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Article: SWAMP THING; TONY JOE WHITE DOESN'T LET LABEL TROUBLES GET TO HIM.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- April 2, 1999
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Byline: Fred Shuster Daily News Music Writer
When we got swamp rocker Tony Joe White on the phone a few months ago, things were looking up.
He had just completed a terrific new album for Mercury Records, due to be issued shortly afterward. But weeks later, news broke that the label was about to be devoured - and dismantled.
Today, six months after advance cassettes of ``One Hot July'' were mailed out to critics across the country, White's 11th album is still on hold and may not be issued by the label in the U.S. at all.
A Mercury spokesperson said the record was too good to toss away and would eventually be released by the label or ...