Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) Feb. 7, 1942, Paramount Pictures' head of production, Buddy DeSylva, wrote a $15,000 check for Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs to start Capitol. Happy 80th Birthday Capitol! You had a hell of run, at least for the first 30 years or so. Posting in the Artists section because of Capitol's unbelievable roster in the 1940s and 50s. Edited February 8, 2022 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 I am so excited. I won't be able to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 They certainly did have a good run. Nat Cole was, of course, their biggest seller. Their famous building, the Capitol Tower, was known as "The House That Nat Built". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Shrdlu said: They certainly did have a good run. Nat Cole was, of course, their biggest seller. Their famous building, the Capitol Tower, was known as "The House That Nat Built". Their 1940s-60s roster was incredible: Sinatra Dino Nat Jo Stafford Pied Pipers Johnny Mercer Peggy Lee Duke Stan Kenton Cannonball Louis & Kelly Howard Roberts Nancy Wilson George Shearing Jackie Gleason Nancy Wilson June Christy Yma Sumac Thee Great Les Baxter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 The Four Freshmen The Kingston Trio The Beach Boys The Beatles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Tennessee Ernie Ford Jimmy Bryant/Speedy West Buck Owens Merle Haggard Tex Ritter Hank Thompson Wanda Jackson Just ALL kinds of White People!!!! Al Martino The Lettermen Bobby Gentry Glen Campbell Roy Clark and Ed Townsend!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 A HUGE hit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Steve Miller Bob Seger Linda Ronstadt/Stone Poneys Quicksilver Messenger Service Lou Rawls SRC Joe South Gandalf Hearts and Flowers The People Insect Trust Patti Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 This is one of the essential guitar records: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 9 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: I am so excited. I won't be able to sleep. Still feeling giddy after the all-nighter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Anne Murray AND Helen Reddy!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Beastie Boys and Pink Floyd are Capitol artists I have in my collection. Also have some from EMI which was a sub of Capitol. For that label I have D'Angelo, Parliament, Peter Tosh and RHCP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, JSngry said: This is one of the essential guitar records: I found a mint condition copy at a thrift store in the 1990s. It was a dollar. I sold it to Stereo Jack's, so I could feed my jazz/film score habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 What actually was the label's very first release, and what was the first jazz release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, mikeweil said: What actually was the label's very first release, and what was the first jazz release? We can split hairs over what would have been considered "jazz" in 1942. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Dub Modal said: Also have some from EMI which was a sub of Capitol. I thnk it was the other way around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 49 minutes ago, JSngry said: I thnk it was the other way around? Correct. EMI bought a controlling share of Capitol sometime around 1955. This led to Capitol's massive and impressive "Capitol of the World" series, which must have been the first time that a US label devoted a substantial amount of plastic to what would later be called "world music." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Capitol also had a small but interesting Classical catalog, notably the Hollywood String Quartet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, JSngry said: Capitol also had a small but interesting Classical catalog, notably the Hollywood String Quartet. Yes, and I think that this merged with Angel after the EMI acquisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: Feb. 7, 1942, Paramount Pictures' head of production, Buddy DeSylva, wrote a $15,000 check for Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs to start Capitol. Happy 80th Birthday Capitol! You had a hell of run, at least for the first 30 years or so. Posting in the Artists section because of Capitol's unbelievable roster in the 1940s and 50s. Wasn't Buddy DeSylva a songwriter? And though he has executive producer credits at Paramount I don't think he was ever head of production. (That may be a mistranslation on his Wikipedia page which is in French!) Edited February 9, 2022 by medjuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!!!!! The band that single-handedly and forevermore turned me off of "Rock" What a precedent-setting mountainous pile of rancid dogshit. Fitting that they were on the same label (in America) as the group that got me into it in a big way less than a decade before - The Hollyridge Strings!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, JSngry said: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD!!!!! The band that single-handedly and forevermore turned me off of "Rock" What a precedent-setting mountainous pile of rancid dogshit. Produced by the guy who released SOMETHING/ ANYTHING which just turned 50! Edited February 8, 2022 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 I find it interesting that Blue Note is OLDER than Capitol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 23 minutes ago, bertrand said: I find it interesting that Blue Note is OLDER than Capitol. In 1972, when Capitol was only 30 years old, I considered 1942 to be medieval times. In 2022, 50 years later, 1942 doesn't seem like all that long ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 47 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said: Produced by the guy who released SOMETHING/ ANYTHING which just turned 50! Yeah, too little too late. Same thing with Zappa doing them. In real time, I noticed a small but noticeable decrease in musicality from, say, Cream to Zep, and by the time Grand Funk came out of the musical rectum, the kids were NOT all right, the kids were more than willing to swallow that turd whole, over and over again. I moved on with no regrets - and with no hesitancy. One of the better life choices I've made (not that there were all that many...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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