Private Stock Records was a record label that operated from 1974 to 1978 .
20-428: Private Stock may refer to: Private Stock Records , a record label which was started in 1974 by Larry Uttal Private Stock (album) , a 1995 album by The Grapes Private Stock (malt liquor) Private Stock Clothing Line, company founded by Jonathan Koon Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
40-503: A Special Citation of Achievement by the BMI for attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the US alone. He also wrote and produced his own solo hits , " Hallelujah Freedom " and " Sweet Illusion " and "Carolina Days". Campbell is also known for composing music for film and television drama, and as an arranger and producer for many musicians including Barbara Dickson . He
60-540: A claim to recover substantial historic royalties with HIT Entertainment , the new owners. For season 7, their final season, all 26 episodes had the original music in the British dub, while only 7 episodes of the season would have the O'Donnell/Campbell music in the American version, as most of the season's music in that version was re-done by new series composer Robert Hartshrone, whose music was also used in 21 episodes of
80-533: Is a Scottish composer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member, lead guitarist, pianist, and singer with the Scottish band Marmalade and co-wrote and produced some of their biggest successes, including " Reflections of My Life ", " I See the Rain " and " Rainbow ". "Reflections of My Life" has produced sales of over two million units. In 1998 Campbell and co-writer Dean Ford (Thomas McAleese) were awarded
100-410: Is also known for co-composing the music and co-writing the lyrics for 182 episodes and 31 songs of the children's TV series Thomas & Friends from 1983–2003, including "The Island Song", "He's A Really Useful Engine", "The Snow Song" and "Accidents Happen", and also composing the music for Tugs , a thirteen part children's television series from the same production crew as Thomas . Campbell
120-472: The BBC Television series The Two Ronnies in 1976. Campbell has composed music for television drama and film, including the 1989 war film That Summer of White Roses (starring Tom Conti , Rod Steiger , Susan George , and Alun Armstrong ); the 1993 fantasy film Merlin: The True Story (aka October 32nd , starring Nadia Cameron-Blakey , James Hong , Richard Lynch and Rodney Wood ) and
140-877: The 1970s, Campbell had two self-penned solo records released, both of which, " Hallelujah Freedom " (#9) (1972), (with Doris Troy on backing vocals), and " Sweet Illusion " (#15) (1973), made Top 20 chart appearances in the UK Singles Chart . Campbell then went on to study orchestration and composition with Eric Gilder and Max Saunders at the Royal College of Music and became an arranger and record producer for many artists as diverse as Miller Anderson , ( Bright City , 1971), Matthews Southern Comfort , Barry Ryan , The Tremeloes , Freddie Starr and Barbara Dickson , arranging and producing her first hit single and album, " Answer Me ". He also arranged and conducted Dickson's performances in her first-season run on
160-544: The 1994 BBC Worldwide Television drama BAFTA winner Taking Over the Asylum , which starred Ken Stott , David Tennant and Elizabeth Spriggs . Campbell also composed the music for the 1998 BBC Television adaptation of the Minette Walters murder mystery The Scold's Bridle , starring Miranda Richardson , Bob Peck , Siân Phillips , Douglas Hodge , Trudie Styler , and Beth Winslet . Campbell co-wrote
180-550: The Gaylords, on his fourteenth birthday in May 1961 (later to become Dean Ford and the Gaylords, then Marmalade in 1966), acting as lead guitarist, piano player, and singer. With Marmalade, Campbell co-wrote and produced the multi-million-selling " Reflections of My Life ", "Rainbow" and " I See The Rain ", amongst others, in a line of hits from 1967 to 1971. Campbell's reverse tape guitar solo on "Reflections of My Life" and "I See
200-449: The Rain" are particularly noteworthy – the latter was Jimi Hendrix 's favourite cut of 1967. During his years with Marmalade, the band used Keith Mansfield as an orchestral arranger on all of their first record successes with CBS, including "Loving Things", "Wait For Me Mary Ann", "Obladi Oblada", "Baby Make It Soon" and also " Reflections of My Life ", when the band moved to Decca, and Campbell studied Mansfield's scores at close range,
