Phil Chess 1921 - 2016

[soulpope]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/19/phil-chess-dies-chess-records

[mjzee]

All props to the man.  RIP.

[paul secor]

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

[soulpope]

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 ....

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

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

[soulpope]

[paul secor]

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

[soulpope]

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!" 

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[The Magnificent Goldberg]

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

[JSngry]

 

 

 

[Dave Garrett]

On 10/21/2016 at 0:27 PM, JSngry said:

 

 

[JSngry]

Inez wins.

[medjuck]

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. 

[soulpope]

On 21.10.2016 at 7:27 PM, JSngry said:

 

 

 

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[The Magnificent Goldberg]

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

[danasgoodstuff]

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.

[medjuck]

2 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said:

Maybe they just wanted the issue resolved, with minimum involvement from them.

And they no longer owned Atlantic.