OFF: the future of the rock industry

[Paul Mather]

Doug Pearson wrote:

> When you look at the examples, it's not that amazing; most were failures,
> despite the sucesses of the bands that set them up:
> Beatles - Apple
> Beach Boys - Brother
> Moody Blues - Threshold
> Grateful Dead - G.D./Round
> Elton John - Rocket (despite Kiki Dee)
> Who - Track (admittedly owned by their management)

But Track put out Jimi Hendrix's albums (at least in the UK), which were
known to sell a few copies in their day.  According to its WWW page, the
label has been resurrected!

Also, didn't Zappa and his manager, Herb Cohen, found the Disk/Reet
label that put out early Beefheart and Alice Cooper albums (as well as
Zappa)?

Cheers,

Paul.

NP: Allman Brothers Band, Virginia Beach, 6/16/2000
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