With a catalog of 607 songs and more than 52 albums and EPs, Landslide tells the history of a certain branch of Atlanta music, and provides a snapshot of a very exciting time in the city’s cultural life. Even the pop-influenced “Dancing Under Streetlights” by the Brains, another early Landslide release, deployed its synthesizers alongside a literary sensibility. This became a hallmark of Landslide artists, including child prodigy Sean Costello and elder statesman Piano Red. Both went on to huge careers.īoth also had a rootsy, unaffected quality that drew inspiration from the musical springs of folk, blues and jazz. Many of the artists signed by Rothschild had never recorded before, such as Widespread Panic (”Space Wrangler” from 1987) and Derek Trucks (”The Derek Trucks Band” from 1997). But, miraculously, Landslide Records is still in business and celebrating its 40th year on Friday, with a double compact disc compilation that includes “King Greed” from “Outside Looking Out,” and 32 other tracks.
Rothschild told Grillo he probably sold two copies of Hampton’s record in every state. Well, the business part of the music business is not an easy deal. “It made the record business look like ‘a real easy deal,’” he told journalist Jerry Grillo, author of “The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Hey, this can’t be too difficult, thought Rothschild. The album immediately received a glowing review in the Sunday New York Times by noted critic Robert Palmer. Or he could have taken heed from the lyrics in the songs Hampton was shopping, with such non-linear verses as “The annexed vortex tranquiled an address thief’s grief.”īut the music was intriguing and Rothschild jumped in, creating Landslide Records and releasing “Outside Looking Out” by Hampton and multi-instrumentalist Billy McPherson’s ensemble, the Late Bronze Age. “I should have learned what not to do,” from “Music to Eat,” said Rothschild recently.
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