454:. When Dayman's mini-empire collapsed in 1966, Aulton discovered that he had unwittingly been named as a partner in the record label and this made him liable for its debts. As a result, he had most of his assets seized by creditors. He was rescued by Festival MD Fred Marks, who offered him a job as a house producer for Festival, overseeing all the pop side of the company's business. Aulton supervised the installation of Festival's new 4-track studio at Pyrmont later that year and he oversaw most of the company's pop/rock output between 1967 and 1970, including producing an album and an Australian hit single for American singer-songwriter
254:" (aka "Real Wild Child"), a song covered in the US by Jerry Allison of the Crickets (as Ivan) in 1958 and also recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis for Sun Records. Both artists had heard O'Keefe perform the song during their 1958 Aussie tour and rush recorded the song on their return to the US. This Festival success was followed by four #1 hits in 1959 for another local act, Col Joye & the Joy Boys. But despite the chart success, Festival continued to lose money due to poor management and a lack of international acts on its roster, and Hooker eventually sold it on to
827:. The terms of the sale were not disclosed although sources at other labels estimated that the deal was worth between A$ 5 million and A$ 10 million. Festival Mushroom's offices in five cities were closed and 43 of the company's 54 remaining staff were retrenched, with eleven senior management, promotions and marketing staff moved into positions at Warner.
347:. Festival recorded or distributed some of the most popular Australian acts of the decade, including country music star Reg Lindsay. Lindsay received citations and awards from Festival management and the Australian Record Industry in the 1960s and 1970s for outstanding record sales and his promotion of country music nationally and internationally]
619:, who, to the surprise of many in the industry, was appointed as Festival's chairman despite then being only 23 and with no significant business experience. James Murdoch had a reputation as the Murdoch family rebel; he bleached his hair and for some time sported an eyebrow stud and, to his family's dismay, he had just dropped out of
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Festival celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2002 with a major museum exhibition and a series of commemorative CDs. News Ltd poured millions into
Festival in the decade between 1995 and 2005; James Murdoch reportedly spent A$ 10 million on artists and repertoire. The company won both the Song of
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Festival was established by one of
Australia's first merchant banking companies, Mainguard, founded by entrepreneur and former Australian army officer Paul Cullen. Mainguard had a wide range of investments including one of Australia's first supermarket companies, and a whaling business and also
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format which
Festival embraced. However it started to lose manufacturing revenue at this point because of how predominant its vinyl and cassette pressing business was and because of the lack of CD manufacturing facilities for Festival, whose revenue was also dented by the loss of many of the
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and former record store clerk Ken Taylor. Like Welch, Taylor did not like rock 'n' roll, but he was an astute spotter and marketer of new talent. Thanks to Taylor, Festival was the first local label to sign
Australian rock 'n' roll acts, including Australia's "Big Three" acts of the 1950s:
292:, Festival quickly rose to become one of the top pop labels in Australasia (although the New Zealand operation was a standalone company with differing ownership and management), and through the late 1960s and early 1970s it rivalled and often surpassed the local market leader
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The combined
Festival Mushroom Records–Warner Bros. Records recording archive contains a large proportion of the most important Australian pop and rock music of the late 20th century, and the collection is said to contain more than 20,000 master tapes, including music by
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considerably expanded their local presence and market share during this period, Festival enjoyed continuing success during the late 1970s and mid to late 1980s under the helm of managing director Jim White, and also thanks in part to its alliance with the
Melbourne-based
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Hooker was an avid music fan and reportedly took a keen personal interest in the company, even establishing his own boutique imprint label, Rex, named after the Sydney hotel that he owned. During this time, Festival had its first home-grown hit with Johnny O'Keefe's
521:", was released as the B-side of her first single. After being picked up by radio it became one of the surprise hits of the year, reaching #3 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) in 1974. It was also a huge success in America, reaching No. 4 on the
612:. The loss of these overseas labels took a sizeable chunk out of Festival's profits, a problem compounded by Murdoch's persistent siphoning-off of Festival's profits, leaving it without the cash reserves it needed to invest in new plant, new acts and new labels.
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in 1954, when it was first released in the United States, but Welch was able to trump EMI and secure the
Australian rights to the recording for Festival in 1955, after the song became a big hit in America and Britain thanks to its inclusion in the film
513:. The Adelaide-based nun was an experienced music teacher who had been using pop music in religious ceremonies to involve young people and had provided music for "rock Mass" events. In 1973 Mead came to Sydney to record with Festival house producer
446:, who became one of Festival's house producers from 1966 until the early 1970s. Aulton was probably responsible for more Australian-made hits than any other record producer of his era. Aulton began his career as a singer in the Adelaide band
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An important factor in the company's success during the pop boom of the 1960s was the pressing and distribution deals it made with the many small independent pop labels that emerged in this period. Notable among these were the
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Hely stayed on for some time after the appointment, but he resigned earlier than he had planned after disagreements with
Murdoch; MD Bill Eeg took the reins for a short period before but resigned after the appointment of
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Festival was Mainguard's purchase and merging of two small Sydney businesses—a record pressing company, Microgroove Australia, one of the first Australian companies to produce discs in the new vinyl
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Several notable industry figures were hired as executives, including Jeremy
Fabinyi (former artist manager and ex-head of AMCOS), Paul Dickson, former head of Polygram Australia, respected musician
222:. "Rock Around The Clock" became the biggest-selling record ever released in Australia up to that time, and it established Festival as a significant emerging player in the popular music market.
