KC and The Sunshine Band with Big TK Release
NEW KC SUNSHINE BAND ALBUM HEADS TK MARCH RELEASE NEW YORK – “Who Do Ya Love” by KC And The Sunshine Band on TK Records highlights new album releases for March on TK Productions. Also slated for March release are “Betty Wright Live” on Alston Records; “George McCrae” on TK; “Alternating Currents” by Celi Bee […]
Introducing the Clouds Records Rock Label
Cash Box September 3, 1977 “TK Introduces Clouds Records Rock ‘N’ Roll Label New York – TK Productions has formed a new label. Clouds Records which will be oriented towards rock and roll acts. Previously, TK’s greatest successes have been scored in the r&b area, although it also has a jazz label called Marlin Records. […]
Eddie Hope and The Manish Boys – Marlin Records (1956)
Eddie Hope & Manish Boys – Marlin “Lost Child” – Eddie Hope and Manish Boys dish up a middle beat blues with a deep south flavor. Hope and his group turn in a good performance and the deck could get a good reception in the down home areas. “A Fool No More” – Similar type […]
Alston Records and Tone Distributors in Billboard (1970)
Alston Records of Tone Distributors is betting on Betty Wright’s new single – “Mama, I’ve Found That Guy” written by another Alston artist, Clarence Reid who also produced the session. Henry Stone, Tone president, announced that Steve Alaimo is producer of Marlin Records – another company label. Gwen McCrae’s release “Lead Me On” was produced […]
TK Jazz Campaign: Marlin Records, Wolf Records, and LRC Records – Cashbox (1978)
‘Sampler’ Heralds TK Jazz Campaign by Alan Sutton LOS ANGELES – TK Productions last week began mailing 5,500 copies of ”The TK Jazz Sampler” to radio stations, distributors and retailers, in a move to emphasize a major thrust behind its jazz roster and artists. The sampler contains album jackets from each of TK’s three jazz […]
William Eaton Was Aretha Franklin’s Musical Director, Then Made a TK Records Album
“Until Bill Eaton released his new TK-Marlin LP, “Struggle Buggy”, only record industry insiders knew his name. But even the most casual music lovers knew his music. They’d heard the arrangement of Aretha Franklin’s “Ain’t Nothin’ Like The Real Thing” for which he won a Grammy (Eaton was Aretha Franklin’s musical director for two and […]
John Rootman Henry “Who Am I?” aka “Love Is Not A Stranger Anymore”
Henry Stone’s DIG Records was a little underground indie under his Marlin Productions company where a pair of Steve Alaimo, Willie Clarke, and Clarence Reid collaborations with John Rootman Henry were ultimately released after originally being recorded for James Brown and Henry Stone’s BrownStone Records label in 1972. John Rootman Henry was a Miami soul […]
John Tropea: Marlin Records’ Virtuoso Guitarist of Futuristic Soul, Jazz, Funk, and Disco
How does a virtuoso jazz fusion guitarist end up making a disco record? By signing to Henry Stone’s Marlin Records in the 1970’s of course. John Tropea is a Berklee School of Music six string master whose classic academic training belies his penchant for soul, funk, Latin, blues, and R&B jams. These traits saw him […]