On the other hand, How many of those folks wanted to take the chance of being dropped from the Verve/Pablo bandwagon. Money does wonders to adapt opinions.
Sometimes OP drives me nuts, other times he is ok. "Sometimes you feel like a nut, other times you don't." When NHOP introduced me to him, he was a prince.
Alfred Lion, Creed Taylor and Manfred Eicher all made "signature" recordings. Rudy was not a producer but an exquisite tool to be used by producers back in the day.