{"id":12584,"date":"2012-03-14T18:54:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T22:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=12584"},"modified":"2012-03-15T00:34:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T04:34:27","slug":"labels-with-a-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/labels-with-a-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Labels With a Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He sees everything this time of year<\/p><\/div>\n

I had occasion to listen to In the Charts: I.R.S. Records 1979-1994 <\/em> in full the other day and got to thinking about boutique record labels. Labels started by one or two music industry guys who have a vision or a sensibility about music that they present to the public. Miles Copeland (brother of Policeman Stewart) brought together a lot of New Wave acts on I.R.S.<\/strong> with an emphasis on the commercial. They seemed to draw evenly between the L.A. and the English strains of the New Wave. The label had a good set of hits from the Go-Gos to to Fine Young Cannibals plus some great ’80s nostalgia one-shots like “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades.” Beyond the hits, I.R.S. had some seriously credible artists on the roster like the Cramps and the Buzzcocks.<\/p>\n

Some other labels I might consider having a vision would be the Cali-scene Elektra\/Asylum<\/strong> run by David Geffin (Eagles, Jackson Browne, Zevon) and Seymour Stein’s Sire Records<\/strong>, which was there to document the ’70s NYC Punk scene.<\/p>