[78-L] Huh?

[Taylor Bowie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> From c.1953 on, US Columbias were issued up here on the PHILIPS label;
> however
> this was around the same time that Columbia's issues no longer were of any
> interest to the young folks who kept the record industry prosperous...?! 
> The
> only
> "major label" who prospered during the "rock'n'roll" era was RCA
> Victor...and
> that was because they wound up with Elvis Presley under contract thanks to
> his manager...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr


I'm not sure what Steven's concept of the "rock 'n' roll" era is,  but 
unless he thinks it ended around 1960,  his statement about Columbia records 
is wildly inaccurate.

In the 60s and 70s and later,  Columbia signed many major rock bands and 
artists,  including The Animals,  The Byrds,  Big Brother, Mott the Hoople, 
Blood Sweat and Tears,  Chicago, Iron Maiden,  Santana, Kiss,  Fleetwood 
Mac,  and a guy named Bruce Springsteen.

Sort of off-topic,  but Steven's statement either needed clarification or 
refutation!

Taylor