Newport in New York 1972

[Swinging Swede]

Cobblestone was Joe Fields & Don Schlitten. When they split, each took their stuff with them, more or less, or so it's been said. Fields to Muse, Schlitten to Xanadu.

The way I have understood it, it was a bit more complicated and the split didn't happen until later. Cobblestone was a subsidiary of Buddah Records. The Fields/Schlitten Cobblestone albums were made in 1971-72. In 1972 they left to form the new independent label Muse, which conceptually continued in the same way as Cobblestone. It may be that Fields was the sole owner, but Schlitten was still listed as producer in the early years. Later they split with Schlitten forming Xanadu. You'll notice that the first Xanadu albums weren't made until 1975, a full three years after Muse had been formed.

Apparently Schlitten got the rights to parts of the Muse catalogue. For example, the very first Muse album, James Moody's Never Again!, was reissued on a Xanadu CD with three previously unissued tracks from the same session as James Moody And The Hip Organ Trio.

Most of the Cobblestone albums were reissued on Muse, so Fields must have brought over the rights to them, but the Newport In New York sets were not, so they may be owned by Sony today. These Cobblestone/Muse/Xanadu matters seem quite messy, i must say!

[Chuck Nessa]

SS has most of it right. Fiends could not afford the Newport material. That should be Fields.

Edited April 8, 2012 by Chuck Nessa

[marcello]

SS has most of it right. Fiends could not afford the Newport material. That should be Fields.

A Freudian slip of the tongue?

[DMP]

Just spotted it on iTunes.