The islander: my life in music and beyond
"Chris Blackwell, like the paradigm-shifting artists he came to support over his sixty-plus years in the music business, never took the conventional route. He grew up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. After being expelled from an elite Br...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Chris Blackwell, like the paradigm-shifting artists he came to support over his sixty-plus years in the music business, never took the conventional route. He grew up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. After being expelled from an elite British school for rebellious behavior in 1954 at age seventeen, he moved back to Jamaica, and within five years, founded Island Records--the company that would make an indelible mark on music, shifting with the times, but always keeping its core identity intact. The Islander is the story of Blackwell and his cohorts at Island Records, who time and again, identified, nurtured, and broke out musicians who had been overlooked by bigger record labels, including Steve Winwood, Nick Drake, John Martyn, and Cat Stevens. After an impromptu meeting with Bob Marley and his bandmates in 1972, Blackwell decided to fund and produce their groundbreaking album Catch a Fire. He'd go on to work with Marley over the rest of his career, remain his close friend, and continually champion Jamaican culture and reggae music. In the ensuing years, Blackwell worked with U2, Grace Jones, the B-52s, Tom Waits, Robert Palmer, Tom Tom Club, and many other groundbreaking artists. He also opened the first Jamaican boutique hotel, on the property of Ian Fleming's former home, Goldeneye, where all the James Bond books were written. Blackwell is a legendary as well as deeply humble raconteur, and reading The Islander is like spending a day with the most interesting man in the world."--Amazon |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 334 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781982172695 |
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| spelling | Blackwell, Chris Verfasser (DE-588)134589246 aut The islander my life in music and beyond Chris Blackwell with Paul Morley First Gallery Books edition New York Gallery Books 2022 xiv, 334 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index Prologue: nearly the end... -- School versus Errol Flynn -- The fifties, Jamaica: finding a purpose -- The sixties, London: making contact -- Hits, misses, and the human host -- Folk: new allies and new sounds -- Meeting Cat Stevens -- Meeting Bob Marley -- Voices, visionaries, and videos -- The seventies: St. Peter's square, Hammersmith -- The eighties: compass point, the Bahamas -- Timing: Grace Jones and the all stars -- Meeting U2 -- The nineties: shifting ground -- Moving on: for the love of Jamaica -- Epilogue: whatever next "Chris Blackwell, like the paradigm-shifting artists he came to support over his sixty-plus years in the music business, never took the conventional route. He grew up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. After being expelled from an elite British school for rebellious behavior in 1954 at age seventeen, he moved back to Jamaica, and within five years, founded Island Records--the company that would make an indelible mark on music, shifting with the times, but always keeping its core identity intact. The Islander is the story of Blackwell and his cohorts at Island Records, who time and again, identified, nurtured, and broke out musicians who had been overlooked by bigger record labels, including Steve Winwood, Nick Drake, John Martyn, and Cat Stevens. After an impromptu meeting with Bob Marley and his bandmates in 1972, Blackwell decided to fund and produce their groundbreaking album Catch a Fire. He'd go on to work with Marley over the rest of his career, remain his close friend, and continually champion Jamaican culture and reggae music. In the ensuing years, Blackwell worked with U2, Grace Jones, the B-52s, Tom Waits, Robert Palmer, Tom Tom Club, and many other groundbreaking artists. He also opened the first Jamaican boutique hotel, on the property of Ian Fleming's former home, Goldeneye, where all the James Bond books were written. Blackwell is a legendary as well as deeply humble raconteur, and reading The Islander is like spending a day with the most interesting man in the world."--Amazon Blackwell, Chris 1937- (DE-588)126962587X gnd rswk-swf Island Records London (DE-588)16041446-5 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1937- gnd rswk-swf Musikproduzent (DE-588)4572889-6 gnd rswk-swf Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf Blackwell, Chris / 1937- / https://isni.org/isni/0000000114585108 Sound recording executives and producers / England / Biography Popular music / Great Britain / History and criticism Popular music Sound recording executives and producers England Great Britain Autobiographies Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc (DE-588)4003939-0 Autobiografie gnd-content Blackwell, Chris 1937- (DE-588)126962587X p DE-604 Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Musikproduzent (DE-588)4572889-6 s Island Records London (DE-588)16041446-5 b Geschichte 1937- z Morley, Paul 1957- Verfasser (DE-588)123870089 aut Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-982172-71-8 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033783117&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Blackwell, Chris Morley, Paul 1957- The islander my life in music and beyond Prologue: nearly the end... -- School versus Errol Flynn -- The fifties, Jamaica: finding a purpose -- The sixties, London: making contact -- Hits, misses, and the human host -- Folk: new allies and new sounds -- Meeting Cat Stevens -- Meeting Bob Marley -- Voices, visionaries, and videos -- The seventies: St. Peter's square, Hammersmith -- The eighties: compass point, the Bahamas -- Timing: Grace Jones and the all stars -- Meeting U2 -- The nineties: shifting ground -- Moving on: for the love of Jamaica -- Epilogue: whatever next Blackwell, Chris 1937- (DE-588)126962587X gnd Island Records London (DE-588)16041446-5 gnd Musikproduzent (DE-588)4572889-6 gnd |
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