1. 13:28 23rd Dec 2010

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    In the 90s, when labels were getting snapped up like commodities by the likes of Seagrams and Siemens, the rest of the business liked to tell a joke about one of the new executives taking over a classical imprint. He was appalled at the low sales numbers of some of the artists, but decided that he would like to meet with his best sellers: “Get me a lunch with this Mr. Pussinni [sic]!”

i12bent:

Giacomo Puccini, b. Dec. 22, 1858 (d. 1924), possibly the most popular opera composer in the world for most of the 20th C.

    In the 90s, when labels were getting snapped up like commodities by the likes of Seagrams and Siemens, the rest of the business liked to tell a joke about one of the new executives taking over a classical imprint. He was appalled at the low sales numbers of some of the artists, but decided that he would like to meet with his best sellers: “Get me a lunch with this Mr. Pussinni [sic]!”

    i12bent:

    Giacomo Puccini, b. Dec. 22, 1858 (d. 1924), possibly the most popular opera composer in the world for most of the 20th C.