Alex Barr, Catalog

First live show: Spin Doctors...embarrassing.
Favorite live show: Dave Van Ronk at a small bar in West Virginia in '98 or '99.
First music purchase: G'n'R, "Appetite for Destruction" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: The second side of The Beatles' Abbey Road. I know that's not technically one song, but the way that album flows, it might as well be.

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Faith Barr, Accounting

First live show: Barley Bree (complete with Caeli dancing)
Favorite live show: Morphine at Bard
First music purchase: The Cure, "Disintegration" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: Billie Holiday singing "Fooling Myself"

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Ilan Bass, Director of Sales, UK

First live show: Michael Jackson, "Bad" Tour @ Wembley. Kim Wilde supporting - her right breast fell out during her performance. Jackson left the stadium by means of a Jet Pack. I'm not sure which was better.
Favorite live show: Duran Duran @ Birmingham City FC stadium
First music purchase: Michael McDonald - "Sweet Freedom" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: The Doobie Brothers - "What a Fool Believes." Undeniably the best song ever written and recorded.

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Dwight Cheu, COO

First live show: I think my folks took me to a concert featuring Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture when I was about 7. I can remember the cannons.
Favorite live show: A piano duet played by my son & daughter.
First music purchase: The Who, "Who Are You". 1978. (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: Talking Heads, "Girlfriend is Better", 1984 Album: Stop Making Sense

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Taylor Davis, Director of Sales, East Coast

First live show: Poison/David Lee Roth
Favorite live show: Prince - Musicology Tour at MSG
First music purchase: Michael Jackson, "Off the Wall" (vinyl)
"Perfect" recording: "If You Can Want", Smokey Robinson / "Incessantly" -The Ethiopians -Owner Fe De Yard / "Start Me Up" - Rolling Stones

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Jean Paul Ditmarsch, Director of Sales, Europe

First live show: Either Lou Reed or Iggy Pop or the Ramones
Favorite live show: Somewhere in the 80's: The Butthole Surfers at the Paradiso, Amsterdam
First music purchase: Middle of the Road, "Chirpie, Chirpie Cheap Cheap" (vinyl single)
"Perfect" recording: Einsturzende Neubauten 'Letztes Biest (am Himmel)' from the album Halber Mensch

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Steve Ellis, CEO

First live show: Blondie, 1980
Favorite live show: Billy Bragg
First music purchase: The Jam, "Going Underground" (vinyl single)
"Perfect" recording: "Thunder Road" (live version) by Bruce Springsteen

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Todd Ewell, VP of Sales

First live show: Grateful Dead
Favorite live show: BoDeans - Chicago Theater
First music purchase: Three Dog Night, "Joy to the World" (8-track tape)
"Perfect" recording: The Blues Brothers, "Sweet Home Chicago"

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Brian Fores, Catalog

First live show: Lollapolooza 1994, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, George Clinton, The Breeders, L7, Greenday, the Boredoms
Favorite live show: Janes Addiction, in Philly
First music purchase: Band of Gypsies, Jimi Hendrix (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: "Maggot Brain" off of Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

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Rachel Gravino, Client Services & Marketing

First live show: Nine Inch Nails at the Civic Center in Poughkeepsie (1992)
Favorite live show: Bad Brains at Ziggy's, Atlantic Beach, NC (2001)
First music purchase: Madonna, "Dress You Up" (vinyl 45)
"Perfect" recording: "I'm a Man" by Chicago, from the album Transit Authority

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Caitlin Kaposhilin, Catalog

First live show: Spin Doctors, Soul Asylum & The Screaming Trees at Riverside Park in '94 (same tour as Alex!)
Favorite live show: Phish at Sugarbush 7/16/94
First music purchase: Debbie Gibson, "Electric Youth" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: J.J. Cale, "Naturally"

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Jessica Kelly, Director, Artist Relations

First live show: Vanilla Ice (YES!)
Favorite live show: Buddy Guy at the Bardavan
First music purchase: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, "Tuff Enuff" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: The Beatles, "Blackbird" (gotta be vinyl, though)

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Heather Lazarus, Director, Client Relations

First live show: 1992 Lollapalooza
Favorite live show: Lollapalooza 1992 -- come on, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ice Cube and Jim Rose's Freak Show - does it get any better? Oh man, Mr. Lifto... meow!!
First music purchase: Jane's Addiction's "Nothing's Shocking" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: hmmmm. i think i need to pass on this one. my answer would make Pump look bad!!!

