Black Tar — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Anders Osborne and others✓ No disputed shares

Black Tar was written by Paul Barrere, Anders Osborne. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Firefly (50%), BMG Bumblebee (50%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

BMG Firefly 50%BMG Firefly · 50%

BMG Bumblebee 50%BMG Bumblebee · 50%

BMG Firefly 50% BMG Bumblebee 50%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
BMG Firefly	00725496126	BMG Firefly	Admin	50%
BMG Bumblebee	00722300987	BMG Bumblebee	Admin	50%
Paul Barrere	00087718629	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Anders Osborne	00185832736	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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