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Dave2006
March 22, 2012, 10:00 PM
How indie labels changed the world http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/22/indie-record-labels-changed-world?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9389


The Smiths had been courted by the majors and after the release of Hand In Glove were invited for an exploratory meeting with CBS, Warners and EMI, a process that placed the difference between the two sectors in sharp relief.

"I was immediately struck by the lack of records in these buildings," Marr says. "As someone who was a record freak, it made me want to get back to Rough Trade. On the few occasions that I'd been in the Factory flat, and certainly when I'd been around Rough Trade, they were like record companies trying to operate under mounds and mounds of vinyl. All they had in CBS and Warner Brothers were huge posters of their artists in reception."

(Small boast - I used to live in the flat that was Factory Records :))

I thinks it's an ad for a book "How Soon Is Now?" http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780571243907

Dave
Uncleskinny
March 23, 2012, 12:48 PM
http://i39.tinypic.com/24qso4z.jpg

Online link here...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/22/indie-record-labels-changed-world

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Dave2006
March 23, 2012, 01:21 PM
I posted this info last night (probably in the wrong thread) http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/83338-Strange-unexpected-Moz-references?p=1986705900&viewfull=1#post1986705900

It's warmly nostalgic about Morrissey and Marr. It only really focuses on indie music that involves skinny white kids with guitars. It also looks like it is a plug for a book... http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780571243907

Dave
Uncleskinny
March 23, 2012, 02:05 PM
I posted this info last night (probably in the wrong thread) http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/83338-Strange-unexpected-Moz-references?p=1986705900&viewfull=1#post1986705900

It's warmly nostalgic about Morrissey and Marr. It only really focuses on indie music that involves skinny white kids with guitars. It also looks like it is a plug for a book... http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780571243907

Dave

Ah, bollocks, sorry about that, I missed it. We'll see about deleting or merging.

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Dave2006
March 23, 2012, 03:15 PM
Ah, bollocks, sorry about that, I missed it. We'll see about deleting or merging.

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No problems - hardly worth merging if there are only two people interested...

Dave
goinghome
March 24, 2012, 12:03 AM
No problems - hardly worth merging if there are only two people interested...

Dave

Got there before you both! 2nd item in the list - http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/83338-Strange-unexpected-Moz-references?p=1986705899&viewfull=1#post1986705899
Uncleskinny
March 24, 2012, 07:48 AM
Got there before you both! 2nd item in the list - http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/83338-Strange-unexpected-Moz-references?p=1986705899&viewfull=1#post1986705899

I'm slipping, what can I say? Need more flax oil for the brain.

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Dave2006
March 24, 2012, 08:35 AM
Makes me think there might be a need for an 'appearances in the media' thread - distinct from 'unexpected references' where all media articles about Smiths / Moz could be listed - leaving unexpected references for, well, unexpected items.

Dave
goinghome
March 25, 2012, 12:16 PM
I'm slipping, what can I say? Need more flax oil for the brain.

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Ha! I should have known to give it its own thread.


Makes me think there might be a need for an 'appearances in the media' thread - distinct from 'unexpected references' where all media articles about Smiths / Moz could be listed - leaving unexpected references for, well, unexpected items.

Dave

Right, not unexpected really. : )