Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:15 am
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Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:12 am
Rock Legend wrote:Sholes was indeed instrumental in signing Elvis to RCA. Ackerman writes that this was “remarkable when one considers the musical climate of the era”, but that’s not entirely true. After all, several other major labels, including Atlantic, were also bidding on Elvis. They all knew that he was hot.
I think it’s also a bit too much credit to describe him as a developer of talent, at least in Elvis’ case. In reality, Elvis and Sholes had very little in common, and Sholes didn’t even really understand the new rock ‘n’ roll phenomenon, as can be asserted from the songs that he would sometimes suggest. And it’s also been reported in various mags that he spent a lot of time during Elvis’ recording sessions sleeping on a couch.
Finally, it’s interesting that some of those who actually worked with Sholes were far less generous in their praise than what is seen in these articles. RCA’s Chick Crumpacker described him as someone “with an ego the size of his pants”.
Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:23 am
KiwiAlan wrote: the New York crew of Crumpacker and his mates were very jealous of their southern stablemates, especially Sholes.
Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:37 am
Rock Legend wrote:KiwiAlan wrote: the New York crew of Crumpacker and his mates were very jealous of their southern stablemates, especially Sholes.
Do you have any documentation for this assertion?
Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:51 am
Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:44 pm
Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:27 am
KiwiAlan wrote:Thank you for that.
Interesting to note that from 1945 he was responsible for Rhythm and Blues....so he must have had dealings with Arthur Crudup
Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:46 am
Rock Legend wrote:Sholes was indeed instrumental in signing Elvis to RCA. Ackerman writes that this was “remarkable when one considers the musical climate of the era”, but that’s not entirely true. After all, several other major labels, including Atlantic, were also bidding on Elvis. They all knew that he was hot.
Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:15 am
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:24 pm
KiwiAlan wrote:Considering Colonel Parker's heavy involvement with RCA I would doubt that there was any intention to go to any other label.
He used the others to jack up the price.
ritchievalens wrote:only goofy thing he did was throw out ep sun master and outtake tapes.
Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:57 pm
The most spectacular case of wholesale vault trashing is the decision by RCA in the early '60s to demolish its warehouse in Camden, N.J. The warehouse, according to collectors and industry veterans, held four floors of catalogue product, pre-tape-era material ranging from metal parts, acetates, shellac disc masters and alternate takes to test pressings, master matrix books and session rehearsal recordings.
Several days before the demolition, officials from French RCA gained permission to go through the building and withdraw whatever material they could carry for their vinyl "Black and White" jazz reissue series. A few American collectors were also allowed in the building to salvage any items they could carry out.
A few days later. as dozens of RCA officials and collectors stood on a nearby Delaware Bridge, demolition experts ignited the dynamite charges. Eyewitnesses said they saw "clouds of debris, black and metal chunks flying out the windows" of the collapsing building.
The building wreckage was then bulldozed into the Delaware River. A pier was built on top of the detritus.
"Was it a case of literally dynamiting away our cultural heritage, or was it nobody's business but a private property of a company that had made a business decision that made sense to them at the time?" asked a young archivist, one of several who have confirmed the story with older collectors who were present at the demolition. "The problem is, it was both. There's always that tug."
http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/elnews-VaultLosses.htm
Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:21 am
KiwiAlan wrote:Rock Legend wrote:KiwiAlan wrote: the New York crew of Crumpacker and his mates were very jealous of their southern stablemates, especially Sholes.
Do you have any documentation for this assertion?
It's history my friend, history.
Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:27 am
sgt bilko wrote:KiwiAlan wrote:It's history my friend, history.
Hopefully the Docs new avatar will soon be as well !!
Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:44 am
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mysterytrainrideson wrote:Don't really know too much about, Steve. It seems, from what i've read, that he didn't have too much much input in Elvis' recording sessions, as Elvis seems to have been the producer.. I think Steve was just there to make sure everything ran smoothly.
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