Introduction: The case for greatness

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: The case for greatness xi
6. 1. The Raid 1
7. 2. Domestic Crude 6
8. 3. The Independent Quinn 11
9. 4. Gold Star Records 18
10. 5. Label’s Demise, New Studio’s Rise: Recording in the House 32
11. 6. Pappy Daily and Starday Records 41
12. 7. The Big Studio Room Expansion 61
13. 8. Daily’s Dominance and D Records 70
14. 9. Little Labels: Blues, Country, and Sharks 82
15. 10. Into the ’60s and Quinn’s Last Sessions 92
16. 11. Duke-Peacock: The Gold Star Connection 104
17. 12. The HSP Corporation Experiment Begins 121
18. 13. A House of Rock, Despite the Muck 135
19. 14. The HSP Aftermath and a New Direction 145
20. 15. International Artists Record Company: The Psychedelic Business Plan 158
21. 16. Disillusioned Dissolution 177
22. 17. Meaux Moves In, SugarHill Ascends 181
23. 18. The Freddy Fender Phenomenon 191
24. 19. The Later ’70s and Early ’80s 204
25. 20. Meaux’s Final Phase 212
26. 21. Modern Music (Ad)Ventures 219
27. 22. Emergence of a RAD Idea 231
28. 23. Millennial Destiny 236
29. 24. Still Tracking in the Twenty-first Century 245
30. Appendix A Catalogue of Interviews 255
31. Appendix B Chart Records from the House of Hits 259
32. Appendix C Selected Discographies: A Partial History 267
33. Appendix D Chronology of Gold Star/ SugarHill Engineers 311
34. Bibliography 313
35. Index: Page numbers in italics refer to photographs 319