Thanks Susanne. interesting info. and words of wisdom. I was in shock on Friday - going round the record shop buying this beautifully packaged CD with well known names of Scottish music- only to find it was wrongly credited [it's not a dispute - as no song of the name has been written by the other guy, just a repeated admin. error[. I couldn't believe it.   The record company amended their computer but leased out the artwork and details from an earlier wrongly credited release. This sets up a chain which I may never be able to break. Even though one correctly credited budget release using the same recording has sold over 20,000 in the last 2 years .   But this new release which has such names as Andy Stewart, Jimmy Shand jr., and Sydney Devine *No jokes please - is going to affect what I've done to promote my father's Scottish songs. This release will be plugged to ex-pats. all over the world, and they've produced an expensive colour brochure with the Cd, including the words to Burns songs, photos of Scotland.   Not much hope of them reprinting the brochure with a correction. So even though the minor royalties will come through, this new CD will be permanently archived on a world wide basis in radio stations, libraries, private collections etc., and should sell thousands. And if there are any covers, or airplay it's going to be murder to sort out.   All because a record company handed out wrong information and didn't check their own computer. I was heartbroken, as I had an assurance that it couldn't happen again. I've now got to deal with the hassle of copying letters, writing fresh ones contacting MCPS; PRS, EMI, the 2 record companies etc. and battling depression. It is only a song, but my old man has missed out again for something that he wrote the whole of. I was on a high in June, as one of Stewart Ross's songs 'Here's to Scottish Whisky' had just been included on a TV advertised compilation, which made the Charts - 'I Love Scotland' along with Paul McCartney, Andy Stewart, Corries, Runrig etc. on Virgin EMI. So I was really proud that his simple song had reached it's peak.   I couldn't believe that it had gone right, and that there were no miscredits. Then this business over the 'Highland Road' brought me right down - and I feel a failure, even though it's the record company who screwed up.    As to other releases, using the likes of the Highland Road, you see, what's happening with the old recordings made by these lables, is that they've discovered that they can make a lot of money by re-cylcling the old tracks to budget labels - making songwriters next to nothing. So the same recordings are being licensed out to various labels such as Delta Music, Musicbank etc. and fancy covers being put on them. Give it a title like 'Songs of Scotland' 'Scotland's Pride' etc. and hawk it to the worldwide market for the kilted market. One release using one of my father's songs on Delta Music, has sold over 100,000 copies - so heather and haggis music still has a market. None of the budget lables or the likes of Emerald Gem care much about the music, artistes, or credits, as long as they have a few star names and something to hawk with a Piper , Castle or bit of Tartan on the cover. it's all product!   Sometimes you get as little as £2.50 per every thousand sold on a budget release. So, for me it's not really the money - just the pleasure and high I get from seeing one of my father's songs on stuff with the greats of that type of music. The problem with the miscredited stuff is that your constantly reminded of it every time you go round a record store - as the stuff stares you in the face for decades. I'll try and put this one in proportion.