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5 unusual facts about Bob Thiele


Appleton Syntonic Menagerie

Syntonic Menagerie is an album of electronic music by Jon Appleton released in 1969 on Flying Dutchman Records, a record label owned and managed by classic producer Bob Thiele.

Bob Thiele

According to Thiele's memoir, the recording session for this now-famous song was the scene of a major clash with ABC Records president Larry Newton, who had to be locked out of the studio after getting into a heated argument with Thiele over the song.

Later in his career Thiele formed Red Baron Records, which released a number of albums on compact disc, including three by the Bob Thiele Collective, each a different "all-star" group which Thiele himself assembled and produced.

I Ain't No Bad Gal

I Ain't No Bad Gal is a compilation album by Blues singer Memphis Minnie produced for reissue in 1988 by Bob Thiele.

Pinetop Smith

In 1975 the Bob Thiele Orchestra recorded a modern jazz album called I Saw Pinetop Spit Blood that included a treatment of "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" as well as the title song.



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