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David Nathan, Blues & Soul, January 1976
ONE MAJOR criticism which is frequently levelled at the bigger record companies is how, with a relatively large roster, some of their strongest potential stars get literally 'lost in the shuffle'. How many times have you heard an artist claim that they never received all the promotion and exposure that was needed to really get them off the ground? Often the fault may not lie just with the company. It can be a combination of different factors bad management, bad material, a lot of things.
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