Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell
b'An interview with Gareth Murphy author of "Cowboys and Indies: The Epic History of the Record Industry."\\nHost Nate Wilcox gets Gareth to detail his researches on the earliest days of the record industry when Thomas Edison battled The Victor Talking Machine company for control of the industry.\\nThen the conversation follows the record industry\'s evolution into the "race records" era of the 1920s, John Hammond\'s career at Columbia Records.\\nThen we focus on Chris Blackwell, the British record man behind Island Records and wrap with some of his contemporaries in the UK record industry of the 70s & 80s.\\nBuy the book and support the podcast.\\nHave a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com\\nFollow us on Twitter.\\nFollow us on Facebook.\\nLet It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'