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  Peter Case - discography
Recorded around the time The Plimsouls reformed and started playing gigs around L.A. and San Francisco.
Recorded as the finishing touches were being put on The Plimsouls' Kool Trash.
But that's about all this records has in common with the 'Souls.
www.petercase.com /disco/disco.htm   (405 words)

  
  David Geffen Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Geffen once claimed to have had 17 jobs between high school and the time that he was hired as an usher at the CBS-TV studios in New York, but he could not fall in love with any of them.
Geffen is most noted for creating Geffen Records in 1980, and being one of the three founders of Dreamworks SKG.
Geffen is a prominent philanthropist, renowned for his support to medical research, AIDS organizations, the arts and theatre.
www.bookrags.com /David_Geffen   (2472 words)

  
  Geffen Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geffen Records' first signee was disco superstar Donna Summer, whose gold selling album The Wanderer became the labels first release in 1980.
Geffen Records, along with AandM Records, was subsequently merged into Interscope Records.
Though Geffen continued to exist as its own imprint, it was now reduced in size and stature to fit into the greater expansion of Interscope.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geffen_Records   (590 words)

  
 David Geffen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geffen, who is openly gay, was the subject of a persistent but false 1990s rumor that he had married actor Keanu Reeves.
Geffen is a prominent philanthropist, renowned for his support to medical research, AIDS organizations, the arts and theatre.
Geffen's Malibu home on the Pacific Coast Highway has been a battlefront in an ongoing struggle between property owners and beachgoers over access to public beaches in front of private residences.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Geffen   (424 words)

  
 Chalkhills: XTC Press Release, Geffen Records, March 26, 1991
Geffen Records is releasing five early albums from XTC on compact disc in the United States for the first time.
Geffen CD Release 1991 includes seven tracks not on original album: the alien-ated "Science Friction", stuck-in-67 "She's So Square", darkly romantic "Hang On To The Night", and pogo-ish "Traffic Light Rock" (written by Partridge), and the girl-loves-a-tan "Heatwave", frothy "Dance Band", and pop culture koan "Instant Tunes" (written by Moulding).
Geffen CD Release 1991 includes three tracks not on original album: The flashback dance song "Life Begins At The Hop" and the ode to self-love "Limelight" (both written by Moulding) and the infectious disease-fighting anthem "Chain Of Command" (penned by Partridge).
chalkhills.org /articles/Geffen91.html   (1290 words)

  
 Love Sues Geffen Records, Musicians
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Courtney Love has sued Geffen Records and two musicians from her late husband's band, Nirvana, to invalidate a 1997 agreement over the group's body of work, her lawyer said.
Geffen lawyers and Warren Rheaume, attorney for Grohl and Novoselic, did not immediately respond to telephone requests for comment.
Love and Geffen had already been at odds over her band, Hole, which the label accused of failing to deliver albums.
www.trad.it /Courtney.html   (235 words)

  
 Hole News: Geffen Records Sues Hole For Breach Of Contract >> liveDaily
Geffen Records, part of the Universal Music Group, is suing Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson of rock band Hole (music) for breach of contract.
Geffen is challenging the position that recording contracts are personal services contracts, in addition to stating that Hole did not deliver on options for five other albums during the seven-year period.
Geffen is seeking preliminary and permanent injunctions against Hole to prevent Love and Erlandson from using the group's name and recording for another label.
www.livedaily.com /news/609.html   (468 words)

  
 FeedBurner - Press Release
Using FeedBurner’s FeedFlare service, Geffen will let fans interact directly with performers’ sites by posting questions or comments directly to the artists, or by voting on their favorite song from an album.
The record label also plans to reach the millions of feed subscribers available through the FeedBurner Ad Network by placing media to coincide with upcoming album launches and other promotions.
Geffen Records is a label under Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries.
www.feedburner.com /fb/a/pressreleases?release=feedburner_provides_platform_f.jsp   (872 words)

  
 David Geffen
Geffen learned from his earliest days in the William Morris mailroom that he could cheat and lie his way to the top, and he has ever after lived unconstrained by traditional notions of right and wrong.
Geffen has demonstrated time and again that he is willing to sabotage any relationship, business or personal, to get what he wants.
Written with Geffen's cooperation--though not his authorization--The Operator is an explosive, illusion-shattering story that details the mogul's indisputable contributions to entertainment history while also baring the man behind the legend.
www.queertheory.com /histories/g/geffen_david.htm   (689 words)

  
 AskMen.com - David Geffen pics
Mitchell Geffen's girlfriend's sister happened to be married to the hottest record producer of the era, the legendary Phil Spector.
Geffen's days of spotting new musical talent seemed to be over until Guns N' Roses were signed in 1987, and helped rescue the company from its "tired artist" reputation.
David Geffen is now a leading player in what has been referred to as the "new Hollywood." He has become rich and powerful beyond the wildest dreams of his youth, by pursuing a career in the industries that fueled his success.
www.askmen.com /men/business_politics/54c_david_geffen.html   (1943 words)

  
 Geffen Records Seals Joint Venture Pact With Joe Simpson's JT Records
The first JT Records signing, the all male quintet Barefoot, is slated for release in 2005.
As Geffen has already established a real comfort level with Joe and his staff over the course of the Ashlee Simpson campaign we have hit the ground running with JT Records first signing: Barefoot.
The group is currently in the midst of meeting with writers and producers and recording demos in advance of their debut next spring.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2004/0002259830&EDATE=   (279 words)

  
 President of Geffen Records Is Leaving to Start New Label - New York Times
The president of Geffen Records, Jordan Schur, is stepping down to run a new record company in partnership with Geffen's corporate parent, the Universal Music Group, executives said yesterday.
Schur's exit to start the venture, Suretone Records, is the first move in a reshuffling of the executive ranks at the music industry's biggest cluster of record labels, Universal's Interscope Geffen AandM unit, according to executives involved in the deal who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks.
Geffen's current co-president, Polly Anthony, is expected to take a post working on Interscope's fledgling TV ventures, the executives said.
www.nytimes.com /2006/03/14/business/14music.html?ex=1299992400&en=3b2dd1cc761189ed&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (424 words)

  
 The Andrew Turnbull Network: Geffen Records Discography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Geffen GHS 24064 - Rattlesnakes - Lloyd and the Rattlesnakes (1984)
Geffen GHS 24209 - Coolin' in Cali - 7A3 (1988)
Geffen 24251-2 - Born to Laugh at Tornados - Was (Not Was) (Reissue of GHS 4016 of 1983)
community.wvu.edu /~ast002/geffen.html   (3885 words)

  
 Geffen Records   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Asylum's roster included the major names of the seventies and was eventually sold to Elektra, which was sold to Warner, creating WEA.
In 1980, he founded Geffen Records which carried Guns N' Roses, Elton John, Don Henley, Whitesnake and the reborn Aerosmith.
Geffen himself is now involved in the Dreamworks studio.
www.net101.com /rocknroll/geffen.html   (80 words)

  
 Nirvana : Artists
December 1987 Kurt, Krist and drummer Aaron Burckhard form the original lineup of Nirvana in Aberdeen, Washington.
January 23, 1988 Nirvana records a 10-song demo with the "Godfather of Grunge," legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino.
Sub Pop co-honcho Jonathan Poneman hears the tape and offers to put out a Nirvana single.
www.geffen.com /nirvana   (409 words)

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