James Blunt has issued a High Court writ in the hope of earning royalties from his mega-hit debut album again.

His earnings from �Back To Bedlam� were suspended after producer Lukas Burton claimed he worked on six tracks on the album, but had received no credit.

Burton says he changed the songs were �crude, occasionally laughably direct and betrayed his relative lack of musicianship� before he got his hands on them � which, having heard the finished product, makes the mind boggle.

However, now the Bluntster has broken off from romancing a series of Los Angeles ladies to issue a writ in Britain�s High Court to get his royalties reinstated.

Maybe he�s running out of spare change?