204:, in Sydney and was the first person to appear on TV in Australia in 1956. The connection between Nine and Festival would reap great benefits for the label in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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format, and Casper Precision Engineering. After buying the two companies Cullen reincorporated them as Festival Records on 21 October 1952; soon after he appointed popular Sydney bandleader
277:. The Tijuana Brass' breakthrough record, "The Lonely Bull" became a worldwide hit and its success in Australia enabled Festival to sign a crucial distribution deal with Alpert's label
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Despite these successes, revenues continued to fall and by 2006 the company was in dire financial straits. In October, FMR announced that its recorded music assets had been sold to
592:; some deals ended due to overseas labels opening local branches, while others were lost when these former independents (e.g. Virgin, Charisma) were taken over by major labels like
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In 1997, Grierson set about rebuilding Festival's profile, negotiating new licensing/distribution/promotion deals with a group of prestige Australian independent labels including
528:, becoming the first Australian recording to sell over one million copies in the United States, earning a Gold Award for Sister Janet Mead and Martin Erdman. It also earned a
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from 1961 to 2005. The company was successful for most of its 50-year life, despite the fact that as much as 90% of its annual profit was regularly siphoned off by
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and the R'Jays. Festival's sales trebled, but by this time Mainguard was in serious financial straits and in 1957 Cullen sold Festival to property magnate
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as Festival's main house producer. In 1979 Mark Moffatt replaced Batchens as house producer, bringing much of the Mushroom recording in house.
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record "Rock Around The Clock". The single had originally been turned down by the Australian division of
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as the label's first artists and repertoire (A&R) manager. Another early staff member was
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the same year. Similarly, Festival Music Publishing, was acquired in November 2005 by
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In 2015, the Festival Records label was revived with the first album
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and others under licence and distribution arrangements including
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and one of the tracks from that session, a rock arrangement of "
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752:. The company had #1 records with Motorace, 28 Days, George,
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Under Grierson and Murdoch's management, Festival bought out
1224:"Warner Bros. Records Buys Aussie Teen Pop Record label FMR"
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Under the astute direction of long-serving company chairman
335:, and it competed strongly with its overseas-owned rivals
1121:"Forum - One Hit Wonders (General: Music/Charts related)"
1261:"Festival Records : Local And International Labels"
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Another notable success for Festival in this period was
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label, whose roster included top selling bands such as
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882:'s Mushroom Publishing, for an undisclosed sum.
490:. Infinity's biggest successes were Sydney band
30:For the short-lived American record label, see
1243:"Australia's Mushroom Music Buys Festival Pub"
160:, Australia, in 1952 and operated until 2005.
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793:In 2000, James Murdoch was appointed to head
333:Australian pop scene of the mid-to-late 1960s
8:
929:Infinity Records (subsidiary formed in 1971)
674:as well as international licences including
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914:Best Boy (soundtrack label; formed in 1998)
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892:100 Greatest Australian Singles of the 60s
701:and later on prestigious Australian label
163:Festival was a wholly-owned subsidiary of
38:
1287:"MILESAGO - Record Labels - Spin Records"
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369:Tony Worsley & the Fabulous Blue Jays
2041:Music publishing companies of Australia
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749:Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop
474:affiliated label of the same name, see
171:to subsidise his other media ventures.
539:Although the American-owned companies
1910:(Warner/Chappell Music v. Fullscreen)
1241:Christie Eliezer (24 November 2005).
423:in 1964, Martin Clarke's Perth-based
7:
1222:Christie Eliezer (20 October 2005).
805:the Year and Songwriter of the Year
478:.) Early Infinity releases included
608:(which would absorb Festival), and
1009:Higgins, David (9 November 2005).
