Off: the Godz

[DRider]

Polydor's parent company was actually Polygram - right?

Was Casablanca - Bill Aucoin's (sp?) label?

Casablanca did go belly up though, correct?

Financed and distributed..... I am not a business guy....

But doesn't that mean Casablanca was a small independent label that got
backed by the major label (Polygram).......?

This would have been because Polygram knew Casablanca had a money making
band on their hands, right?

Mercury was/is a subsidiary of Polygram. I am sure of that. Isn't there a
difference between an independent label being backed by a major and a major
having subsidiaries?

I know that Kiss went from Casablanca to Mercury when Creatures Of The Night
came out.....

Same label basically??

IMHO, Mercury were some of the worst pressed records ever! Lot's of surface
noise. I was so happy when Lovedrive and Animal Magnetism came out on CD to
finally get a clean sounding recording.

Polydor was better than Mercury when it came to pressing. If I remember
right, the old Mahogany Rush records are Polydor. My Mahogany Rush Live is
definitely 200 grams or more of thick vinyl....

Peace,

D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: Off: the Godz


> On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:02:00 -0500, DRider <Hawkwind at ATTBI.COM> wrote:
> >even still - Casablanca would not be considered a major label, right?
> >
> >certainly not in the same league as say A&M - right Bob?
>
> Casablanca was financed and distributed by Polydor, so it was definitely a
> major label.  And that would have been at the time when Casablanca artists
> Kiss, Donna Summer, and the Village People were going multiplatinum with
> every release (and others, like Parliament, weren't doing too shabbily,
> either, with their "Mothership" stage setup and all).  (I'm not sure when
> A&M was bought out, but I think it would have been around that time - late
> 70s.)
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com
>