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Yes, no words from Robert Townson on Facebook either.
And you will never hear him speak a word on that. Bob isn't always the best at giving credit where it's due (just a reminder, he never owned Varese and was an executive like me, Bruce, Cary, Steve, Kevin, etc).
Tom co-founded the label. Great music guy. RIP. Cantankerous, yes but a good guy.
I had heard he passed away some time ago but was unsure it was rumor or not.
From the stories that Tom told me a few years ago that I recorded from our conversations I am not surprised Bob did not mention anything about Tom on Bobs socials. But Bob may not have known. Current owners of Varése yes I agree they would not have posted nor knew who he was. Previous owners like Cutting Edge and Küchler did care and probably would have posted about it.
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Bruce, thank you very much for your V-S history, which I just now read and found fascinating. I must say, though, perhaps the most fascinating part for me was reading the backstory of Delerue's Oscar win for A LITTLE ROMANCE. I'll always regret not sending Mr. Goldsmith, whom I'd recently interviewed for my STAR TREK-THE MOTION PICTURE project, the note I contemplated, to wit: "You was robbed."
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I was informed through a friend that Bob did post about Tom Null's passing on his Facebook page and Bob did hint at the "issues" him and Tom had while they worked together. In my lengthy discussions with Tom a few years ago, Tom mentioned in detail the issues him and Bob had and elaborated on much. Was just re-listening to my recording of this last night. They had quite a few verbal fights, but there was at least one encounter when Tom had had enough and pushed Bob against the wall. This was told to me by several former employees. I have found often times, least out here in Hollywoodland that those that dislike each other the most, often times it's because they are so much alike. Tom was a character on so many levels.
Tom also had in his position a LOT of master tapes in his collection. Many albums they only know tapes that still existed were at his home or storage units. I only hope whoever was in charge of his estate did NOT throw those away. Because that could mean the only known tapes of several soundtracks.
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I was informed through a friend that Bob did post about Tom Null's passing on his Facebook page and Bob did hint at the "issues" him and Tom had while they worked together. In my lengthy discussions with Tom a few years ago, Tom mentioned in detail the issues him and Bob had and elaborated on much. Was just re-listening to my recording of this last night. They had quite a few verbal fights, but there was at least one encounter when Tom had had enough and pushed Bob against the wall. This was told to me by several former employees. I have found often times, least out here in Hollywoodland that those that dislike each other the most, often times it's because they are so much alike. Tom was a character on so many levels.
Tom also had in his position a LOT of master tapes in his collection. Many albums they only know tapes that still existed were at his home or storage units. I only hope whoever was in charge of his estate did NOT throw those away. Because that could mean the only known tapes of several soundtracks.
Of course he did. Somebody apprised him of this thread because his post was made exactly four hours and contains much information from my posts.
Yes, would love to know who disposed of the tapes and how. I know he had some stuff I would have liked to have since it belonged to me. Tom was volatile - the stuff with Bob-O was mild compared to Chris - he once through a chair at Chris, which I believe was the beginning of the end.
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first of all, RIP to Tom Null, a seminal figure in the business.
Secondly, I find very strange that Varese did not break news and/or properly eulogized him..is it ever possible they did not know?
Read the history. There WAS a Varese prior to Bob and prior to Richard K. I was there. From the start.
Where can we find the story...???
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