01:00:28 26.96 |
DAVID GEFFEN SPEAKS AT PODIUM. ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM UNSEEN AUDIENCE ABOUT HIS RECORD COMPANY. AUDIENCE APPLAUSE AS HE SAYS THANK YOU AND LEAVES PODIUM. SCREEN IS DARK
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01:01:40 98.77 |
RIAA PRESIDENT STANLEY GORTIKOV OF THE RIAA AT PODIUM TELLS A VIGNETTE RELATIVE TO THE AGGRESSIVE ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN IN THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AGAINST HOME TAPING. HE TALKS ABOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TURNING TO WASHINGTON TO PROTECT THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AND SONGWRITERS AGAINST PIRACY OF HOME VIDEO TAPING. TALKS ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT BILLS IN CONGRESS. MENTIONS THE BETAMAX BILL. TALKS ABOUT THE SCOURGE OF RECORD RENTALS.
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01:11:46 704.92 |
END OF SPEECH.
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01:11:56 715.06 |
INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE THANKS PEOPLE FOR MAKING NARM SUCCESSFUL.
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01:12:30 749.06 |
SPEECH ABOUT ITS BATTLE AGAINST COUNTERFEITING OF MUSIC. DISCUSSES PAT BENATAR'S GET NERVOUS ALBUM, THE FIRST ALBUM TO USE ANTI COUNTERFEITING TECHNOLOGY.
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01:22:45 1364.27 |
PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATE OF 8-TRACKS AND LPS. SAY 8 TRACKS SELL BEST IN THE SOUTH. LAST NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: SPECTOR, LIEBERMAN, CASSETTA, SILVERMAN, FIFTH PERSON'S NAME NOT VISIBLE.
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01:34:56 2095.04 |
END OF PANEL DISCUSSION.
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01:35:54 2152.48 |
INTERVIEW WITH JIM OF THE ROCK BAND FIGHTER. BIG HAIR. 80S HAIR BAND. SAYS INFLUENCES ARE AEROSMITH AND LED ZEPPELIN, JIMI HENDRIX. SAID THE BAND STAYED TOGETHER LONGER THAN THEIR PEERS. PLAYED CLUBS AND PLAYED HALF COVERS AND HALF ORIGINALS. EVENTUALLY SWITCHED OVER TO ALL ORIGINALS. SAYS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREAT TO THEM NOW THAT THEY HAVE A RECORD DEAL. EVEN THEIR PARENTS ARE EXCITED, WHICH THEY WEREN'T INITIALLY. TALKS ABOUT TV AND MUSIC VIDEOS ARE A BIG INFLUENCE ON GETTING THE BAND OUT THERE. DISCUSSES THE TERMS HEAVY METAL AND POWER ROCK. DISCUSSES HAVING THEIR ALBUM BEING PRODUCED BY TOM ALLOM WHO WAS FAMOUS FOR PRODUCING BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST AND DEF LEPPARD.
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01:45:31 2729.33 |
ASKED ABOUT HOW HE FELT TO GET A FULL DEAL FROM THE RECORD COMPANY IN A PERIOD WHERE BANDS WERE NO LONGER GETTING DEALS LIKE THAT HE SAYS THE BAND PARTIED TO CELEBRATE. IRONY. ILL-FATED BAND.
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01:47:06 2824.67 |
SAYS THEIR ALBUM SHOULD HAVE A SEPTEMBER RELEASE (IT NEVER HAPPENED).
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01:48:01 2879.92 |
SAYS HELLO TO HIS BAND, HIS FAMILY AND A&M RECORDS.
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01:48:36 2914.62 |
GREG WESTON(?) OF GREG WESTON(?) ENTERTAINMENT. GREG EXPLAINS THE CRAZINESS OF THE BIRTH OF THE BAND.
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01:52:28 3146.88 |
MENTIONS A&M RECORDS A&R GUY HERNANDO COURTRIGHT LIKED THE SOUND OF THE BAND AND IT CREATED A BIDDING WAR. SAY THEY ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE BAND. SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT LETTING SUCCESS GO TO THEIR HEADS. SAYS HE MADE THE BAND SPEND 6 MONTHS ON CAPE COD (WINTER) WITH NO PHONE OR TV AND MADE THEM WORKOUT AND REHEARSE 7 DAYS A WEEK TO SEE IF THEY COULD HANDLE TOURING.
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01:57:11 3430.02 |
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Description: NARM DAY#2/FIGHTER DAVID GEFFEN FOUNDER OF GEFFEN RECORDS STANLEY GORTIKOV - PRESIDENT OF RIAA (RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA). FORMER HEAD OF CAPITOL RECORDS. DISCUSSION OF BOOTLEG RECORDINGS, COUNTERFEITING RECORDINGS. PRE-NAPSTER. INTERVIEW WITH GUITARIST GENE D'ITRIA OF BOSTON BASED BAND CALLED FIGHTER. FORMERLY NAMED AXES BUT HAD TO CHANGE NAME BECAUSE OF ANOTHER BAND CALLED AXE. AFTER THIS INTERVIEW IT APPEARS THEY AGAIN CHANGED THEIR NAME,THIS TIME TO MASS (THEY WERE A BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS BASED BAND. FAILURE ROCK BAND BECAUSE OF POOR MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL PROBLEMS. INTERVIEW PROVES IRONIC AS THEY FELL APART JUST AS THEY WERE SEEMINGLY GOING TO MAKE IT BIG. FIGHTER AKA MASS CONSISTED OF: LEAD SINGER: LOUIS DEGUSSE (ST. AUGUST?) BASS KEVIN RICCIO DRUMS JOEY VADALA GUITAR GENE D'ITRIA
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