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A nauseatingly honest and therefore controversial expose of the base beings that inhabit the higher levels of the music industry. Filled with horror stories that will confirm your worst suspicions about the toxicity of what my friends and I call "Planet CD Wood."
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English rock group Pink Floyd was one of the hottest bands in 1980, with an LP shooting up the charts and a concert tour that sold out within hours. But the group was unable to get airplay for its latest single, at least not without engaging the services of a nascent breed of freelance promoters whose practices ushered in a new era of payola. These promotors, dubbed "indies," used illegal methods and had suspected mob connections. That the recording industry not only tolerated but embraced the indies is indicative of the questionable tactics now employed in this high-stakes arena, charges Dannen in a sharply critical study. At its center is industry leader CBS records, whose president Walter Yetnikoff is depicted as a bully of Machiavellian proportions whose style set the tone throughout the business in the '80s. Dannen, a reporter for Institutional Investor , mixes the skills of an investigative journalist with the gifts of an expert storyteller in an expose that will intrigue and appall readers with its disclosures. Photos not seen by PW. First serial to Vanity Fair; author tour.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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HIT BY THE TRUTH,
By Gian Fiero (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (Paperback)
As an experienced music industry professional with over 15 years of experience, I can tell you that this is the unofficial history book of the music industry that can be used to expose and introduce the truth about the origins and operations of the music business.It's insightful, relevant, and shocking. Buy it today.
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This review is from: Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (Paperback)
Well written and researched, but frankly, why write about men who weren't executives for the best and phenomenons?! It's my own personal bias, but I was let down there's nothing about the Beatles in here, a few pages about the Stones, nothing about the Doors. Even Michael Jackson and Elvis. I happened to eat at Le Bernardin near Clive Davis last year, and that was enough for me to want to read the Davis bits (my fellow dinner guest is kind of a rotten egomaniac, it turns out. Ahh, the double-edged sword of fame!) But even so, I'm disappointed at who and what companies the author chose to profile. But you may not be.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific reading as both information and entertainment.,
By frumiousb "frumiousb" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business (Paperback)
A frightening and enthralling look at the history of the modern music business. Dannen creates a mosaic of life in the industry by tracing the histories and careers of some of its most colorful characters. He looks at the rise and fall of Walter Yetnikoff, the education of Dick Asher, David Geffen's success with Asylum Records-- to name just a few of the people and issues _Hit Men_ tackles.This is really a warts and all treatment with wickedly funny asides and adult language quotations from the people involved. It made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion and I still came away feeling as though I understood a whole lot more about how this industry really functions. High Recommend.
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