Giorgio Gomelsky Musical artist

Giorgio Gomelsky (born 28 February 1934) is a film maker, impresario, music manager, songwriter (as Oscar Rasputin) and record producer. He was born in Georgia, grew up in Switzerland, and later lived in Britain and the US.He owned the Crawdaddy Club in London where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their producer from the beginning through 1966. In 1967, he started Marmalade Records (distributed by Polydor), which featured "Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity", The Blossom Toes, and early recordings by Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who became 10cc. The label closed in 1969. Gomelsky was also instrumental in the careers of The Soft Machine, Daevid Allen and Gong, Magma, and Material.He now lives in New York City.

Personal facts

Giorgio Gomelsky
Birth dateFebruary 28, 1934
Hometown
Georgia (country)

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Musical artist

Career started1950
Career ended1950
associated musical artist
The Rolling Stones
Material (band)
Magma (band)
The Yardbirds
Gong (band)
Julie Driscoll
Blossom Toes
Soft Machine
The Paramounts
BackgroundNon performing personnel
record label
BYG Actuel
Marmalade Records

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=_TBkf1ttNBYC&pg=PA94
  2. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Giorgio+Gomelsky
  3. http://www.eurock.com/features/giorgio.aspx