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From: marcos@sdchema.UUCP (David A. Pearlman)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Musical chairs--label hopping
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 18:11:30 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 15 18:11:30 1985
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I was record shopping the other day, and noticed that Robin Gibb (from
a group called the "Bee-Gees", who--I'm told--had a few hits in their
day :-) ) had a new album out on Capital records. This means that,
as a solo artist, Mr. Gibb has been associated with four labels in as
many albums: Atlantic --> Polydor --> Mirage --> Capital (these are
label affiliations in the U.S.).

This set me to thinking about what other artists have been associated with
many labels in the U.S. A couple came immediately to mind:

Sparks:
Bearsville,  Island,  Columbia,  Electra,  RCA,  Atlantic

Genesis:
London,  ABC/Impulse/MCA,  Charisma,  Buddah (Charisma reissues),
Polydor (Charisma reissues), Atco/Atlantic

What artists can you come up with who have had numerous label affiliations?
(ignoring artists strictly on local/minor labels, and not counting incidental
label changes more than once, e.g. ABC --> MCA. Only consider U.S. label
affiliations.


On a totally different note: In the latest issue of "Rolling Stone", I read
an ad for a new Elvis Costello "best-of" video collection--22 videos,
hi-fi sound, $19.95 list price. Has anyone seen/heard this tape & if so,
is it worth it? If the audio tracks are taken from the masters, this seems
like it could be a better deal than the compact disk (if you have a hi-fi
video tape player).

						 David ("Dr. DAP") Pearlman