dostros
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Hi all,
The recording of "The Lonely Bull" in Mr. Alpert's garage and the subsequent rise of A&M records has always been THE great legend of my musical era (tied in importance with that traffic jam that brought Stills and Young together to form the Buffalo Springfield).
I've always yearned to read the story in a biography on Mr. Alpert, which has (incredibly) never been written.
In that biography, one of my favourite chapters would be where Herb is introduced to Joe Cocker and signs him to A&M. I of course have no idea whether or how this happened, or how any of the A&M acts were signed.
The best music of my youthful era was more often than not on that label. Obviously this is because the people who signed the acts cared more about the music and let the artists follow their muse rather than packaging them for maximum commercial potential.
But who was responsable for this aspect of the business? Any ideas of how A&M developed its roster in the early days? Any little anecdotes on the signing of the artists?
David O
The recording of "The Lonely Bull" in Mr. Alpert's garage and the subsequent rise of A&M records has always been THE great legend of my musical era (tied in importance with that traffic jam that brought Stills and Young together to form the Buffalo Springfield).
I've always yearned to read the story in a biography on Mr. Alpert, which has (incredibly) never been written.
In that biography, one of my favourite chapters would be where Herb is introduced to Joe Cocker and signs him to A&M. I of course have no idea whether or how this happened, or how any of the A&M acts were signed.
The best music of my youthful era was more often than not on that label. Obviously this is because the people who signed the acts cared more about the music and let the artists follow their muse rather than packaging them for maximum commercial potential.
But who was responsable for this aspect of the business? Any ideas of how A&M developed its roster in the early days? Any little anecdotes on the signing of the artists?
David O