trane_fanatic Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rca-execs-confirm-jive-arista-245392 Amid some big changes in the music industry, new RCA Records CEO Peter Edge and longtime colleague Tom Corson, who was promoted to president and COO in August, have officially shuttered historic labels Arista and Jive. J Records, launched by Clive Davis in 2000 as an “instant major,” will also see its artists bequeathed to RCA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Arista...they were a player for quite a while, and had a great jazz run in the '70s for some reason I've still not figured out....what major label is going to tell people like Cusucuna, Backer, etc. to just go ahead and record Braxton, Air, Abrams, Ran Blake, Michael Gregory Jackson(!), Oliver Lake, etc.? Other than A&M, that is, but Clive Davis gave his freaks a longer (in terms of both duration and distance) than Herb Albert gave John Snyder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trane_fanatic Posted October 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) Arista...they were a player for quite a while, and had a great jazz run in the '70s for some reason I've still not figured out....what major label is going to tell people like Cusucuna, Backer, etc. to just go ahead and record Braxton, Air, Abrams, Ran Blake, Michael Gregory Jackson(!), Oliver Lake, etc.? Other than A&M, that is, but Clive Davis gave his freaks a longer (in terms of both duration and distance) than Herb Albert gave John Snyder. Screw Mosaic for refusing to put out that Complete Arista Duet Recordings of Anthony & Toni Braxton 10-LP Box Edited October 26, 2011 by trane_fanatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 They're probably still trying to find a diagrammatic title that does this justice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) The article says that Clive Davis founded Arista in 1974, but as I recall it was merely a matter of giving Bell Records a new name. I remember my sister having a 45 on Bell Records about 1955 called "They Were Doing the Mambo" by Tex something and The Song Singers. In 1964 GTO by Ronnie and the Daytonas was on the Mala label, which IIRC was a Bell imprint. PS - Yes, it says so at Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Records Edited October 26, 2011 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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