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JaKe

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May 1, 2001, 10:03:01 AM5/1/01
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While reading MILES: The Autobiography (fantastic BTW) Miles mentioned a
"recording ban" in effect in 1948 in NYC. What's that all about?

Jake

Brian Rost

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May 1, 2001, 10:59:01 AM5/1/01
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The musician's union called for a ban on recording after negotiations
with record companies over royalties broke down.

The concern at the time, I believe, was over the growth of the jukebox
market which the union thought was taking jobs from musicians.

Some recordings were in fact made during this period, because vocalists
were not in the union (!!!) and recordings for the Armed Forces (the so
called V-Discs) were also exempt.


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Brian Rost
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Michael Fitzgerald

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May 1, 2001, 11:23:15 AM5/1/01
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On Tue, 1 May 2001 14:03:01 GMT, JaKe <jkdr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>While reading MILES: The Autobiography (fantastic BTW) Miles mentioned a
>"recording ban" in effect in 1948 in NYC. What's that all about?

Thanks to the wonderful reinstatement of the Usenet archives (now at
google), you can read all about the American Federation of Musicians
recording bans - there were several.

Go here - http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search

and put "recording ban" in the exact phrase box.

Garth Jowett wrote an excellent essay. You might also want to check
out Scott DeVeaux's book "The Birth of Bebop."

The later ban was not the worst. We have quite a bit of music from
that period. It was the earlier 1942-1944 one that did so much damage.

And just watch out for trusting the Miles autobiography too much. It
has a lot of problems with facts.

Mike

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JaKe

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May 1, 2001, 11:54:18 AM5/1/01
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Oh, tell me more about Miles Autobiography since I'm still reading it .
. .

Joe Moore

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May 10, 2001, 9:50:19 PM5/10/01
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Which "facts"?
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Blue Lake

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May 10, 2001, 11:25:31 PM5/10/01
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Many facts. Recently detailed here in a nearly two page note with footnotes
and references to where they are in the book. . LV

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