Difference between revisions of "EastWest"
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'''Quote from [http://wiki.discogs.com/index.php/EastWest_%28Label%29 disogsWiki/EastWest/Notes]''' concerning EastWest UK:<blockquote> | '''Quote from [http://wiki.discogs.com/index.php/EastWest_%28Label%29 disogsWiki/EastWest/Notes]''' concerning EastWest UK:<blockquote> | ||
| − | ''Warner Music's chairman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Dickins Rob Dickens] gave A&R man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hole Max Hole] his own label, EastWest, partially in order to shift a number of dissatisfied | + | ''Warner Music's chairman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Dickins Rob Dickens] gave A&R man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hole Max Hole] his own label, EastWest, partially in order to shift a number of dissatisfied <br/> |
| − | ''Hole left EastWest in 1998, taking up a role as senior VP, marketing and A&R at Universal Music International. Dickens took the label under his control, and promptly dropped most of its artists.''</blockquote> | + | '' Warner/WEA artists from under Dickens' charge. Artists such as The Beloved, Simply Red and The Associates switched from WEA to EastWest <br/> |
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| + | ''to follow Hole. The label operated, as with most Warners brands, at a global level.''<br/> | ||
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| + | ''Hole left EastWest in 1998, taking up a role as senior VP, marketing and A&R at Universal Music International. Dickens took the label under his <br/> | ||
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| + | ''control, and promptly dropped most of its artists.''</blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 16:11, 16 September 2014
The Sisters Of Mercy's last record company,
a sub-subsidiary of WEA - Warner Bros. Records - Elektra Records - Atlantic Records, see EastWest
The logo on the right side was used for the 1990-2000 incarnation of EastWest.
Warner Music's chairman Rob Dickens gave A&R man Max Hole his own label, EastWest, partially in order to shift a number of dissatisfied
Warner/WEA artists from under Dickens' charge. Artists such as The Beloved, Simply Red and The Associates switched from WEA to EastWest
to follow Hole. The label operated, as with most Warners brands, at a global level.
control, and promptly dropped most of its artists.
Hole left EastWest in 1998, taking up a role as senior VP, marketing and A&R at Universal Music International. Dickens took the label under his
