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Jac Holzman (born September 15, 1931) is an American music businessman, the founder, chief executive officer and head of record label Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records. Holzman helped commercially launch the CD and home video formats, as well as the pilot program which became MTV. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of ...
- If you can’t do what you love, don’t settle. Do something else to get there. The first album released on Elektra in 1950 was New Songs by the folk artist John Gruen.
- Be patient with people, but don’t bother with those who want you dead. A burgeoning singer-songwriter scene erupted in the 1960s, leading to Elektra signing the likes of Judy Collins, Tom Rush, Tim Buckley, Phil Ochs and, in 1970, Carly Simon.
- Forget the mid-life crisis. Aim for mid-life retirement instead. When Holzman merged Elektra into Warner in 1970, personally banking around half of the $10 million deal (before tax), he had escape on his mind.
- The minute you leave, you relinquish control. “Now you’re going to hear the sound of a man crying,” Holzman says, when I raise a personal point of confusion — why Elektra signed Queen for the US in the early 1970s but doesn’t seem to represent the band’s master rights anymore.
Jac Holzman’s diverse taste and engineering knowledge yielded a catalogue of music ranging from classical to hard rock to simply sound effects, all of the highest quality.
Jan 4, 2023 · Jac Holzman, 35-year-old owner of Elektra Records, just arrived on the red-eye from New York, is blearily checking out this new band that club manager Ronnie Haran keeps bugging him about. They’re called The Doors, and Ronnie says they are far out, man, trippy.
Jan 12, 2017 · In 1951 Jac Holzman released the first album on Elektra Records by an unknown soprano. The last act he signed was Queen. In between, he looked after legendary acts including The...
Jul 7, 1998 · If you're just joining us, my guest is Jac Holzman, the founder of Elektra Records, and he's written a memoir called Follow The Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture.
Jac Holzman Talks ‘The Doors’ – The Doors. DCM: Whose idea was the famous 1967 LA billboard? Jac: I saw a billboard and decided it was a good idea. Arthur Lee claims that I stole the idea from him which is not true. . . I had a feeling about the group. But here’s the story of the record release delay [The Doors].
