[Roger Press]

I worked at EMI last century, and my boss told me anecdotes about Bhaskar Menon. Of course he was known as the driving force behind Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon which was in the Billboard charts for 741 weeks.

This is his moving New York Times obituary which came out yesterday.

Bhaskar Menon, Who Turned Capitol Records Around, Dies at 86 https://nyti.ms/2OQAcK5

This is the paragraphs about that album.

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In 1972, Mr. Menon learned that Capitol was at risk of losing the next album by Pink Floyd, which blamed the company for the poor sales of its previous albums in the United States. Mr. Menon flew to the South of France, where Pink Floyd was performing and, after an all-night negotiating session, they agreed on a deal. Mr. Menon commemorated the terms on a cocktail napkin and brought it back to Capitol’s legal department in Los Angeles, said Rupert Perry, a longtime executive at EMI and Capitol.“The Dark Side of the Moon,” released by Capitol with a huge promotional campaign, was one of the biggest blockbusters in music history; it stayed on Billboard’s album chart for 741 consecutive weeks and has sold more than 15 million copies in the United States alone.Led by Mr.

 

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[Roger Press]

Another bio. My old boss just updated me how much Bhaskar Menon was a mentor to him, even after retirement.

Bhaskar Menon, EMI and Capitol Records Legend, Dies at 86

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