It's one of the biggest selling albums of all time, but late singer Meat Loaf had said he had made next to nothing from the smash hit Bat Out of Hell.
Born Marvin Lee Aday, Meat Loaf had revealed five years prior to his death that he'd made only "pennies" from the record.
Taking to his social media pages in 2017 to hit out at record company Sony, he claimed they had not paid him or Jim Steinman royalties on the record for decades, the Noise Network reported.
At the time the rock anthem, which had sold 44 million copies, was about to be reissued.
In a statement, a furious Meat Loaf said: "In June, Sony records in the UK, is trying to release another stupid version of Bat Out Of Hell only for them to make more money.