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RADIO/PODCAST: Miles Davis Concerts Online (All About Jazz)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:30:54 GMT

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...

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As opposed to what? (No Rock And Roll Fun)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:52:00 GMT

"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 ]

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QUOTE OF THE DAY (Music For Maniacs)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:47:00 GMT

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? "

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CBS to Launch New Digital Record Label in January (Digital Media Wire)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:52:19 GMT

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...

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Music Labels and Television Partner Up (The Disney Blog)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:19:28 GMT

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 [...]

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Jessica Williams: Blood Music (All About Jazz)

Mon, 26 May 2008 06:05:07 GMT

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...

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White Label Wednesday: Judas Priest, “Turbo Lover” (Popdose)

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:30:38 GMT

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. [...]

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Video game sound specialist is guest speaker (Houston Chronicle)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:05:41 GMT

... working on high school, college and professional theatrical productions.He has worked at CBS Records in Nashville, done sound design for Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and designed and operated public announcement systems at the Texas Renaissance Festival.Hargett designs sounds, and his primary focus is on stage production for theaters."I have done a lot of night time sounds and a lot of...

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Scot Sax on tour with Robert Plant, Alison Kraus + release party (Band Weblogs)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:36:17 GMT

... his new album ‘While She Was Working.’ ‘While She Was Working’ is a six-song album written and recorded by Sax himself over a period of 10 days. The album is a new sound for Sax but does well not to stray too far from his roots. While hosting Open Milk Night at MilkBoy Coffee , Sax claims that he gained a certain sense of humor about music. This humor comes through in his new album, in which...

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Jazz producer George Butler, 76 (NewsObserver.com - Local & State)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:30:00 GMT

David Perlmutt, The Charlotte ObserverSports 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.What a scolding he got from his parents and teacher.As it turns out, the Charlotte native was playing the right music.He became a legendary record...

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C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Blue Öyster Cult (Crooks and Liars)

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:00:23 GMT

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 a dream of creating a rock opera which finally was released in 1988– butchered up by CBS Records–...

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#1 UNC vs #16 Mount St. Mary's (Tar Heel Fan)

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:37:41 GMT

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 [...]

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20 Years On - The Man Who Congratulated Canada’s First Gay Politician Reconsiders (Anglican Mainstream)

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:02:14 GMT

... early twenties MacDonald became a successful performer, actor and musician. He produced music for CBS records and NBC TV, achieved a lead role in a Broadway show, co-starred in films for Columbia and Paramount Pictures and starred as Rum Tum Tugger, the Rock and Roll Cat, in the US National Tour of "Cats." MacDonald told LifeSiteNews.com that he had been involved with two abortions with...

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Why can't the Radio industry enter the music business? (Hear 2.0)

mramsey@mercradio.com (Mark Ramsey) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:24:00 GMT

... deal that Live Nation, the concert promoter, just cut with Madonna means they basically become a record label to release her music and get cuts, not only of the music, but of her concerts and the merchandise sold there. There’s nothing necessarily that would stop that broadcaster from doing that same sort of thing. So it would be technically legal if, for example, Clear Channel were to sign...

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ANOTHER SMALL DYLAN ITEM GOING CHEAP... (Bob Dylan Encyclopedia)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:03:00 GMT

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:

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EURweb.com Gamble & Huff Part 1 [del.icio.us] (Roney Smith)

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:29:13 GMT

... bringing Philadelphia soul music to the world. In 1971, the duo formed Philadelphia International Records (PIR) and cut a major deal with the largest label at that time, CBS Records and its president Clive Davis. Now, the two have scored a major agreement with mega label Sony/BMG. “We’ve just signed a deal and we’re re-releasing all of our catalog,” Gamble told EUR’s Lee Bailey. “We...

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UNC vs Virginia Tech (Tar Heel Fan)

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:39:41 GMT

Where: Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC When: Saturday, February 16th, 1:00 PM TV: CBS Records: UNC 23-2, 8-2 ACC; VT 14-10, 5-5 ACC “I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’ve never been involved in anything like it,” -Roy Williams during his Friday press conference That makes two of us, Roy. So for a fourth straight game, UNC will go [...]

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Henry J. Chiumento, 89, formerly of Audubon, WWII Veteran and CBS Records employee (ClearysNoteBook)

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:09:08 GMT

On January 20, 2008 formerly of Audubon, NJ, age 89 years, beloved husband of the late Rose C. (nee Cianci). Dear father of Robert (Deborah), loving grandfather of Nicholas Andre, Elizabeth Rose andMargaret Anne. Dear brother of Carmen, John, Edith, Joe and the late Ann and Carl.Mr. Chiumento was a veteran of WWII and retired employee of CBS Records in Pitman, NJ. Relatives and friends of the...

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Sources: Victim touted planned testimony (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:01:00 GMT

... with killing Moses Williams in 2000 while they were in a car celebrating a rapper friend's new record contract. Bey is being held for a mid-March trial in the Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility, on State Road.After the killing, CBS Records voided the contract, said a source familiar with the record deal.Wright was "a little arrogant," said another source who knew her. "If...

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My Aunt's Playlist: CBS/Pepsi Special Offer - Simon & Garfunkel/The Tremeloes (Kwaya Na Kisser)

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:16:00 GMT

... 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) Both from a 1967 7-inch single Pepsi-Cola Offer through CBS Records. Enjoy.

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