Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
For years the name Chris Blackwell has been synonymous with music, revered for developing such internationally acclaimed Reggae artistes like Bob Marley, Jimmie Cliff among others.But the 'been-there-done-that' music magnate, noted for his exceptional...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... kickabouts for Marley when he came to London.Famously, Partridge convinced Island Records boss Chris Blackwell to sign after taking him to see the band in a south London pub in 1980.Speaking of Partridge's death, Blackwell said: "He was one of the most honourable men I have met in my life."After leaving Island RecordsPartridge set up the public relations and management company...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... but Vectura's shares are down just 16 per cent in the last three months. The chief executive, Chris Blackwell, none the less thinks the stock is "hugely undervalued", adding that the market is not ascribing any value to the company's pipeline of treatments. The analysts are hopelessly divided on what level they think Vectura's shares will reach, but all would recommend that clients...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Martyn happy to air Grace and Danger By Marcel Deer | | 00 votes 0 Log-in to cast your vote. ON November 16 John Martyn will be playing Salford’s Lowry as he tours his iconic 1980 album Grace and Danger, an album that documented his painful divorce from his first wife Beverly.The album was initially delayed release by Island Records because the labels owner Chris Blackwell found the album...
Boot Sale Sounds (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
I've had this in my collection for many years but can't remember where I bought it for 35p - probably a junk shop in Limehouse. One of the very first releases on Chris Blackwell's Island label in 1963. Director of music - Ernest Ranglin, who probably plays guitar on some tracks here. "Island records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwel, the son of a white plantation...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
... uptempo rockers style and recorded virtually in secret, without even them knowing.Work scope widen"Chris Blackwell took us to Nassau to work with a brethren named Alex Sadkin," Stephen 'Cat' Coore, Third World's guitarist and cellist, told The Sunday Gleaner. "When we were a road band we used to play Now That We've Found Love on the hotel circuit and we would bring the house down...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
... said.And California holds a very special place in Third World's history. "When we got signed to Chris Blackwell, he sent us to the (San Francisco) Bay area and a lot of our popularity in the US came from that. It was a good stomping ground then, and it is now," Coore said.The awards were presented by Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Sonia Johnson, wife of Tony Johnson — a founder of Reggae...
