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Report by Ian Dove, Billboard, 17 August 1968

BRITAIN'S SOUL Surge continues. ...

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Donnie Elbert, Moments, The, Rimshots, The, Sylvia Robinson, Shirley & Company, Whatnauts, The, Linda Jones, Ponderosa Twins Plus One, Lonnie Youngblood, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Brother To Brother, George Kerr: The All Platinum Sound

Overview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, May 1975

Moments, Whatnauts, Shirley And Company, Sylvia... the chartbusting music they're calling the "New Jersey Sound" comes from just one source: All Platinum Records. Tony Cummings ...

Brecker Brothers, The: Brecker Brothers: The Studio And Its Discontents

Interview by Steve Bloom, Downbeat, 21 June 1979

It would be nice if we're going to do this to say some shit. I don't know what, but I'd really like for once to ...

Booker T & The MGs, Steve Cropper, Mar-Keys, The, Blues Brothers, The: Steve Cropper: The Man Who Wrote The Book

Interview by Bill Bentley, LA Weekly, 1 May 1980

THE LATE sixties were a time for guitars, and five musicians — fifty fingers — appeared to naturally jump to the center of attention: Jimi ...

Stiff's Upper Lip

Interview by Hugh Fielder, Sounds, 1 February 1986

Stiff supremo DAVE ROBINSON explains to HUGH FIELDER why he's back at first base and going for a home run. ...

Beat Happening, Green River, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Tad, Walkabouts, The, Thrown Ups, The, Blood Circus, Girl Trouble, Fluid, The, Steven Jesse Bernstein, Terry Lee Hale, Fastbacks, Chemistry Set, Nights And Days, The, Cat Butt, Steve Fisk, Swallow: Sub Pop — Seattle: Rock City

Overview by Everett True, Melody Maker, 18 March 1989

RIGHT NOW, MUDHONEY ARE THE STANDARD BEARERS FOR SEATTLE'S NEW GENERATION OF THRASH METAL MERCHANTS, BUT THERE IS A LEGION OF OTHER BANDS READY AND ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers, The, Rick Rubin: The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Now That's Blood Sugar Sex Magic!

Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 21 September 1991

After a long series of wrangles with their former record company EMI, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are back! They're back with a new Rick ...

John Fogerty, Randy Newman, Prince: Lenny Waronker: All In The Family

Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, July 1994

Warner Brothers President Lenny Waronker is not your Average Corporate Cheese ...

Lenny Bruce, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix, Last Poets, The, Bill Laswell, John McLaughlin, Eric Dolphy, Lightnin' Rod: Alan Douglas: Thee Man Who Sold The Underworld

Retrospective and Interview by Edwin Pouncey, The Wire, July 1997

Now into his fifth decade at the doors of perception, label boss ALAN DOUGLAS hasworked with many of the century's underground greats, from Lenny Bruce, ...

Stan Cornyn: It's A Warner-Ful Life

Interview by Todd Everett, Hits, 10 April 2002

FOR MORE THAN 30 years, Stan Cornyn was the "voice" of Warner Bros. and Reprise Records. The company's image-setting print advertisements – offering free Topanga ...

Jimi Hendrix, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention: Joe Boyd: White Bicycles – Making Music in the 1960s (Serpent's Tail)

Book Review by Robert Sandall, The Sunday Times, 14 May 2006

THIS PROTEIN-PACKED memoir entwines a number of stories that reach well beyond the subtitle's modest brief. At one level it's a boy's own adventure. Joe ...

David Stubbs: Ace Records – Labels Unlimited

Book Review by Neil Slaven, Blues & Rhythm, March 2007

HOW MANY MATURE Blues & Rhythm readers own between fifty and a hundred Ace records, vinyl or CD? ...

Lulu: The Atco Sesssions

Sleeve notes by Kieron Tyler, Atlantic Records, September 2007

LULU'S 1970 ALBUM New Routes has long been recognised as a landmark soulful classic – the album that finally provided the showcase Lulu's voice deserved. ...

Millie, John Martyn, Bob Marley & the Wailers, U2, Nick Drake, Traffic, Steve Winwood, PJ Harvey: Empire of the Sun: Island at 50

Retrospective and Interview by Tom Doyle, Q, June 2009

The grand scheme of a gambler with a taste for chicken blood, Jamaican label Island Records introduced Bob Marley and U2 to the world. On ...

Jimi Hendrix, Last Poets, The, Cecil Taylor, Duke Ellington, John McLaughlin, Bill Evans: Alan Douglas, 1931-2014

Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 18 June 2014

Record producer best known for his controversial posthumous releases of Jimi Hendrix recordings ...

Yah Mo Be There: Mo Ostin on Sinatra, the Beatles... and Cold Chillin' Records (2018) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by Ben Merlis, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 9 March 2018

Ben interviewed Mo Ostin for his book Goin' Off: The Story of the Juice Crew & Cold Chillin' Records (BMG Books, 2019) at his home ...