220-578: The label. Peter Lemongello released one album and a few singles for Private Stock after his debut Love '76. However, the Love '76 album was never released by Private Stock, and none of his recordings for the label charted. Gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston (mother of singer Whitney Houston ) released two albums on the label- 1977's Cissy Houston and 1978's Think It Over . The label closed down when Uttal moved to London ; he later returned to New York, where he died in 1993. His son Jai Uttal owned
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#1732797947029240-574: The movie Aaron Loves Angela ). More indicative of the label's nature, Private Stock issued for the US in 1976 a compilation of Rod Stewart 's work with Steampacket and the Hoochie Koochie Men culled from mid-1960s live shows in the UK while the singer was transitioning from Mercury Records to Warner Brothers. In the early 1980s a Stray Cats compilation appeared in stores, ostensibly a licensee of Capitol Records but debatable as to whether it
260-479: The music and lyrics for the internationally successful children's TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends with Mike O'Donnell, composing all music and songs during the classic period of Thomas films from 1984–2003, but when ownership of the production changed hands in 2003 after season 7. O'Donnell and Campbell departed the series after becoming embroiled in what proved to be a protracted legal dispute in
280-409: The rights to the catalogue after his father's death. However, according to him: The fate of the private stock masters has really been a mystery for me since my dad died. Theoretically, I control the catalogue, but I have no master tapes or vinyl and have no idea where they might be. Strange, isn't it? Warm wishes. Junior Campbell Junior Campbell (born William Campbell Jnr , 31 May 1947)
300-493: The theme song to Laverne & Shirley ) and Frankie Valli (" My Eyes Adored You ", " Swearin' to God ", " Our Day Will Come "). The label also released Brownsville Station 's album with the same name, and the singles "The Martian Boogie" and "(Lady) Put the Light on Me" in 1977. Even during 1976 and 1977 Jose Feliciano released two albums on the label, "Sweet Soul Music" (produced by Jerry Wexler ) and "Angela" (soundtrack of
320-475: The title Private Stock . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Private_Stock&oldid=828098843 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Private Stock Records The label
340-686: Was born in Glasgow , Scotland. He grew up in Springboig , in the east end of Glasgow, and was educated at Thorntree Primary in Greenfield and Eastbank Academy in Shettleston . His paternal grandfather Alfredo Cancellari was an Italian immigrant born near Lucca , Italy, who changed his surname to Campbell in the early 1900s when he settled in Scotland. Campbell joined Pat Fairley to form
360-622: Was even the same company. Blondie 's eponymous debut album —which was not a commercial success at the time—was also originally issued on Private Stock in 1976, as were two final single releases by Junior Campbell . Following the demise of Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, singer/songwriter Phil Murray signed to the label in 1978, and released one single, End Of My Time, before moving on to Mickie Most's label RAK. Singer-songwriter Tom Paxton 's 1975 album, Something in My Life and Rupert Holmes ' fourth album, Pursuit of Happiness were also released by
380-601: Was founded by Larry Uttal after he left Bell Records . The label primarily focused on pop music and had numerous hit records , many of them one-hit wonders , including singles by David Soul of Starsky and Hutch fame (" Don't Give Up on Us "), Starbuck (" Moonlight Feels Right "), Austin Roberts (" Rocky "), Samantha Sang (" Emotion "), Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band (" A Fifth of Beethoven "), Cyndi Grecco (" Making Our Dreams Come True ", a.k.a.
400-446: Was so impressed with the craft of arranging for orchestra, and the sound and expertise of orchestral musicians in the recording studio, that this led to a major turning point in his career, so much so, he then commenced arranging orchestral accompaniment on the band's sessions himself. Campbell was the main songwriting partner for lead singer Dean Ford , and by their next album "Songs" (November 1971), Ford only wrote two songs. During
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