Behind the Beeb Door
There are no audio or video music archives more extensive or historically significant than those of the BBC. The British label conglomerate, EMI has struck a deal that gives them a set of keys to the vault that contains treasures such as a live 1967 Pink Floyd performance of cuts from their first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, and a 1975 documentary on David Bowie. In exchange, the Brit broadcaster gets the rights to use performances by EMI artists in its radio and TV productions.

R U EMI?
The BBC deal comes at a time when EMI is losing big name artists faster than you can say, "Ta-ta, Macca." Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Jay-Z and Madonna are among the A-list artists who have recently defected from the label that launched The Beatles. Now, word on the street is that the Rolling Stones will be the next to jump ship. The band says it isn't talking with Live Nation about a new deal, as recently reported. But note that the most recent Stones album, the soundtrack from Shine A Light, the documentary about the band, was released by Universal Music.

Bigger Than a Song
Having concluded that music can no longer change the world, Neil Young tells Billboard that he'll he happy if his documentary about the 2006 CSNY Freedom of Speech Tour encourages some good, healthy debate. The anti-war themed CSNY: Deja Vu opens in theaters July 25. For now, Young's mind isn't on music, but on something he thinks can change the world: "An American car that doesn't need oil, that doesn't need gasoline, that doesn't pollute and doesn't need gas stations. That's what I would like to make. That's bigger than a song."