INFO ON THE DOBRE LABEL?
TREW
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whaddup all? so i've tried to holler at the cali baller record dudes on this board and surprisingly enough, no one has been able to drop knowledge on Dobre.basically i'm putting together a story on breaky/funky releases on Dobre and could use a bit of background info about the label so i don't sound like a complete idot/foll..anyone? from what i've gathered by peeping a portion of their discog is that they pretty much released and every genre. no rhyme or reason. were they simply an indie label putting out underheard artists? thanks in advance!
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wow, it's funky.
yawn.
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I never said I liked it, I just said it was a "big boy" (a.k.a. worth loot)
the les demerle is a notable big boy. they put out soul, jazz, and i believe some folky stuff... kinda across the board.
Lawrence was the doyen of sub-par, post-geezer, '70s jazz labels like Jazzz, Milagro, Prima and Trident.
Washed up A&R dude Jack Tracy did most of the creative work, so blame him for thinking funky harmonica records would do anything but go straight to the cut-out bins circa 1977.
There is a slight air of "tax shelter" coming off most Dobre releases, but I do think they were pretty legit.
Offhand, I think there are around 15 LPs on the imprint.
Yes!
Is there a Tommy Vig record on Dobre other than The Vigs? That's my SHIT.
You might want to pick up the phone and call Ray. After I heard the Elliot Fischer Lp I called him and he was a nice dude who wanted to talk about the label.
1) He never had copies of the records, which was the reason I called him. The studio sent tapes to the pressing plant which sent them to the distributer, he never touched them.
2) He told me that Elliot died in a car crash and was a super nice guy.
3) He did not have any Les Demerle records.
4) He did not have income to protect from taxes. If he did the tax guys got him anyway. The last days of the label he was selling off office furniture to the people down the hall so he could buy dinner.
I think I have liked all the records I have had on Dobre.
Laurindo Almedia, always good to me.
Elliot Fischer, I love that record.
Frankie ORtega is #1043 but I doubt they had 43 releases.
Yeah, I've always felt the same way. There's one or 2 songs I can get with but overall it's too much for me. Some of the basslines on there are pretty tho.
Dig it out and play his version of 'Money' at + 3 at your next gig that has a quality PA.
When that first bass nite kicks in, watch the people flood to the decks.
i contacted tommy, and asked if that was indeed his son that played on The Vigs. He confirmed.
What was this "funky harmonica" record?
I think we've met before and you mentioned that to me....at Good?