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| The Big Six- (controlled over 80% of music) |
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| Columbia (Cbs), RCA Victor, Capitol-EMI, Polygram, MGM-United artists, Warner Communicaions |
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| countrypolitan, tried to bring country into pop |
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| Wanted: The outlaws willie nelson |
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| first platinum country band |
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| Raggae label started by Chris Blackwell. Jimmy cliff, bob marley |
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| David Johansen (Buster Poindexter)- |
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| Sex Pistols, manager. Influenced by ramones |
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| Dadaists (about stirring things up) |
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| Sire Label, Changed the term “Punk” To New Wave so insurance companies would not shut tours down |
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| Sire Label, Changed the term “Punk” To New Wave so insurance companies would not shut tours down |
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| Sugar Hill 1974(ish)- (Sylvia Robinson) |
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| first rap record to go platinum |
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| Yo MTV Raps (hosted by fab 5 freddy) |
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| first CD player. Cost $900 |
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| First U.S CD pressing plant opened in 1984 in terrahot INDIANA |
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| First U.S CD pressing plant opened in 1984 in terrahot INDIANA |
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| 1988 CD passed Vinyl LP in sales figures |
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| 1988 CD passed Vinyl LP in sales figures |
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| MPEG (moving picture experts group) |
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| sold over 1 million downloads in first week. 2005 itunes 4% of all music. NOW – Largest music retailer in U.S |
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| Digital Rights Management (DRM)- |
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| by Sony, huge controversy and law suit over Spyware |
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| 6 record companies in 1960 |
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| cbs, emi, rca, polygram, mgm united artists and warner. Mgm bought by polygram by 1978 |
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by 1978 mgm UA been aquired by polygram. Only 5 big companies
mca buys Geffen and Motown and becomes major, back up to 6
MCA aquires polygram and number goes back down to 5
Warner merged into AOL time warner
Sony and bertlesman merge in 2004, big 5 now big 4
EMI taken over by terra firma/city bank then sold to sony and universal
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Big 6 early 70’s big 5 late 70’s |
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| - coined by seymore stein of sire records, meant to get concerts insured |
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| Russell simons and rick Ruben |
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| Public Enemy's production team |
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| anthropologist came up with generation gap idea |
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