{"id":121,"date":"2012-01-15T11:16:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T16:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2012-01-15T11:16:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T16:16:04","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-13-scratchy-45-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/01\/15\/my-musical-evolution-part-13-scratchy-45-days\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 13 Scratchy 45 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Record<\/a>It occured to me that in our modern era, the record label has disappeared. The record companies seem to make themselves known in various ways, mostly litigation. As I think about it now, I don’t really even know which record companies are producing the music that I listen to. I guess it isn’t a big deal, it just seems like a big change from the 1970’s. Again, maybe it was due to the fact that our musical world in The Scratchy 45 Days <\/em>was limited to mom’s records, but I was able to recall a bunch of labels without much effort.<\/p>\n

The visual art of the label has been etched into my mind. Even in cases where the label name escaped me, a Bing Image search brought back a host of recognizable record labels. It makes me wonder if this disappearing act was in an attempt to put more emphasis on the artists or was it merely to reduce the mind share of the companies behind the industry so that they might be able to conduct their dastardly plans in anonymity.<\/p>\n

As I looked around for familiar label art<\/em>, it exposed another aspect of my personality. I like categories and I like organizing. I had forgotten that one of the ways in which I would compile my Scratchy 45<\/em> playlists was by label. Segregating the MGMs from the DECCA’s, from the RCA, from the Capitols etc.<\/p>\n

I’m still kind of stunned by the sudden realization that I’m not even aware of which big record companies are around. I used to know that stuff. It seemed kind of important back then. I know that a decade or two ago, Prince had a big fight with his record company resulting in him changing his name to something that had to be translated into The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. <\/em>I have no idea which company that was.<\/p>\n

At what point did this shift occur? I remember Blondie was with Chrysalis and M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce was picked up by Elektra then it all seems to fade away with the tide. Sorry to go on about this so much, it just really surprised me.<\/p>\n

So on with our next stack of 7 from The Scratchy 45 Days. <\/em>We’ll start things off with Clint Holmes – Playground In My Mind<\/em><\/p>\n

 
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