734:) and industry veteran and former
431:, a partnership between publisher
180:backed famed Australian filmmaker
25:
2051:Record labels established in 1952
1836:Alternative Distribution Alliance
1544:Alternative Distribution Alliance
938:Walkabout Records (jazz sublabel)
32:Festival Records (American label)
1263:. 24 August 2000. Archived from
1197:"Australian Gospel Music Awards"
1171:"Janet Mead profile on Hardrush"
45:
427:and the Sydney-based pop label
1892:Music publishing and licensing
1:
2066:Record labels based in Sydney
911:(merged with company in 1998)
498:; both acts were produced by
484:Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
715:'s controlling 51% share of
365:Ray Brown & the Whispers
623:to set up a hip-hop label,
552:label and the Sydney-based
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1916:Warner Strategic Marketing
1767:Atlantic Records Nashville
1011:"A long way to the bottom"
29:
2018:Resident Evil: Apocalypse
1978:Faust: Love of the Damned
1777:Reprise Records Nashville
1670:Festival Mushroom Records
1403:300 Elektra Entertainment
1016:The Sydney Morning Herald
470:(not related to the U.S.
154:Festival Mushroom Records
44:
18:Festival Mushroom Records
2046:Australian record labels
1866:Warner Music Philippines
1851:Warner Music Australasia
1782:Warner Records Nashville
1060:Kimball, Duncan (2002).
825:Warner Music Australasia
647:and a former manager of
462:Growth and consolidation
111:Pyrmont, New South Wales
1597:Williams Street Records
1499:Atlantic Records France
920:(joint venture in 2001)
598:Bertelsmann Music Group
27:Australian record label
1961:Warner Music Indonesia
1760:Warner Music Nashville
1469:Atlantic Records Group
1089:Higgins, 2005, op.cit.
964:Lists of record labels
419:labels established by
1904:Warner Chappell Music
1803:Sesame Street Records
1125:Australian-charts.com
645:the Thought Criminals
238:and the Joy Boys and
1690:Machine Shop Records
1177:on 28 September 2007
1146:"Janet Mead article"
989:Warner Bros. Records
121:Warner Bros. Records
2056:Warner Music labels
1876:Warner Music Sweden
1871:Warner Music Poland
1861:Warner Music Latina
1856:Warner Music Canada
1841:Warner Music Vision
1737:London-Sire Records
1607:Rhino Entertainment
1577:Magna Carta Records
1567:Cordless Recordings
1524:Maybach Music Group
1494:Atlantic Records UK
953:Walsingham Classics
947:Interfusion Records
680:Walt Disney Records
534:Golden Gospel Award
389:the Dave Miller Set
329:played a major role
304:in the Sixties and
125:Rhino Entertainment
106:Number of locations
41:
1451:Roadrunner Records
1447:Public Consumption
1353:Edgar Bronfman Jr.
1339:Warner Music Group
1100:"Infinity history"
1062:"Festival Records"
935:(acquired in 1995)
849:Olivia Newton-John
703:Albert Productions
621:Harvard University
606:Warner Music Group
562:Mental As Anything
541:Warner Music Group
385:Olivia Newton-John
234:and the Dee Jays,
190:microgroove record
142:Warner Music Group
2061:Pop record labels
2028:
2027:
1899:EMP Merchandising
1846:WEA International
1808:Sh-K-Boom Records
1744:Stateside Records
1572:East West Records
1557:Artery Recordings
1443:Low Country Sound
1412:300 Entertainment
1267:on 24 August 2000
692:Chris Blackwell's
684:Hollywood Records
519:The Lord's Prayer
511:Sister Janet Mead
417:Kommotion Records
314:Chrysalis Records
219:Blackboard Jungle
152:, later known as
147:
146:
16:(Redirected from
2073:
2010:Freddy vs. Jason
1720:Roulette Records
1700:Nonesuch Records
1695:Maverick Records
1651:Spinnin' Records
1637:Spinnin' Records
1592:WaterTower Music
1509:Big Beat Records
1488:Atlantic Records
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1203:on 20 April 2009
1199:. Archived from
1193:
1187:
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1173:. Archived from
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1068:on 14 March 2009
1057:
1028:
1027:
1025:
1023:
1006:
984:Mushroom Records
974:Sunshine Records
933:Larrikin Records
909:Mushroom Records
880:Michael Gudinski
788:Sony Music Japan
774:Michael Crawford
736:Larrikin Records
717:Mushroom Records
713:Michael Gudinski
550:Mushroom Records
502:, who succeeded
500:Richard Batchens
476:Infinity Records
468:Infinity Records
413:Sunshine Records
306:Mushroom Records
150:Festival Records
74:
72:
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40:Festival Records
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1819:Warner Classics
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1772:Fervent Records
1755:
1727:Reprise Records
1710:Jubilee Records
1656:
1631:
1601:
1562:Compass Records
1538:
1534:UpFront Records
1519:LaSalle Records
1514:Custard Records
1463:
1438:Fueled by Ramen
1427:Elektra Records
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688:Mammoth Records
664:Reliant Records
566:the Cockroaches
554:Regular Records
532:nomination and
496:Richard Clapton
464:
437:Harry M. Miller
425:Clarion Records
353:Warren Williams
322:A&M Records
302:Clarion Records
279:A&M Records
182:Charles Chauvel
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