John E. Abbey This is Me

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1. 1. stax50.com

   stax50.com/blog/2007/06/page/4 - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/3/2007   Last Visited: 3/8/2008

   In a late '70 interview with John Abbey, editor and founder of Britain's "Blues & Soul" magazine, he revealed, "My first impression of Ike was actually his deep bass singing with The Teentones on "Old MacDonald Had A Farm"!"

2. 2. David Nathan's 40 Years Of Soul

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   Published on: 10/1/2006   Last Visited: 6/10/2008

   John (who I think was 'Reggie Dwight' at the time - we're talking 1968) came in to buy records since he was a regular customer!
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   Over that weekend I had called John Abbey, who had started Blues & Soul magazine and had his own little company called Contempo.I cornered him and said, "John, I think I need your help because I don't know
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   But what happened was I kept in touch with John, and Aretha came to England to do "Top of the Pops."
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   John Abbey: "I went to the studio to see Aretha."
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   At the same time, John
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   So I went back home, told my parents, told John Abbey.John said, "Well, you're not doing it on my money, I can't afford to employ you."And I said, "Well, I'm gonna go anyway," and my friends are like, "Are you mad?What are you going to do?"At that last minute, at the eleventh hour, John Abbey said, "All right, I can see you're serious.You can do this as a trial for three months, and we'll see how it goes."He paid me a salary, and Blues & Soul had a little apartment in New York, which was really a photographic studio.So I got to sleep on the sofa, and that's where I stayed for three months.And I went nuts.My job was to do as many articles as I could in those three months to prove to John Abbey that I could do this.I literally was doing three interviews a week.

3. 3. DM Records Label Group

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   Published on: 4/28/2001   Last Visited: 2/19/2004

   Established in 1985 by partners, John E. Abbey and Nina K. Easton, Ichiban has grown to become one of the leading independent and one of the most diversified companies in the record business.
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   Easton and Abbey have a combined 46 years in the music business, which they've used to establish a cutting-edge company that promotes excellence and professionalism while maintaining a family atmosphere.
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   John Abbey, a native of England, has turned his passion for Black American Music into far more that a hobby.In London, in 1966, Abbey founded the magazine Blues & Soul.He laughs when he recalls that "…nobody thought that we'd survive."Of course, the publication has enjoyed success for more than 25 years, and continues to be Britain's first and last word on Black American Music.Abbey expanded his endeavors to include booking and managing tours through Europe and Asia.It was while touring with the Reddings in Scandinavia that Abbey met future partner Nina Easton.
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   Both ended up settling in Atlanta, Georgia by the mid-1980's, and John continued his overseas tours, while Nina was a freelance journalist for European music magazines.
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   To hear Easton and Abbey tell the story, one might think the company formed itself.
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   Abbey had developed close working relationships after touring the world with many of these artists.Established Soul and R&B artists like William Bell, Clarence Carter and Curtis Mayfield had no deals at the time, and suggested that Abbey and Easton start a label for their recordings.
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   "Each of these talented artists could easily have gotten record deals elsewhere," John explains, "but everything just fell into place."
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   John and Nina started Ichiban Records in their home and garage.
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   It wasn't until the neighborhood politely commented on the frequent stops made by UPS and Federal Express trucks, that Nina and John realized the business needed its own offices.