Red Star was the
sound of the future in '77...
now we're witnessing the birth of a new record industry and Red Star Digital Music is proud to be a participant!
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New Red Star Releases
Press Releases
September 2011
New Release - Lola Dutronic's - New York Stories EP
Lola Dutronic's latest digital release, “NEW YORK STORIES”, contains 5 cover versions of songs from the fabled CBGB / Max's era...
April 2011
Read the Side Line Music Magazine review for Lola Dutronic's Musique EP & the Wisper EP
May 2010
For the Facebook Interview with MARTY THAU (Red Star Digital Music) and LOLA DUTRONIC
on
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm (Eastern))
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Red Star proudly presents... LOLA DUTRONIC
Marty Thau, the music impresario behind The New York Dolls, Blondie and Suicide proudly presents ... LOLA DUTRONIC, who release their latest EP "Musique" on Red Star Digital Music on May 18, 2010
March 2010
Red Star has released KOKO DOZO's new EP, "Feel The Zuzz!"
Red Star Records has released KOKO DOZO's new EP, "Feel The Zuzz!" on March 23rd, 2010. The "Post-Disco" Duo from New York City claim to be immigrants from the planet, Bazbador. Any doubts about their lineage are quickly dispelled by strolling through their website and perusing SPACE ALIEN NATION, their galaxy's local newspaper. Red Star is run by former New York Dolls manager, A&R / Record producer Marty Thau (Suicide, The Real Kids, The Fleshtones).
About Red Star
"Thanks to the advent of the computer revolution forward thinking artists can now sell their wares to consumers at reasonable prices and build their very own cottage industry in the process. The playing field is now leveling and artists no longer have to kowtow in homage and indentured servitude to greedy mainstream record companies. We're witnessing the birth of a new record industry and Red Star Digital Music is proud to be a participant." - Marty Thau, Red Star Digital Music
Read more about Red Star...Interviews
Marty Thau - The future is now! interviewed by Dick Porter (MUDKISS FANZINE)
As track records go, Marty Thau's is pretty close to impeccable. Having worked at Billboard magazine as an executive advertising trainee during the mid 1960s, he branched out into managing local groups in 1966. This brought him to the attention of Neil Bogart, boss of Cameo-Parkway Records, who appointed Marty as National Promotions Manager. He was a roaring success, scoring twenty-eight hits in his first year on the job. The following year, he joined Buddah records, where he oversaw the release of such hits as 'Yummy Yummy Yummy' by the Ohio Express and the 1910 Fruitgum Company's huge hit, 'Simon Says'.
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