Word: asher
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...gutsiest, most unorthodox and unexpected albums of the year. "Linda deserves a lot of credit for having the courage to do such an album, to fly, in a sense, in the face of the times," says Riddle. Comments Ronstadt's longtime producer-manager, Peter Asher: "It's a bold move. I had mixed feelings about how the record would sell, but not about whether she would do it well...
...seemed just the time for a new direction, if not for such a big risk. Asher admits to feeling a lot better about the project after Riddle, the 62-year-old grand master of pop orchestration, agreed to sign on. Riddle, who speaks of Ronstadt's "strong, sure, pure tone, a naiveté and a freshness and a little-girlishness which were very appealing," had worked on several seminal Sinatra albums of the 1950s, including Only the Lonely. His work with Ronstadt may be hard for him to describe ("I don't know what kind of arrangements...
...Brad Asher Golden, Colo...
...with our new treasures, with our old friends, with Zonker. Mark. B D,. Joanie Rick, Uncle Duke, Rev. Sloan Huney, Mr. Slackmeyer, Phred, Bernie, J.J., Boopsie Zeke, Lacey and Dick Davenport, Roland B. Hedley Jr., Jimmy and jenny Thudpucker. Ellie. Howard, Riley, Woody, Lava-Lava, Dr. Dan Asher, kirby, Barney, Weinburger, Duane, Ginny, Clyde, Nicole and Mike Doonesbury...
...billion U.S. computer industry has for months been anxiously awaiting the entry of International Business Machines (1980 sales: $26 billion) into the hot new market for personal computers. Said Garland Asher, director of financial planning for Tandy Corp., one of the leading sellers of the television set-size machines: "Some people were convinced that IBM would be unveiling a new Holy Grail." Last week IBM finally showed off its product. Priced between $1,565 and $6,300, the desktop computer can store documents that once would have required a roomful of filing cabinets; it can also produce graphs in four...