bad news about Fantasy Records
My old friend Erik just emailed me:
Concord Records bought Fantasy.
As everyone knows, Fantasy owns many great old jazz imprints (Prestige, Riverside, etc), R&B labels, Stax, and all the CCR stuff.
Concord was a truly great jazz independent – recording many of the lost giants who needed a home. The founder died in the late 90s and Concord was bought buy some conglomerate who deleted most of the stuff (I crazily bought a couple of hundred discs at $5 a pop when it was dumped at Dadeleus). Now, Concord signs Barry Manilow and issues bad Ray Charles discs. Now Fantasy is in their evil power, it their attempt at bad music domination.
Rob here again, I'd be very surprised if the CCR stuff went out of print, (but who knows). But the Stax stuff might well be in jeopardy. There are three wonderful box sets collecting together all of Stax's singles. All you fans might want to think about finally picking them up.
Thanks for the head's up, Erik!
Concord Records bought Fantasy.
As everyone knows, Fantasy owns many great old jazz imprints (Prestige, Riverside, etc), R&B labels, Stax, and all the CCR stuff.
Concord was a truly great jazz independent – recording many of the lost giants who needed a home. The founder died in the late 90s and Concord was bought buy some conglomerate who deleted most of the stuff (I crazily bought a couple of hundred discs at $5 a pop when it was dumped at Dadeleus). Now, Concord signs Barry Manilow and issues bad Ray Charles discs. Now Fantasy is in their evil power, it their attempt at bad music domination.
Rob here again, I'd be very surprised if the CCR stuff went out of print, (but who knows). But the Stax stuff might well be in jeopardy. There are three wonderful box sets collecting together all of Stax's singles. All you fans might want to think about finally picking them up.
Thanks for the head's up, Erik!
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