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  • Quote from Hy Weiss some time in the 80s at Relic Record Shoppe

    From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 4 08:17:46 2023
    One day Hy told me, George and Donn that "The only real artist who I had on any of my labels was Arthur Prysock. The rest of them were all just a bunch of street nig-ers."

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  • From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to Bruce on Wed Oct 4 12:55:10 2023
    On Wednesday, 4 October 2023 at 16:17:48 UTC+1, Bruce wrote:
    One day Hy told me, George and Donn that "The only real artist who I had on any of my labels was Arthur Prysock. The rest of them were all just a bunch of street nig-ers."

    Larry Finnegan was black????

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Roger Ford on Wed Oct 4 13:56:09 2023
    On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 3:55:12 PM UTC-4, Roger Ford wrote:
    On Wednesday, 4 October 2023 at 16:17:48 UTC+1, Bruce wrote:
    One day Hy told me, George and Donn that "The only real artist who I had on any of my labels was Arthur Prysock. The rest of them were all just a bunch of street nig-ers."

    Larry Finnegan was black????

    LOL, Larry Chance too.

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  • From Dean F.@21:1/5 to Bruce on Wed Oct 4 19:05:32 2023
    On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 11:17:48 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

    One day Hy told me, George and Donn that "The only real artist who I had on any of my labels was Arthur Prysock. The rest of them were all just a bunch of street nig-ers."

    Even the Solitaires? Like a lot of label owners, Hy Weiss clearly had tin ears.

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