Nick Venet - Revision history

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 '''Frank Zappa:''': ''"Alright, let's see. It was, uh ... '66. This guy named Nick Venet, who was a producer at Capitol, came to me, and offered me the chance to write something for a forty-piece orchestra, to do a recording of that kind of stuff. I looked at my contract with MGM, 'cause we were signed with MGM at the time. Nowhere in my contract did it preclude me from being a composer, or a conductor. So long as I didn't perform on an album that was released by another company, I didn't think I had a problem."''
-'''Den Simms:''': '''By "performing", you mean something with an instrument.'''
+'''[[Den Simms]]:''': '''By "performing", you mean something with an instrument.'''
 '''Frank Zappa:''': ''"Right. I wasn't singin', I wasn't playin'."''

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 * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/277270 Discogs article.]
-[[Category:Producers|Venet, Nick]]
+[[Category:Record Producers|Venet, Nick]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Venet, Nick]]

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 He is primarily known for signing [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|The Beach Boys]] and producing their early material. He would sign many acts to [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] including The Stone Poneys featuring [[Linda Ronstadt]] who had a hit with "Different Drum" written by [[The Monkees|Mike Nesmith]] and John Stewart; the latter would write "Daydream Believer" for [[The Monkees]].
-By the early 1970's Venet had moved to [[United Artists]] Records.
+By the early 1970's Venet had moved to [[Wikipedia:United Artists Records|United Artists Records]].
 ==Zappa and Nick Venet==

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 Zappa mentioned Nick Venet in the list of influences inside the sleeve of ''[[Freak Out!]]'', under the heading: ''"These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them"''.
-Nick Venet later produced Frank Zappa's ''[[Lumpy Gravy]]'', originally commissioned for Capitol Records, but due to contractual problems it would eventually be released by [[MGM]].
+Nick Venet later produced Frank Zappa's ''[[Lumpy Gravy]]'', originally commissioned for Capitol Records, but due to contractual problems it would eventually be released by [[MGM Records|MGM]].
 ==Zappa about Nick Venet==

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 '''Nick Venet''' (born Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis, 3 December 1936 – 2 January 1998) was an American record producer who began his career at age 19 with World Pacific Jazz. He worked as a teenage songwriter in New York's Brill Building along with Bobby Darin and Carole King.
-At age 19 he moved to Los Angeles and worked with [[Lord Buckley]] before becoming a producer and talent scout with [[Capitol Records]]. In 1962 he recorded the [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]] after their independently produced "Surfin'" single had been a minor local hit.
+At age 19 he moved to Los Angeles and worked with [[A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat|Lord Buckley]] before becoming a producer and talent scout with [[Capitol Records]]. In 1962 he recorded the [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|Beach Boys]] after their independently produced "Surfin'" single had been a minor local hit.
 He is primarily known for signing [[Wikipedia:The Beach Boys|The Beach Boys]] and producing their early material. He would sign many acts to [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] including The Stone Poneys featuring [[Linda Ronstadt]] who had a hit with "Different Drum" written by [[The Monkees|Mike Nesmith]] and John Stewart; the latter would write "Daydream Believer" for [[The Monkees]].

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-Nick Venet (born Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis, 3 December 1936 – 2 January 1998) was an American record producer who began his career at age 19 with World Pacific Jazz. He is primarily known for signing [[The Beach Boys]] and producing their early material.
+[[File:Nick Venet.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Nick Venet as pictured in the sleeve of ''[[The Lumpy Money Project/Object]]''.]]
-He also recorded with Zappa.
+'''Nick Venet''' (born Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis, 3 December 1936 – 2 January 1998) was an American record producer who began his career at age 19 with World Pacific Jazz. He worked as a teenage songwriter in New York's Brill Building along with Bobby Darin and Carole King.
 [[Category:Producers|Venet, Nick]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Venet, Nick]]

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