Music
July, 1994
Dave MarshTribute Albums have become essential marketing devices. They usually focus on the safely manageable past. And, even if a sum is donated to a worthy cause, it's taken out of royalties, while corporate profits continue to accrue.All Men Are Brothers: A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield (Warner Bros.) symbolizes Warner's stuffy corporate style: There's not a white star here younger than Bruce Springsteen, and when gospel fervor is needed, Elton John sits down at the piano. Yet thanks to the grea...
