Private Stock Records
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Private Stock was a record label which was started in 1974 by Larry Uttal after he was ousted from Bell Records. The label had huge hits with singles by David Soul from Starsky and Hutch ("Don't Give Up on Us"), Starbuck ("Moonlight Feels Right"), Austin Roberts ("Rocky"), Samantha Sang ("Emotion"), Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band ("A Fifth of Beethoven"), and Frankie Valli/Four Seasons ("My Eyes Adored You"). Blondie's eponymous debut album, which was not a commercial success at the time, was also originally issued on Private Stock in 1977. Singer/songwriter Rupert Holmes' fourth album, Pursuit of Happiness, was also released by the label.
The label closed down in 1978. With very few exceptions, most of the Private Stock masters were thrown away with Uttal died.
