From what I recall about Threshold, yes it was a label started by the Moodies so that they could retain possession of both their master tapes and publishing. The objective was to prevent them from being screwed (again) by record company fineprint as they had experienced first time around with the "Go Now era " Denny Laine led version of the band. They supposedly lost all their money via expenses, and had determined to own their own label and play the stock market regularly - something the hippies of the time found questionable and rejected them for despite the music. The other idea behind Threshold was to promote bands signed to their label and help the underdog so to speak. " Live hand in hand and together we'll stand on the Threshold Of A Dream - sound familiar?? Perhaps not that much different from what the Beatles originally intended Apple to be. Of course, both labels now are little more than one room offices that administer the business ends for both bands. > Getting back to record labels with a dominant band...think of > Threshold with the Moody Blues. Then you see a handful of albums by > Trapeze, and a Providence elpee on the same label. So...was > Threshold a record label owned by the Moodies? > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > >
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Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Deep Purple
2004-09-03 by Chris Dale
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