[78-L] Mercury co-founder dies

[David Lennick]

Interesting! I paid a couple of visits to Mercury's offices in New York in the 
70s..always looking for product that wasn't available in Canada, like the 
Second City compilation on Smash, and Johnny Douglas's Sleepy Shores. Dealt 
with a lovely lady named Beth Dasheff.

dl

On 1/5/2015 6:10 PM, Donna Halper wrote:
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> On 1/5/2015 5:54 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> http://www.examiner.com/article/mercury-records-co-founder-irwin-steinberg-dead-at-94
>>
> Wow, I worked for Irwin-- he hired me in 1975 and I spent a year at
> Mercury as East Coast director of Artists&  Repertoire.  Having
> discovered the rock group Rush (who signed to Mercury) while I was a
> disc jockey and music director in Cleveland, I guess the company figured
> I might be able to do it again.  Sadly, the company was incredibly
> bureaucratic, with way too many decision-makers, all of whom canceled
> each other out. And every band I recommended, other folks at Mercury
> turned me down.  Several of the bands I tried to get signed went on to
> have hits with other labels, most notably Wild Cherry, whose big hit was
> "Play That Funky Music."  Anyway, it was an interesting experience
> working at a record label.  RIP Irving.
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