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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Elton used to have it |
| Date | Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:10:19 -0600 |
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Thats true - I believe those contract stipulations were from his English
record
and pubilshing company DMJ (Dick James Music) which licenced thier recordings
to MCA.
That contract ended in 1975 and Elton signed directly to MCA for 5 years,
along
with starting his own custom label Rocket Records. Had Bernie and Elton had
the
luxury of writing one album a year with more time off, it might have extended
the quality of thier music into the late 70's.
I have always felt the reason why poplular music in the 60's advanced so
rapidly each year was that artists were obligated to release 2-3 albums and 4
singles a year, BUT it created a lot of burned-out artists in the process!
Billy
At 12:06 AM 1/17/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>> Billy, are you guessing that's what happened....? 2-3 albums
>> per year? Or did MCA actually stipulate that in his recording
>> contract? I've never read or heard that, but I'm not the world's
>> biggest Elton John fan either -- I just find it hard to swallow
>> that the record company would push for that much new stuff
>> in that period of time.
>
>Elton himself said that the label was asking for two albums per year in
>the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road documentary. That would have been
>Rocket/Island though I believe.
>
>Ryan
>
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