The group’s Capitol contract expired two weeks later with one more album still due. Live in London , a live album recorded in December 1968, was released in the UK and a few other countries in 1970 to fulfil the contract, although it would not see US release until 1976, under the erroneous re-title Beach Boys ’69 . After the contract was completed Capitol deleted the Beach Boys’ catalog from print, effectively cutting off their royalty flow. The lawsuit was later settled in their favor and they acquired the rights to their post-1965 catalog. In August 1969, Sea of Tunes , the Beach Boys’ catalog, was sold to Irving Almo Music for $700,000 (equivalent to $6.15 million in 2025). According to his wife, Marilyn Wilson , Brian was devastated by the sale. Over the years, the catalog generated more than $100 million in publishing royalties, none of which Murry or the band members ever received.
The group’s Capitol contract expired two weeks later with one more
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