soulpope Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/19/phil-chess-dies-chess-records Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 All props to the man. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, soulpope said: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/19/phil-chess-dies-chess-records No mention by The Guardian of the Aristocrat label (which they originally co-owned and later owned totally) preceding Chess. NY Times obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/arts/music/phil-chess-dead.html Edited October 20, 2016 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 1 hour ago, paul secor said: No mention by The Guardian of the Aristocrat label (which they originally co-owned and later owned totally) preceding Chess. NY Times obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/arts/music/phil-chess-dead.html Thnx Paul - was in hurry and the Guardian obit was the first one on offer .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I really liked this quote: "When The Chicago Sun-Times asked Phil Chess in 1997 why he had been so successful, he shrugged. “I didn’t know what I was doing,” he said." As Mr Punch says, 'That's the way ter do it!' No mention, interestingly, of Arc music, the publishing company founded by the brothers and Tommy Goodman (Benny's brother) (and which also published a hell of a lot of Vee-Jay songs by the likes of Jimmy Reed. If memory serves, they DIDN'T sell those copyrights. Smart guys. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul secor Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 (edited) 18 hours ago, soulpope said: I sent this photo to a friend of mine and asked him how he'd like to do business with these gentlemen. His response was: "I'd count my fingers after shaking their hands!" Edited October 21, 2016 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 6 hours ago, paul secor said: I sent this photo to a friend of mine and asked him how he's like to do business with these gentlemen. His response was: "I'd count my fingers after shaking their hands!" .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Yeah, me too. But they weren't any worse than most owners of indie labels. The guy who owned Supreme Records, in LA, for whom Percy Mayfield recorded 'Two years of torture', was shot by one of his artists for failing to pay. (Even Blue Note wasn't paying royalties, in the fifties/early sixties as they'd got their artists to sign up to a cash upfront only deal by paying extra.) MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 On 10/21/2016 at 0:27 PM, JSngry said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Inez wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 On 10/21/2016 at 10:00 AM, The Magnificent Goldberg said: Yeah, me too. But they weren't any worse than most owners of indie labels. The guy who owned Supreme Records, in LA, for whom Percy Mayfield recorded 'Two years of torture', was shot by one of his artists for failing to pay. (Even Blue Note wasn't paying royalties, in the fifties/early sixties as they'd got their artists to sign up to a cash upfront only deal by paying extra.) MG I always thought it was ironic that The Erteguns got involved with some organization trying to get back owed royalties for blues and R&B artists since many of them had recorded for Atlantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 On 21.10.2016 at 7:27 PM, JSngry said: .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 On 22/10/2016 at 10:37 PM, JSngry said: Inez wins. Yeah! Bobby Bland died the same year as Inez - 2013. Robey died in 1975. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 On 10/22/2016 at 4:02 PM, medjuck said: I always thought it was ironic that The Erteguns got involved with some organization trying to get back owed royalties for blues and R&B artists since many of them had recorded for Atlantic. Maybe they just wanted the issue resolved, with minimum involvement from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 2 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said: Maybe they just wanted the issue resolved, with minimum involvement from them. And they no longer owned Atlantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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