Atlantic Records

Tom Dowd passed away in 2002 at the age of 76 from respiratory disease.

He was famous for revolutionizing modern recording by introducing multi-track tape technology to Atlantic Records and produced songs for Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cream, and Derek and the Dominoes.

Lester Lannan passed away in 2005 at the age of 97 from natural causes.

He was an elite society orchestra conductor who was famous for conducting orchestras at high society galas, royal events, along with a whole lot of United States presidential inaugural balls.

With Oliver Tree...

Dude was going through stuff with his record label, you know, Atlantic Records, right? He was going through like a situation where they weren't releasing his new album.

What's the title? What's it called? Love You Madly Hate You Badly, if I'm not mistaken, right? I'm

not sure.

And they were like, no, we're not doing that.

Which is insane because he has raised up millions for them over the years.

So he had to end that relationship with Atlantic Records.

You know, they didn't like that.

Yes.

Of course, it was her eighth studio album and her first album for Atlantic Records after finishing up her contract with RCA.

And, you know, she was kind of back to her soul and R&B roots on that album.

And yeah, that was a big, big day for her.

Yeah, yeah.

I guess Atlantic Records ended up paying them some money.

So we could keep our name.

They wanted us to change the name, but we kind of wanted to keep it.

Hot Shot Willie for Victor.

Barrel House Sammy for Atlantic Records.

Pig and Whistle Red for Regal.

Eight different names, one pair of hands, and none of them paid enough to get him out of the parking lot.

So when the label starts dictating who you should be, you have a rigid, pre-existing foundation to stand on, which is really the only reason she survived what came next.

Because Atlantic Records didn't sign a piano bar veteran.

They signed a billboard number 31 hit maker.

And their corporate machinery is designed to squeeze out hit number two, hit number three, regardless of what the artist actually wants to explore.

And because she was older when she signed her deal, she wasn't a highly impressionable 21-year-old.

She had a pragmatic understanding of the business.

She walked into Atlantic Records with realistic expectations.

Which is rare.

Absolutely brilliant track there from the Drifters, back from 1966.

Released on the Atlantic Record label, and that is Baby What I Mean.

This reminds me of the Shangri-Las.

Am I to face these lonely hearts alone? And when you leave, who's gonna walk me home?

They got me into Trustkill Records, Opposite of December, and Terror from the Red in particular.

They were on Atlantic Records for... you come before you and

it's

kind of a failed, like we can make this band super popular.