NME is reporting that the family of Joey Ramone and producer Daniel Rey are in a dispute over the late Ramones frontman's final recordings. Joey's family have have accused Rey of refusing to hand over demos for 16 songs that Joey recorded before his death three years ago. The singer's brother brother Mickey Leigh spoke with the New York Post: "We've been trying to get Daniel to hand them back since Joey died. They don't belong to him." Rey, who played all the instruments on the demos, is quoted that he only wants "some sort of settlement" claiming "It has nothing to do with money. I'm just concerned with protecting Joey's musical legacy."

The article reports that the demos include a song titled "Party Line," that was planned to be a duet with Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry and produced by Phil Spector. The first posthumous album from Joey was released in 2002, titled Don't Worry About Me [review].