All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Wolfgang's Vault, where live music lives, has available for free streaming five great concerts from 1970 and 1971. 1970 CBS Records Convention features Directions, Bitches Brew, The Mask and Spanish Key. Also available: 1970 :: Tanglewood 1971 :: Fillmore West 1970 :: Fillmore East 1970 :: Fillmore East...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
"I spent an entire career at the major labels," [Larry] Jenkins [head of CBS Records] said, "and I learned a lot of what to do -- and a lot of what to avoid. I thought, 'What if we went into this where we'll only sign artists who are really talented?" ... but then we just carried on signing the ones who looked good in hotpants. [via Music for Maniacs ]
Music For Maniacs (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
From this article in the LA Times: "I spent an entire career at the major labels," [Larry] Jenkins [head of CBS Records] said, "and I learned a lot o f what to do -- and a lot of what to avoid. I tho ught, 'What if we went into this where w e'll only sign artists who are really talented? "
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
New York - CBS (NYSE: CBS) plans to launch a digital record label in January that will seek to place its artists' music in CBS TV and digital programming, as well as distribute through digital retailers like iTunes, Variety reports. The new Los Angeles-based CBS Records unit will utilize resources from CBS Entertainment and CBS Interactive, and be headed by current CBS Paramount Network Television...
The Disney Blog (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Randy Lewis, in the Los Angeles Times, checks up on how the new CBS Records is doing. With Sony’s music arm in control of old corporate sibling Columbia Records and with the Viacom/CBS split settling ever deeper in, the young CBS Records was launched to provide and capitalize on music for the television network. That relationship cuts two [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
This electronically rendered music thing got its start with Wendy (then Walter) Carlos back in 1968, with the Grammy-winning Switched-On Bach (CBS Records). Carlos played the then-new Moog Synthesizer, giving a serous electric glow to composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. Now Jessica Williams--one of the finest acoustic jazz pianists alive--"switches on" for Blood Music...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Meet the rarest of beasts: the heavy metal dance mix. After the “disappointing” sales figures for Judas Priest's 1984 album Defenders of the Faith (it merely went platinum), CBS Records gave the band the kind of visionary direction that has made the major labels the shining beacon of business savvy they are today: sell more records. [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Do you think you could play your favorite video game with the sound turned off?
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Former Led Zeppelin frontman, Robert Plant, and his new partner in music, 20time Grammy winner Alison Krauss, are just another stepping stone in the life of Scot Sax, famed neo-power pop artist ...
NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Sports often stood in the way of George Butler's piano lessons when he was a boy. It got him into trouble only once: During a piano recital, he forgot the notes to a Scarlatti sonata and launched into some boogie-woogie.
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 03/23/2008
I think I may have booked the Blue Öyster Cult, as Soft White Underbelly, the first paying gig of their careers. One of my closest friends, Sandy Pearlman, was writing songs and managing them and they were almost the house band at my school after a while. Even back then, the late 60s, Sandy had [...]
Tar Heel Fan (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
What: NCAA East Regional 1st Round Where: RBC Center, Raleigh, NC When: Friday, March 21st, 7:10 PM TV: CBS Records: UNC 32-2; MSM 19-14 NCAA Results: UNC-First game; MSM-def. #16 Coppin State. The quest for a title begins here. Mount St. Mary's is not a good team despite winning the Opening Round game versus Coppin State which is evidenced by the #16 [...]
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
From Lifesite News OTTAWA, March 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On February 29, 1988 Svend Robinson ‘came out’ as Canada’s first homosexual federal politician. At that time at a party hosted by Canada’s national homosexual lobby (EGALE) Robinson received congratulations from a young man who’s catchy remark was televised across Ontario on the Global Television network. As [...]
Hear 2.0 (Free subscription) | 03/13/2008
This is Part 3 of my interview with broadcast attorney David Oxenford. Part 1 focused on the legality of podcasting music (see it here - and listen to the podcast). Part 2 focuses on turning the tables on the labels...
Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
Just in case you're interested, I've put one more (for the time being the last) Dylan artefact up for sale on eBay. It's a CBS Records promo copy of the 'Lenny Bruce' single, and it's here , and here:
