"In 1972 CBS Records commissioned Harvard Business School and CBS Black Music Marketing Director Logan Westbrooks to develop and for CBS Records to implement a "Study of The Soul Music Environment." It was intended to be a simple, productive blueprint for Soul music. The result was CBS receiving decades of praise for its contributions to an era of strong music, along with employment in positions previously denied to Blacks in the music industry. all the way to astonishing charges of corporate collusion, racism, payoffs and ...
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"In 1972 CBS Records commissioned Harvard Business School and CBS Black Music Marketing Director Logan Westbrooks to develop and for CBS Records to implement a "Study of The Soul Music Environment." It was intended to be a simple, productive blueprint for Soul music. The result was CBS receiving decades of praise for its contributions to an era of strong music, along with employment in positions previously denied to Blacks in the music industry. all the way to astonishing charges of corporate collusion, racism, payoffs and greed for the enrichment of White corporate America at the expense of powerful, Black-owned, self-distributed record labels like Stax and Motown. Dr. Westbrooks and Schuyler "Sky" Traughber take us on an historical music business roller coaster ride of personal and public domain stories. It covers decades of controversial revelations of how "The Harvard Report" may or may not have lived up to its reputations of being both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- the Savior and the Demon - of what Black music became during this tumultuous period culminating to the uncertain state of Black music today. Questions...Did CBS Records set the wheels in motion for the demise of smaller Black-owned record labels? Or was it an inevitability? POWER 101 offers answers and food for thought"--
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 274 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 274 p. Contains: Illustrations. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
