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Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell
FromLet It Roll
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Host Nate Wilcox gets Gareth to detail his researches on the earliest days of the record industry when Thomas Edison battled The Victor Talking Machine company for control of the industry. Then the conversation follows the record industry's evolution into the "race records" era of the 1920s, John Hammond's career at Columbia Records. Then we focus on Chris Blackwell, the British record man behind Island Records and wrap with some of his contemporaries in the UK record industry of the 70s & 80s.Buy the book and support the podcast.Download this episode.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
Released:
Sep 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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