I speak frequently on this blog about how a fair few people in dance music are unable to see the wood for the trees. They're so deeply immersed in their own little worlds that they have almost no concept at all of how anyone from the outside looking in might…
Larry Sherman was the founder of Trax Records in 1985. He's a man who has a huge, immeasurable legacy in house music - having led a label which released many of its earliest records. He's also well known for having engaged in highly dubious business practices - such as using…
Last year, Larry Heard and Robert Owens filed a legal action against Trax Records, accusing them of a number of different things - failing to pay out any royalties for decades, breach of contract, copyright infringement and a few other things. The case was first filed in June 2020 and…
On Tuesday, I made your morning just that little bit more rubbish by showing you the latest from the Trax Records stable - a cover of “You Used To Hold Me” as sung by label boss “Screamin” Rachael Cain. However, one or two of you got in touch to ask…
Trax Records has never exactly been a label brimming with integrity in everything it did. Its early days are filled with stories about how founder Larry Sherman ripped people off, got credits on releases wrong - not to mention the notorious claims about the label's business practices. It was well…