Excerpts of "The Rock Trenches"

Live interview at WRNO-FM in New Orleans with YES's Rick Wakeman. (L-R) WRNO's 'Humble' Hugh Dillard, Atlantic Records Phillip Rauls, Rick Wakeman and YES manager Brian Lane

As Regional Promotion & Marketing Director for Atlantic Records in 1972, no doubt I was very fortunate to travel with YES on their U.S. tour on the release of the "YES" album and also their follow-up album titled "Fragile". On those tours I became good friends with keyboardist Rick Wakeman and later sold him a 1947 Packard that I shipped to London to join his collection of classic vintage automobiles. Read about those noteworthy days in the exciting book "The Rock Trenches - Journal of a Music Industry Executive" available at Amazon or Barnes & Noble for online purchase.

Phillip Rauls in his 1947 Packard that he sold to YES keyboardist Rick Wakeman as a cool addition to his modest antique classic car collection. 

"The Rock Trenches ~ Journal of a Music Industry Executive" is available in Kindle version & paperback

Photo Selected For Legendary Record Box Set Archive Booklet

Classic photo featured in the 2012 release of the Record Box set titled "Never To Be Forgotten - The Flip Side of Stax 1968-1974" on Light In The Attic Records. The collectors item box set has 20 different Stax songs on ten different single 45 RPM records. Plus, the package includes a classy 72 page color glossy booklet that features interviews from several influential Stax artists and former executives for the famous record label. Only a limited number of box sets were originally issued with each one being individually numbered for archive reference. Photo by Phillip Rauls