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   Hey did anyone else catch the PBS history of Atlantic records and Ahmet Ertugun? It was a pretty interesting show other than the absence of talking about anything prog in Atlantics history. The first half talked about Atlantics early years and the rhythm and blues artists they catered to. The second part of the 60's and 70's was pretty much all about Led Zeppelin and Bette Midler. They did talk with Phil Collins briefly and by his name it said 'signed with Atlantic in 1981' then he went on to tell Ertugen how he brought him a Genesis demo and  something of his solo stuff and basically said Ertugen wasnt interested in Genesis but did sign Collins for his solo albums. 

Also no mention of Yes at all which was suprising since Yes made Atlantic ALOT of money Im sure. 

But it was interesting showing how instrumental Ertugen was in finding alot of great artists and exposed the world to some unforgetable music.

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dralan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 29 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 339	Topic: PBS special Posted: May 09 2007 at 15:04
	Hey did anyone else catch the PBS history of Atlantic records and Ahmet Ertugun? It was a pretty interesting show other than the absence of talking about anything prog in Atlantics history. The first half talked about Atlantics early years and the rhythm and blues artists they catered to. The second part of the 60's and 70's was pretty much all about Led Zeppelin and Bette Midler. They did talk with Phil Collins briefly and by his name it said 'signed with Atlantic in 1981' then he went on to tell Ertugen how he brought him a Genesis demo and something of his solo stuff and basically said Ertugen wasnt interested in Genesis but did sign Collins for his solo albums. Also no mention of Yes at all which was suprising since Yes made Atlantic ALOT of money Im sure. But it was interesting showing how instrumental Ertugen was in finding alot of great artists and exposed the world to some unforgetable music.

BroSpence Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 05 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2614	Posted: May 09 2007 at 20:45
	Yeah Atlantic is one of my favvs. I hope to have as kick ass a lineup as they did in the late 60s. Ertgun is awesome. He also helped get Tom Dowd work which is twice the coolness because Tom Dowd is the man.

asimplemistake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 13 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 840	Posted: May 09 2007 at 21:49
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