![]() So I say to Walter, “Walter, I’m on the street and they’re all sending their Columbia records back ‘cos you overshipped everybody. My lawyer in New York tells me he has the cheque – 17 million dollars! A huge amount of money! At that time Columbia gets a huge amount of returns. Walter Yetnikoff flew down here to finalise the deal. ![]() A couple years before that I was going to make a deal with Columbia to sell TK for 17.5 million dollars. The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, all these huge artists suddenly stopped selling records. It knocked us down.īut it wasn’t just TK. My distributors went nuts! Thought they were never going to get their money. ![]() You can’t borrow money, you can’t pay your manufacturers, your distributors. So they pulled my credit line and when that happens they notify all of your creditors. I heard it on the news.” Apparently they mentioned my and Neil Bogart’s name and Salsoul. He calls the guy who handles my accounts, and says, “Don’t we have a record company we handle?” And he says, “Yeah, TK, they’re doing great.” “No, they’re gonna go bankrupt. And then my banker is listening to 60 Minutes and he hears this thing about the death of disco. I had KC #1 around the world with a ballad, “Please Don’t Go,” I had Little Beaver and Latimore with big hits, all my blues artists were hitting with disco. All I know is at that time the shit hit the fan. Why do you think that era – which had produced so many great dance records – came crashing down so quickly? People came from all around the world to look at that little studio in Hialeah. And that’s what I’m doing now – promoting the Miami sound. Well, yeah, there was a Miami sound but it was not promoted as the Miami sound in the way that Motown was promoted as the Detroit sound. Followed by “ Ring My Bell.”ĭo you subscribe to that concept of “the Miami sound”? Even today when you go to a Walmart or Walgreens, the first thing you hear is “Rock Your Baby.” Followed by a KC song. Disco was just beginning to happen and it was the first big disco record. It was so fresh and fun and young sounding. When you first heard it, did you know what you had? I’m going to have the biggest record in the world.” I say, “Alan, halt no matter what you’re doing. I call my attorney and it turns out he’s just about to head to Mississippi. I take that record and put it out on radio down here in Miami, and in a couple of days I think the roof is gonna come down. Let’s send him upstairs and see what he can do.” So up they go and two hours later they come down with “Rock Your Baby.” All mixed. Royalty Free (Side B) available now for free.I say, “George has a high voice. ![]() Catch Protoje on tour this summer starting June 24th at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, United Kingdom and wrapping up August 4th at Reggae On The River in Humbolt County, California. If you haven’t seen Protoje perform live, here’s your chance. His surrounding and supporting musicians are tight and the production and energy brings everything to life. Protoje not only knows what to do behind the mic, but he knows how to build songs into performances. The track “Glad You’re Home” even goes as far as sampling Anita Ward’s 1979 hit “Ring My Bell.” There is a certain impression that Protoje is most comfortable on these tracks, as they work so effortlessly with a grab bag of stylistic influences. Tracks “Sandra Foster” and the R&B inspired closer “Used To Be My Life” are the two most clear examples of this melting pot. The collection opens with a fresh, fast and ferocious track “Can’t Feel No Way” which wastes no time grabbing your attention. After a string of strong singles as well as a handful of full length albums, Protoje this month released his fourth studio project titled Royalty Free (Side B), first since his brilliantly produced, Billboard topping hit release Ancient Future in 2015.įans of early hip hop will appreciate the melting pot of roots reggae, funky beats and melodic songwritingįans of early hip hop will appreciate the melting pot of roots reggae, funky beats and melodic songwriting which Protoje unearths in Royalty Free (Side B), creating a universal language that everyone can embrace. Jamaican based reggae artist Oje Ken Ollivierre, or popularly known as Protoje has been saturating festivals and airwaves with his energetic and unique sound, putting him on reggae’s frontline.
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