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Dennis Lesica, Client Relations

First live show: Stabbing Westward with God Lives Underwater
Favorite live show: Nine Inch Nails - Fragility Tour 2.0 at MSG
First music purchase: The Fat Boys, "Crushin'" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: Any track from Celldweller's self-titled album. Klay Scott managed to mix genres such as drum'n'bass and trance with metal-industrial and bring live drums into the electronic space seamlessly. Crazy genius!

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Larry Mills, VP, Marketing and Partnerships

First live show: The Who Ð Rosemont Horizon 1984
Favorite live show: U2 Ð Irving Plaza Ð December 2000. ÊThe best arena band of all time in a 1200 seat venue.
First music purchase: Def Leppard, "Pyromania"
"Perfect" recording: Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run"

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Lauren Moore, Artist Relations

First live show: Weird Al Yankovic, Palace Theater, Albany, October 2000
Favorite live show: Dispatch at the Hatch Shell in Boston, July 2004
First music purchase: DC Talk, I bought their single, "Just Between You and Me"
"Perfect" recording: Old 97's: Fight Songs. The whole album (can I say that?)

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Ari Pomerantz, Business Development

First live show: Fishbone, Murphy's Law & Beastie Boys - Paramount, Seattle ('86)
Favorite live show: Ween @ The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ
First music purchase: Men at Work, "Business as Usual"
"Perfect" recording: Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Ave

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Joe Vaccarino, Director of Content Distribution

First live show: Hudson Valley Philharmonic (about 1977)
Favorite live show: Dizzy Gillespie at the Bardavon, Poughkeepsie, NY
First music purchase: Carlos Santana and Buddy Miles Live/ Evil Ways (cassette tape)
"Perfect" recording: This is a very hard question! My favorite at the moment is "Like A Star" by Corinne Bailey Rae

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Nacia Walsh, Artist Relations

First live show: Salt 'n' Pepa, Orange County Fairgrounds, 1993
Favorite live show: Ani DiFranco (playing the guitar while pregnant), Irving Plaza, NYC 2005
First music purchase: Mariah Carey, "Vision of Love" (cassette)
"Perfect" recording: "Criminal" by Fiona Apple

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Brittany Watzka, Artist Relations

First live show: Boyz II Men featuring Montell Jordan
Favorite live show: Idina Menzel live at the Zipper Theatre, NYC
First music purchase: "SPICE" by the Spice Girls! (CD)
"Perfect" recording: "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by none other than the legendary Judy Garland

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Jen Woitasek, Director of Administration

First live show: Eurythmics
Favorite live show: Dave Mathews and Friends: Oakland CA
First music purchase: "Pop Music"...who the hell sang that...no clue (vinyl 45)
"Perfect" recording: Dave Matthews Band, "Grace is Gone" on Busted Stuff

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Keir Zemaitis, Catalog

First live show: Local punk rock show at the QE2 in Albany, NY
Favorite live show: Zappa plays Zappa in Phoenix, AZ 2005. Seeing anyone pull off that material is jaw dropping!
First music purchase: Genesis "Invisible touch" on cassette. I can still remember that new tape smell.
"Perfect" recording: Virtually impossible to answer but lately it's been Kassin +2 "Futurismo"

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Christine Zoro, Client Relations

First live show: Dokken/Loverboy @ Orange County Speedway, Middletown ,NY, 1986; I did not purchase the ticket for this concert and did not want to go; sulked the whole time
Favorite live show: B52's at the Chance, early 90's, Poughkeepsie, NY or Tori Amos, PAC:SUNY Purchase, NY 1992; had a free ticket, never heard of her before.
First music purchase: Pat Benatar, "Crimes of Passion" (vinyl)
"Perfect" recording: I plead the 5th.

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