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to IER 179/180 - 1965 |
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to IER 519/520 - 1966 |
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They hired well-known bandleader and DJ Bill Race as sales manager and he was with the company for about a year and formed his own recording facility in 1965. In the beginning of 1964 (or at the end of 1963) they started the IKON label. In early 1966 Eirik Wangberg from Norway joining the staff as a recording engineer. In the fall of 1966 IKON closed the doors and while Jim Barkley disappeared he left back more than a handful of unpaid people. Several Ikon singles are coveted items within the rarified echelons of garage-collectordom: Those by Madd, Inc, the Knightsmen, Prophets, Shondells and others. The Ikon singles fetch big bucks on the very few occasions they are offered for sale. |
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