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Legendary Record Exec. Seymour Stein / Joni Mitchell

April 7, 2023
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Fresh Air

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Record biz giant Seymour Stein died last Sunday at age 80. He was the co-founder of Sire Records, which he ran from 1966 until he stepped down in 2018. We're have two archival interviews with Stein. Over his long career, he signed a wide range of pioneering artists from The Ramones and Madonna to Talking Heads, The Pretenders, k.d. lang and Ice-T.

Also, we listen back to our interview with Joni Mitchell. She recently received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Music.

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