Here I am, 19 years of age, sitting in the offices of WEA Records with Steve, the A&R guy. I’m nervous, my hands are sweaty and I’m still really tired from the two solid days of driving 500 miles to Sydney.
He’s listening. He seems to like it. The tape recorder clicks off. Click!
There’s a bit of a pause and he smiles saying ” you know, this is really good but it’s not our style. I really think Fable (Records) would go for this. I’ll ring Ron and recommend you.”
This sounded reasonable to me. My first definite/maybe/sort of a recommendation. He thanked me and I walk out from my first appointment with one of the “big guys”.
Up the road, my next appointment was with Albert & Sons. They had made a fortune with the publishing for AC/DC’s tunes.
I can’t remember who the arrogant SOB was, but whoever I saw gave me this rant about how he doesn’t deal with female artists. He thought they were so unreliable. Hmmmm I wonder why?? Anyway after all of this boasting, he then declared that he was currently recording one of the Moya Sisters. They had previously had a few hits as a young harmony trio. Lucky girl??
Oh well, I still had Fable Records right? Right?
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