Steve, any cool stories from when you were "Workin' For MCA"?

Hi Steve,

I was wondering if you had some cool stories from your early tenure at MCA that you could share: maybe bumping into Olivia Newton-John in the elevator, being mistaken for a member of Giuffria, maybe lifting a couple of Buddy Holly gold records when you left (I'm kidding )...

Thanks!!

James

 

Yeah did you get to meet Tom Petty???

 

How about some Irving Azoff stories??

 

When you tell people you worked for MCA, did they confuse that with MCI, and tell you to stop calling them?

 

How about mastering Meaty, Beaty, etc. in a rush. Could you sort of give a breakdown of those few, hurried hours, just to indulge us?

 

When you told MCA you were leaving for DCC, did they make a counter-offer? ("We'll double your salary and let you supervise a box set of Buddy Holly's complete recordings. Also, we promise that you'll never be asked to remaster a Cher anthology.")

 

Steve, just tell us when Neil Aspinall calls!!!!!

 

Steve, you've related a number of titles that DCC was hoping to release but couldn't for one reason or another. Do you have any stories of MCA titles that you were slated to master but then weren't able to for some reason? How about MCA titles you always wish you had gotten to work on?

 

Steve, tell 'em the Roy Orbison car wash story, that was during your tenure at MCA, right?

Jeff

 

I like the story Steve told of meeting the Who just a week or two before Keith died.

Evan