Alligator Records Boss Looks Back At Scary Star

(The Blues) Alligator Records boss Bruce Iglauer has recalled the label's scary start 45 years ago. He launched what was to become an iconic blues marque in 1971 with a leap of faith, after leaving his job with Delmark Records and signing Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers.

Iglauer revealed the following to Chicago Tonight: "I had just enough money to make one record and press 1000 copies of the LP - and if I didn't sell those I was done.

"I had never produced a record before. I knew the band very well - I'd seen them many times and I wanted to capture that live energy that I'd heard. So we recorded everything live. There was no over-dubbing involved and we mixed it as we went. There was no coming back on anything." Read more here.

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