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Gut severs ties with Tom Jones after Universal catalogue deal. (News).

Music Week

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Gut Records has severed its last links with Tom Jones by offloading its entire catalogue of recordings by the singer to Universal Music TV.

The deal, which comes ahead of UMTV's release of a new Jones best of to capitalise on his Brits outstanding contribution honour, covers the entire 1999 chart-topping duets album Reload, other previously-issued material and tracks which Gut was at one time contemplating issuing as a second album.

UMTV managing director Brian Berg says the deal struck with Gut was undertaken with the full consultation of Jones and his management. "Because the Reload album was so successful worldwide, it made good commercial sense for us to access that catalogue ...

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