Promotion Man Podcast

Murray Nagel was with Warner Bros Records for most of his adult life starting in his mid 20's before WEA distribution was formed. Murray's career spanned decades and he worked with the biggest bands during his music career like Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Bros, Prince, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, James Taylor, Madonna, Rod Stewart, U2, Roxy Music and many many more. 

Murray tells us that he was there when progressive rock radio was created on the FM dial and funny stories along the way. This is a must-listen for those of you that love the early days of rock n roll. 

Recommended Music:

Steely Dan: "FM"

Iron Butterfly: "In-a-Gadda-Da- Vida"

Vanilla Fudge: "You Keep Me Hanging on"

Deep Purple: "Space Truckin"

Grateful Dead: "Casey Jones"

Alice Cooper: “Eighteen" 

ELP: "Lucky Man"

Harold Childs is a well-respected record label executive who took the time to talk with us about his time with RCA Records, A&M Records, Warner Bros Records through him being President of Quest Records Quincy Jones label. We talk about Nazareth, Police, Bryan Adams, Peter Frampton, Joe Jackson, Supertramp and more.

Recommended Music:

Nazareth: "Love Hurts"

Peter Frampton: "Baby I Love Your Ways"

Police: "Roxanne"

Joe Jackson: "Is she really going out with him? 

Supertramp: "Logical Song" 

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" 

U2, when they first came to America, their very first radio airplay, their very first radio interview and one of their first club dates was in Austin and in Houston, TX. U2 ended up being one of the most popular lithic rock 'n' roll bands ever selling! Close to 200 million albums worldwide, that should pretty much do it!

Recommended Music: 

U2: ”Vertigo”

U2: “Desire”

U2: “I Will Follow”