ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Sly Stone is being sued for $18,415.65 by Village Recorders in Los Angeles. The suit charges that Sly rented recording equipment for use in his home studio, agreeing to pay $100 per hour for each hour the equipment was in use.

The Rubber Dubber, legendary/ notorious record bootlegger, has been busted. Warrants were issued for a number of Dubber people, by various music publishing companies, on charges that he has not paid royalties to the various groups. (There is an escrow account for each group, according to RD sources.)

Interestingly, the Dubber operation was busted right after the Scoop Nisker bootleg. Scoop’s news program, on KSAN in San Francisco, was one of the most radical adventures in rock radio from a couple years ago, and that record really needs to be heard. It’s gonna be available, probably, one way or another, so keep your eyes peeled. (The title is “If You Don’t Like the News Go Out and Make Some of Your Own.”)

Rubber Dubber promises to be back in operation shortly.