Word: mca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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STEVE EARLE: GUITAR TOWN (MCA). Country songs with a cutting edge and a Texas twang...
Guitar Town has some of the frantic strength of a last good shot, which it was. Earle is 31,"the tour bus is home," and making it in country music needs a young man's grit after all. But MCA has given him a seven-album contract, and some material for the new record is getting an airing in concert. Those new songs nail a listener right to the spot. Steve Earle is already fulfilling his promise even before he has stopped being promising. No time to waste...
...gentleman warrior. Finding his picture in distribution limbo after Universal Pictures refused to release his film (which he had shot according to the approved script and delivered on budget), Gilliam went public with a full-page plea in Daily Variety to the president of Universal's parent company, MCA: "Dear Sid Sheinberg: When are you going to release my film, Brazil...
...offered to come to the rescue with a higher price if the company wanted a merger. After CBS fought off Turner, GE turned its attention to RCA, which also feared a hostile takeover bid. Perhaps to make itself less vulnerable, RCA had discussed a possible friendly merger with MCA, a movie and television conglomerate, but the talks broke...
...album is a financial smash for its label, MCA Records, which produced the record for just $200,000, compared with $750,000 for a typical movie sound track. Such stars as Phil Collins and Tina Turner, who contributed songs, accepted lower-than-usual fees in order to meet the budget. The record's success has inspired MCA Records to consider a sequel. Meanwhile, fans of the palmy program will not run out of music. The show's stars, Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson, are each working on a solo album...