Verve Records

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(place) by Pedro (3.8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:04:06

1956-67, established by Norman Granz concentrated on his tastes in Swing and Bebop, published 100's of great Jazz artists including:

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(place) by pingouin (4.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:04:06

Under its 60's ownership by MGM (Granz later formed Pablo Records), Verve released some of the greatest LPs in rock history: those by the Velvet Underground, The Mothers' Freak Out, Absolutely Free, and We're Only in it for the Money; all were commercial flops, as was their attempt to artificially create a "San Francisco Sound" buzz by signing up Boston bands ("The Bosstown Sound"), including the Ultimate Spinach (with Jeff Baxter).

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Frank Zappa	Verve	We're Only In It For The Money	Charlie Parker with Strings
Chet Baker	jazz	Jimmy Smith	Talkin' all that Jazz
Jackie McLean	Michael Bolton	Shawnee Smith	Bebop
Feather	Charlie Parker	Oscar Peterson	Wes Montgomery
Joe Henderson	Stan Getz	boss	Xanth
50/50 raffle	DET	John Adams's 1799 State of the Union Address	Larry Norman

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