Happy Trails: Andrew Lauder's Charmed Life and High Times in the Record Business

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That, of course, coincides with most potential readers’ own hopes for the book — that brief period in time when it was possible to have a favorite record company, as well as a favorite band. Sir Andrew is interred in the Lauder vault within Greyfriars Kirk [4] and was succeeded by his son, Andrew Dick Lauder, 6th Bt. via Underground music:- Hawkwind and Motörhead to Pub rock:- Brinsley Schwarz, Dr Feelgood and The Inmates [3] and then Punk rock, signing The Stranglers and Buzzcocks shortly before leaving United Artists. Yes, Hawkwind led us into some strange areas, almost like an English underground version of what was happening in San Francisco with free festivals and playing on the backs of trucks.After a while, the American guy said ‘you’re doing such a good job as label manager that you might as well do it’. If you’re interested in going behind the music and seeing how it gets (or doesn’t get) to the public, this is a good start. A career dating back to the mid-1960s, with Jimi Hendrix, Hawkwind and the Stone Roses enjoying various prominence among dozens of other names, ensures a healthy appreciation for excess prevails – but ultimately, this is a book about the music business that mainly strives to discuss music and business. Initially focusing on indie bands such as The Stone Roses, [10] he expanded their roster to include Peter "Sonic Boom" Kember [11] John Lee Hooker, J. If you love what we do, you can help tQ to continue bringing you the best in cultural criticism and new music by joining one of our subscription tiers.

I knew Nick Kent (music journalist who was attacked by Sid Vicious) who was beaten up by a Sex Pistol and I thought ‘he’s a harmless drug-addict music-fan, leave him alone’. My friend told me about it and I rang up the guy and said ‘I’d love to work for a record company, I’ll do anything’.All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS - they are the actual prints that were used by the newspapers, they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. Shindig Happy Trails gives the reader a window into a charmed life that most of us can only dream of. g. signing Motorhead, Michael Moorcock and Robert Calvert from Hawkwind, and Deke Leonard, Clive John and The Neutrons when they left Man.

All of which is here… but again, it’s the Liberty/UA years that are at the heart of the book because that, you get the impression, is when Lauder was at his most unfettered. Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck would come and record there and, as a fan, I would chat with all these people.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

JASON ISBELL'S new album combines fears for America with lessons learned from sobriety and Scorsese. Lauder and Riviera also started Demon Music Group in 1980, to concentrate on the singles market, early signings including Department S and Bananarama. Lauder was briefly with Island Records, signing U2 in March 1980 and offering Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley a solo record deal. Lauder’s early years growing up in Hartlepool are evocatively recollected, likewise his impulsive decision to move to London aged 17 with no connections but a zeal for grafting his way up the music biz ladder.Lauder and Jake Riviera opened F-Beat Records in 1979, and several acts, notably Elvis Costello and the Attractions and Nick Lowe, transferred from Radar Records.