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That Voice: Larry Hoppen and Orleans

on July 26th, 2012 in Clive: Working for the Man in the Age of Vinyl, Music by | Comments Off on That Voice: Larry Hoppen and Orleans

Until they showed up in our little office in early 1982, I hadn’t thought about Orleans since I’d seen them open for Jackson Browne in western Massachusetts in the early 70s. My partner, Michael Friedman, and I had quit our jobs at Arista Records to start our own production/publishing company….

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Clive: Working for the Man in the Age of Vinyl (opening)

on June 22nd, 2012 in Clive: Working for the Man in the Age of Vinyl by | Comments Off on Clive: Working for the Man in the Age of Vinyl (opening)

In 1978, the summer after most New Yorkers followed the gruesome antics of a serial killer named Son of Sam, I was wandering around midtown, a roll of dimes in my pocket, a briefcase full of cassettes and Xeroxed resumes in my hand, trying very hard not to look too…

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