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Friday, July 11, 2025

Movie & Album Soundtrack Promotion "All This In World War II" at The Ritz in Memphis 1977-78

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  Talk about a photo that has a thousand visual points.... Here's a select picture from 1977-78 of a memorable promotion held at The Rit...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Visiting Carnegie Hall In New York City

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  My Photo (c) "Visiting Carnegie Hall" in New York City is as exciting as it possibly gets! The historical arena is one of the mo...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Walking the Red Carpet at the World Premier Documentary Film "Becoming Led Zeppelin"

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Being invited to the World Premier of the legendary "Becoming Led Zeppelin" documentary film in February, 2025 and held at The Chi...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

A Curator Begin Documentation At An Early Age

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As a young curator, I began collecting and saving my archive of photographs as early as 1968. As the son of a career librarian, it became on...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving Holiday to all my friends!

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Friday, September 20, 2024

Cathedral Rock in Sedona, AZ is calling you

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  Cathedral Rock located in Sedona, AZ is quite possibly one of the most scenic mountain locations.  
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

A Painting-Photograph of The Lords Last Supper

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Hmm... I snapped this framed picture in an antique store sometime back while visiting the North Bay Area in CA. It's titled "The Lo...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Truth Or Consequences? You Gotta be Kidding...

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  Yes, Virginia, there is an actual town called 'Truth or Consequences.' The truth is, it is located in New Mexico and has a populat...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Japan's Bullet Train Known as The Shinkansen

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Just got back from a enduring 10 day visit to Japan and brought home a multitude of breathtaking photographs. Seen here (c) is the Bullet Tr...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

A Published Comment About Career Work

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Mr. Jerry Swift the manager of the legendary Ritz Theater in Memphis, TN quoted this statement: "Thanks, Phillip. That was a "cool...
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Saturday, January 13, 2024

Fifty Five Years Ago This Month In 1969...

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  Fifty Five years ago this month, Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut album on Atlantic Records was released (in the US on January 12, 196...
Saturday, December 02, 2023

"Unforgettable" Natalie Cole a Definite Winner!

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Released in 1991 on Electra Records, "Unforgettable" by Natalie Cole was a very successful song on the pop, jazz and R&B chart...
Wednesday, November 01, 2023

What Were The Biggest Records You Promoted?

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  Question: “Hey Phillip - Off the top of your head and in no particular order, what were the most influential or biggest hit records that y...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

Definition: Promotion Man

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DEFINITION: Pro-mo-tion Man (pro-mo’-shon man) noun 1. An active supporter or advocate of advancement towards success 2. Intermediary betwee...
Friday, July 21, 2023

Queensryche's First Gold Album "Empire"

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Queensryche is honored here at a award ceremony in 1990 at the height of their popularity with their first gold record "Empire". T...
Sunday, May 07, 2023

Red Hot Chilli Peppers with EMI's Phillip Rauls

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The leading radio & record industry publication, "Hits Magazine" used a front page issue to showcase their twisted humor and s...
Thursday, April 06, 2023

Look, up in the sky. It's a bird or a plane.

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Last month while visiting Hawaii for my birthday, we rented a car and drove Southbound from Kona to Hilo on Hwy. #11 on the Big Island. As w...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Promoting Recording Artists From The Heart of Rock & Roll Music In The Early to-mid1980's

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In the early-to-mid 1980's, Rauls Music was a promotion & marketing agency that operated towards the growth and development of recor...
Monday, February 13, 2023

Turn Back The Clock With George Thorogood

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EMI Records' George Thorogood & The Destroyers played Little Rock, AR in 1986 and brought out all the radio heavies (David Alan Cole...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

There's a First Time For Everything...

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Mid-January, 2023: Holy Toledo Batman! That's not possible. But I'll be the first to admit that I never thought I'd live to see ...
Friday, December 30, 2022

All I Want On Christmas Morning....

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Plaque Exhibits STAX Records Phillip Rauls

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  In the year 1974 STAX Records President Jim Stewart was going full steam ahead with the label's aggressive pursuit into the lucrative ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Saluting Radio Veteran Mr. Henry Nelson

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  In the very beginning sometime around his Junior year in high school longtime radio veteran Henry Nelson once asked himself, "Since I...
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Thursday, August 18, 2022

The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart(s)

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  Okay, here’s one deep from my photo archives. However, it's going to take a bit of flashback and sharp memory to recall this era. So, ...
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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Stroll Down Memory Lane with "Phillip's Lens"

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  If you're feeling inquisitive and longing for something to enlighten your soul with a lift of merriment & eye candy,  t ake a boda...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

Annual "Summit At The Deli" in Seattle

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  Photo titled; "Summit at the Deli" (circa 2011) as the Northwest radio & record community were a tight group of professional...
Thursday, May 26, 2022

Legendary Drummer Mr. Alan White Passes

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  Deeply saddened to announce that longtime friend, business associate and distinguished member of the R&R Hall of Fame and drummer of l...
Monday, April 18, 2022

The Northwest Radio & Record Community

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The Northwest Radio & Record community in the 1990's were a tightly knit group of professionals with extensive backgrounds. (L-R) Ke...
Monday, March 21, 2022

Goodbye Winter Months. Spring Has Sprung!

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Winter say goodbye. Spring has sprung! Plant a flower or a plant today to help feed the butterflies and bumble bees to help pollinate and ba...
Friday, February 04, 2022

The 1972 Tour & Release of Stephen Stills' Manassas Album On Atlantic Brings The Troops

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Here's a flashback of yesteryear: From 1972, here's a photo of former Atlantic Records promo exec. Phillip Rauls and 'Manassas...
Sunday, January 30, 2022

Red Hot Chilli Peppers First Gold Record

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  The Red Hot Chili Peppers are the original bad-boys of alternative rock and funk music. Their first gold record was on EMI Records titled ...
Saturday, October 09, 2021

Dan Hill's album "Longer Fuse" Hit Gold Status

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Pictured here from 1977 is the gold record award ceremony of the monster hit "Sometimes When We Touch" song by Canadian pop rock a...
Monday, September 27, 2021

Jane Wiedlin's "Fur" Album Produces Hit Single

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  In 1988 EMI Records released an album by noted singer/musician Jane Wiedlin titled "Fur" that produced the hit single 'Rush ...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Joel Selvin's Book "Here Comes the Night" the Story of Music Genius Bert Berns Gets 5 Stars

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One of my favorite activities since retirement is having the actual time to catchup on reading and enjoying books that feed my robust appeti...
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