Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky (born February 28, 1934 in the Georgian SSR , † January 13, 2016 in New York ) was an influential British impresario , music manager and producer .
Life
Gomelsky was the son of a doctor and a hat maker from Monte Carlo . 1938 fled his parents from the Stalinist Soviet Union and came over Syria , Egypt and Italy in 1944 to Switzerland , where he is a Benedictine school in Ascona and the private Ecole d'Humanite in Hasliberg visited. He later lived in England and from 1978 in New York.
Crawdaddy Club
From 1963 he was the owner of the Crawdaddy Club , in which the Rolling Stones were the house band. Gomelsky was also the first manager of the Stones until he was replaced by the eloquent young Andrew Loog Oldham . After the Rolling Stones he was able to convince the Yardbirds to become the new house band of his club. He was their manager and producer until 1966 and left the rights to the pieces by the Yardbirds from that time.
In 1966 Gomelsky promoted the band Soft Machine . After its founder Daevid Allen left the band due to visa problems, he later produced several albums by his new band Gong . Gomelsky also produced the French band Magma .
Marmalade Records
In 1966 he founded the record label Marmalade Records , which published artists such as Julie Driscoll , Brian Auger and The Trinity . The label was closed in 1969.
Web links
- Giorgio Gomelsky at Discogs (English)
- Interview with Giorgio Gomelsky (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gomelsky, Giorgio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss music manager and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Georgian SSR |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2016 |
| Place of death | New York City |