Boardwalk Records

BOARDWALK RECORDS
 
 
Boardwalk Records  was a record label founded by Neil Bogart in 1980, after PolyGram acquired his Casablanca Records.  The label had a huge hit act with Joan Jett before Bogart died of cancer in 1982.  Other artists on the Boardwalk label included Curtis Mayfield, Ohio Players, Richard “Dimples” Fields, Chris Christian, Night Ranger, Ringo Starr, Sunrize, Mike Love, Get Wet, Phil Seymour, Tierra, Harry Chapin. and the soundtrack to the 1982 film Megaforce.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Her first solo album, Joan Jett was released in England in May 1980; however, after shopping the album in America, she was turned down by 23 different record companies.  Eventually Joan Jett founded Blackheart Records and had albums pressed herself, financed by her daughter’s college savings account.  At concerts, the records were literally sold out of the trunk of producer Kenny Laguna’s car.  The album was eventually picked up by Boardwalk Records and re-released under the name Bad Reputation

 

(November 2013)

 

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