![]() Since Roberts’ death, Young has been managed by Frank Gironda. In his statement, Mercuriadis said that Young’s longtime manager Elliot Roberts, who died in 2019, was a close friend and mentor. ![]() There will never be a ‘Burger of Gold’ but we will work together to make sure everyone gets to hear them on Neil’s terms.” “We have a common integrity, ethos and passion born out of a belief in music and these important songs. “I built Hipgnosis to be a company Neil would want to be a part of,” he said. The exact terms of the deal with Hipgnosis were not laid out, but Mercuriadis states that iconic songs like “Heart of Gold” will not be used to sell fast food. Over the last 50 years that friendship took me back to Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush, and guided me forward to On the Beach, Tonight’s the Night, Zuma, Comes a Time, Rust Never Sleeps, Trans, This Notes for You, Freedom, Ragged Glory, Greendale and through each successive album and on to last year’s Colorado.” Neil Young, or at least his music, has been my friend and constant ever since. “ Harvest was my companion and I know every note, every word, every pause and silence intimately. “I bought my first Neil Young album aged seven,” Mercuriadis said in a statement. The move comes days after Hipgnosis, which has spent the last year snapping up music catalogs left and right, announced it had acquired 100% of Lindsey Buckingham’s publishings rights as well as Jimmy Iovine’s producing royalties. investment firm founded by manager-turned-investor Merck Mercuriadis. ![]() Neil Young has sold 50 percent of the worldwide copyright and income interests in his 1,180 song catalogue to Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, the U.K. ![]()
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