Podcast appearances and mentions of paul fishkin

Paul Fishkin tells us how he met Stevie Nicks at the Warner Bros Records meetings in Alcapulco in 77 and Stevie had the Rumors album advance on cassette and asked George Harrison & Paul Fishkin if they wanted to come up to her hotel room and give it a listen !! Paul formed Modern Records with a partner and Stevie signed as a partner and recording artist for her solo work.  We also learn how "Stop Dragging my Heart" made her debut album with Tom Petty as the writer and with her on the duet.  So many great stories in this episode that you will love to hear.   Recommended Music:  Stevie Nicks: “Stand Back” Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty: "Stop Dragging my Heart" Stevie Nicks: "Edge of Seventeen"  Stevie Nicks & Don Henley: "Leather & Lace" Stevie Nicks & Kenny Loggins: "Whenever I call you Friend"

Paul Fishkin worked at the famed Bearsville Records label when the roster had Todd Rundgren and Foghat among many others. This episode goes back to those days at the beginning of both bands careers and we find out the the song "We Got to Get You a Woman" was written for Paul because he and Todd where roommates!!!  This is episode 1 of 2 because Paul went on to start the record label Modern Records where he had bands like Poe and a woman named Stevie Nicks as a solo artist!    Recommended Music: Todd Rundgren: "Hello its Me" Todd Rundgren: "We Got to Get you a Woman" Todd Rundgren: "I saw the Light" Foghat: "Slow Ride" Foghat: "Fool for the City" Foghat: "I just want to make love to you" Todd Rundgren: "A Dream goes on Forever" 

Guided by Voices [00:58] "Echos Myron" Bee Thousand Scat Records SCAT 35 1994 One of the many classics from this canonical lo-fi album on beautiful translucent blue vinyl. If you're the sort that digs the 33 1/3 book series, there is an excellent one on this album. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra [03:39] "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: Scherzo-Allegro/Allegro; Presto" Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67/Egmont Overture Op. 84/Coriolan Overture, Op. 62/Overture "Leonore" No. 3, Op. 7a Mercury MG 50017 1953 Well, the cover says Beethoven: Eroica Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, but instead, it's a completely different Beethoven piece by a different orchestra, on a different label. Ah well. Can't argue with free. Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra [12:52] "Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto Scherzando" Symphony No. 1 & No. 8 Angel Records 35657 1958 Supposedly this is a parody of a metronome. Gotta love musical jokes. And yes, Otto Klemperer is the father of beloved actor Werner Klemperer. Bob Dylan/The Band [18:38] "All Along the Watchtower" Before the Flood Asylum Records AB-201 1974 Some interesting items on this double live album. Some less interesting and chaotic things. All Along the Watchtower seems to be a solid symbiosis between Bob and the Band. The Rolling Stones [22:01] "Stray Cat Blues" Beggars Banquet London Records PS 539 A rockin blues number from Jagger and Richards, supposedly inspired by VU's Heroin. It also features Brian Jones on mellotron. The beginning of the end for Mr. Jones. Cannonball Adderley [26:39] "Spectacular" Beginnings Mercury EMS-2-404 1976 Recorded February 6, 1975, with Nat Adderley on cornet, Junior Mance on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Fine Arts Quartet [31:25] "String Quartet No. 6, I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - vivace/II. Mesto - Marcia" Bela Bartók Streichquartette Nr. 5 (1934) Nr. 6. (1939) Barenreiter Musicaphon BM 30 L 1803 This selection used to belong to the Djerassi Foundation in Woodside CA. I wonder which artist liberated this from their collection. Stevie Nicks [47:23] "Edge of Seventeen" Bella Donna Modern Records MR 38-139 1981 Quadruple platinum from everyone's favorite witchy woman, on the record label that Stevie co-founded with Danny Goldberg and Paul Fishkin. Nadja [52:46] "Skin Like Sand" Belles Bêtes Beta-lactam Ring Records 2009 The first of many tracks you will be hearing from the transcendent duo known as Nadja (https://nadja.bandcamp.com/music). This track is a reinterpretation of a solo project by member Aidan Baker entitled Songs of Flowers & Skin. Music behind the DJ: "Gomez" by Vic Mizzy

Longtime music executive Paul Fishkin talks about an eventful career that includes working with the likes of Foghat, Todd Rundgren and Stevie Nicks, and the wild reward he received for being the subject of Rundgren's "We Gotta Get You a Woman."

Paul began his music career managing Todd Rundgren’s first band, Woody’s Truck Stop, in Philadelphia, and then moved to New York at the urging of Todd who was by then being managed by the legendary Albert Grossman, Bearsville Records founder, and manager of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, The Band, etc. Paul was instrumental in making the Runt song “We Gotta Get You A Woman,” (a song penned and recorded by Todd, about Paul), the first hit for Bearsville. Within two years he was elevated to President and Co-Owner of the label, a joint venture with Warner Bros. He oversaw development of Todd, Foghat, and others who achieved multi-platinum success.

Special guest Paul Fishkin

Legendary music producer Paul Fishkin gets a ride to his office in Burbank, Los Angeles