Indie Labels and Petrillo Strike

[ListeningToPrestige]

How were independent labels affected by the Petrillo strike of 1942-44? I know most of them started up after that, but there were a few -- Blue Note was already around, Savoy and Exclusive/Excelsior started in 1942. Did they make a separate peace with the union earlier than the big labels?

[JSngry]

58 minutes ago, ListeningToPrestige said:

Did they make a separate peace with the union earlier than the big labels?

Yes, at least as I've understood it.

[AllenLowe]

just to note what Curley Russell told me about the recording ban - that many labels continued to record but back-dated the recording date so they would not seem to be violating the ban.

[JSngry]

That too!

[ListeningToPrestige]

I found it The indie labels followed Decca, which at the time was one of the Big Three majors. Capitol was to become a major, but at that time was newly formed.

 

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