“especially with all the hoopla over the issue is curious in itself”
You mean with the hoopla 40 years after the fact? These people lacked the foresight you take for granted.
Thats precisely why I would think they might speak up.
Many would welocme a 15 minutes of fame...someone somewhere would welcome the noteriety, even 50years later. All that coupled with the millions Zee-rho has spent fighting the release of his records makes me go “hmmmm”.