The group signed its first contract with Pagan Records in 1998, and Lawton believed the label still owned the rights to the group’s music. Lawton thought, because of the contract the band signed in 1998, their hands were tied. But the contract Lawton pulled from the box of papers in his shed back in March wasn’t Tadpole’s original 1998 contract. Together, it amounts to the remnants of Tadpole, and Yong and Lawton are busy reminiscing about the band’s time together. He’s just glad he found that contract, can pay off his legal bills using proceeds from the upcoming reissues, and get Tadpole’s songs back out into the world.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 01, 2022 07:08 UTC