The band's ongoing royalty disputes with SST have been given as the cause for not having a unique CD edition issued.
She says the company still owes the author money, although the publisher, Alfred S. Regnery, insists that the royalty dispute has been resolved.
Past efforts to obtain such rights, which in these cases can run between $75,000 and $350,000 per production, often bogged down in royalty disputes.
It was the act's last hit single on Vee Jay Records, as The Four Seasons left the label at the beginning of 1964 in a royalty dispute.
In the midst of a royalty dispute with Vee-Jay Records in late 1963, the Four Seasons left the label for Philips.
Due to the royalty disputes, McKenzie received no money from the band's short existence.
The stage for the royalty dispute was set in late 1998, when Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
It's noted as the final recording they did for The Four Tops before leaving the label due to royalty disputes with Motown.
But Microsoft says it was I.B.M. that first suggested linking the royalty dispute with a Windows license.
Arabian Prince embarked on a solo career in 1989 and Ice Cube left in December of that year over royalty disputes.