml
(Mentioned in the article.)