The Andrew Oldham Orchestra was a musical side project in the mid-1960s created by
Andrew Loog Oldham, the original manager and
record producer
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of
the Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the Album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pione ...
. There was no actual orchestra per se. The name was applied to
recordings
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made by Loog Oldham using a multitude of
session musician
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s, including members of the Rolling Stones.
''The Rolling Stones Songbook'' included an orchestral version of the Rolling Stones song "
The Last Time", which was
sampled
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by
The Verve
The Verve were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones (musician), Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Sim ...
for their track "
Bitter Sweet Symphony
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a song by the English rock band the Verve, released on 16 June 1997 by Hut Recordings and Virgin Records as the lead single from their third album, ''Urban Hymns''. It was produced by Youth (musician), Youth at Olympi ...
". The threat of litigation over the licence for the sample led to the entire copyright to the composition, belonging to
Richard Ashcroft
Richard Paul Ashcroft (born 11 September 1971) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He formed the alternative rock band the Verve in 1990 and served as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist throughout the band's lifetime. Ashcroft was ...
, the Verve's
frontman
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, being taken by
ABKCO Records
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. (Allen & Betty Klein Company) is an American independent record label, music publisher, and film and video production company. It owns and/or administers the rights to music by Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones, the Animal ...
, and the assignation of the songwriting credit to Jagger and Richards. At the 2019
Ivor Novello Awards
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, Ashcroft announced that Jagger and Richards had "signed over all their publishing for Bittersweet Symphony", ending the dispute.
Discography
Albums
References
External links
rateyourmusic.com- features the discography of the Andrew Oldham Orchestra
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English pop music groups
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