Well said, Shaggy.......and, is that a reference to long-ago CBS prez, Walter Yetnikoff?!? Goodness. I haven't heard that name (or Bruce Lundvall, for that matter) in 40 years! Like a wide receiver in crunch time of a tie game, Shaggy, you go deep!
Well said, Shaggy.......and, is that a reference to long-ago CBS prez, Walter Yetnikoff?!? Goodness. I haven't heard that name (or Bruce Lundvall, for that matter) in 40 years! Like a wide receiver in crunch time of a tie game, Shaggy, you go deep!
Yep. Walter was one of the least-seen big wheels in the recording business; unlike Ahmet Ertegun and David Geffen, who liked to be out and about fairly often. But that didn't mean he didn't have neutron star-level pull when he wanted to.
Very cool! Finally, someone with whom I can talk '70s label CEOs & Veeps! I had never thought about that public perception, but now that you mention it (and, now that I set the Wayback Machine to that era!), you're so correct! Ahmet and Geffen, both, were certainly as up-front then (and, I'm not seeing it as vanity) as they, deservedly, are now, in the rear-view mirror surveying their respective careers!
Well said, Shaggy.......and, is that a reference to long-ago CBS prez, Walter Yetnikoff?!? Goodness. I haven't heard that name (or Bruce Lundvall, for that matter) in 40 years! Like a wide receiver in crunch time of a tie game, Shaggy, you go deep!
Yep. Walter was one of the least-seen big wheels in the recording business; unlike Ahmet Ertegun and David Geffen, who liked to be out and about fairly often. But that didn't mean he didn't have neutron star-level pull when he wanted to.
Very cool! Finally, someone with whom I can talk '70s label CEOs & Veeps! I had never thought about that public perception, but now that you mention it (and, now that I set the Wayback Machine to that era!), you're so correct! Ahmet and Geffen, both, were certainly as up-front then (and, I'm not seeing it as vanity) as they, deservedly, are now, in the rear-view mirror surveying their respective careers!