Bite me, RIAA -
Oct. 7th, 2003 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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yendi and mactavish in particular -
Top 10 Non-RIAA associated CDs available from Amazon.com.
This is already good. Then I begin to drill a bit.
Whadda know. Both the new Diane Schuur and Bette Midler albums are RIAA-free. If you haven't found this out from my journal, both of these projects were produced by Barry Manilow. His label, Arista Records (the one that releases endless big fat hits collections) is a RIAA member - his new label, Concord Records - is not.
And the work he has done with those guys is easily his best. He shopped around a long time before he found a place to go do stuff he wanted to do (compare the "Ultimate Manilow" album released by Arista with the "Here At the Mayflower" album released by Concord for a clue) - no surprise they won't join RIAA.
That's my boy. I'm really glad to see him so busy.
yendi and mactavish in particular - Top 10 Non-RIAA associated CDs available from Amazon.com.
This is already good. Then I begin to drill a bit.
Whadda know. Both the new Diane Schuur and Bette Midler albums are RIAA-free. If you haven't found this out from my journal, both of these projects were produced by Barry Manilow. His label, Arista Records (the one that releases endless big fat hits collections) is a RIAA member - his new label, Concord Records - is not.
And the work he has done with those guys is easily his best. He shopped around a long time before he found a place to go do stuff he wanted to do (compare the "Ultimate Manilow" album released by Arista with the "Here At the Mayflower" album released by Concord for a clue) - no surprise they won't join RIAA.
That's my boy. I'm really glad to see him so busy.
