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25: 408: 167:. Powers staffed Chameleon Music Group with industry veterans like Andy Frances, Bill Meehan, and the company grew quickly with 2-tiered, major-label distribution for its flagship Chameleon label and independent distribution for its many alternative imprints. 469: 140:
An experienced indie label chief who previously founded Mountain Railroad Records and later Drive Entertainment, Powers quickly signed a distribution agreement with Capitol/
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A&R executive Stephen Powers, in association with Bob Marin, Managing Director of alternative rock importer Sounds Good, and Richard Foos, co-founder of
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in Europe, and various independent distributors. In the last years of the label's existence, Chameleon was distributed worldwide by
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In 1991, Chameleon was named Independent Label of the Year by National Association of Independent Distributors (
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In the first years of the label's existence, Chameleon was distributed by Capitol/EMI in the USA,
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award for Best Contemporary Blues Recording for "I'm In The Mood," a duet by
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was a record label formed by producer, music entrepreneur and former
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titled "You Don't Treat Me No Good," on the Chameleon label through
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Pritzker was also a musician and songwriter, whose band
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from its 1990 release of Hooker's best-selling album,
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This article about a United States record label is a
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was an employee, and Chameleon distributed his early
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