[3] According to historian Keith Badman, "Brian allowed Murry to take total control to stop his father's continual hassling on the matter.
"[5] In August (or November[4]), Murry sold Sea of Tunes to Irving Almo Music for $700,000 (equivalent to $5.82 million in 2023), believing that the catalog's value had peaked.
[8] Mike Love wrote in his 2016 memoir that the group had signed away their rights to the songs under duress, and that in the late 1980s, it was discovered that the exchange was part of an elaborate plan orchestrated over two years by Abe Somer, the Beach Boys' lawyer.
[2] The suit suggested that Brian's signature may have been forged, "plus malpractice, misrepresentations, suppression of facts, breach of contract and conflicts of interest," making the sale illegal.
[11] Awarded credits[18] In 1997, a label named after the publishing company issued a slew of unauthorized bootleg recordings sourced from Beach Boys archives.