Giorgio Gomelsky
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| Giorgio Gomelsky | |
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| Origin |  (former Soviet)-Georgia |
| Occupation(s) | music manager, record producer |
| Years active | Mid-1950s - present |
| Label(s) | Marmalade, BYG Records |
| Associated acts | The Rollin' Stones, The Paramounts, The Yardbirds, Magma, Blossom Toes, Julie Driscoll |
Giorgio Gomelsky is an influential American impresario, music manager and record producer. He owned the famous Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones were hired as 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. He apparently currently owns all of The Yardbirds tapes, although legend has it that the actual multi-track tapes are in the possession of Gomelsky's divorced wife. In 1967, the 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 later became 3/4's of 10cc. The label shut down abruptly in 1969 under confusing circumstances (some say Gomelsky simply shut the doors and disappeared without notifying Polydor or any of his artists).
Giorgio was also instrumental in the careers of the following artists: The Soft Machine, Daevid Allen and Gong and Magma:
- The Soft Machine's first demos were recorded by Giorgio.
- Gong's first 5 LP's were created under Giorgio's auspices.
- The Gong LP's from France were on Giorgio's experimental label BYG also called ACTUEL, later Gong's trilogy was released among the first titles at Virgin Records, UK.
The French band Giorgio produced, MAGMA, was almost an orchestra of rock sound and recorded in its own language! (no libretto or translation provided!)
