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Cooking Vinyl makes new appointment to expand rock roster
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 8 December 2011
Cooking Vinyl yesterday announced the appointment of Phil Hopwood who will be charged with the task of strengthening the independent’s rock and metal roster. He will also work on rock releases already in the label’s schedules, including new albums from The Cult and Marilyn Manson.
Hopwood has most recently worked for EMI’s merchandising business, but previously spent ten years as a freelance label manager and record industry consultant, and before that a similar length of time working for the music distribution company that morphed into Vital, and later [PIAS]. During his time at Vital he worked alongside the company’s then MD Mike Chadwick, who now heads up Cooking Vinyl’s sister company Essential Music & Marketing.
Confirming the appointment, Cooking Vinyl co-founder Martin Goldschmidt told CMU: “We’re excited to have someone with Phil’s knowledge and passion to help Cooking Vinyl realise our rock ambitions. We’ve known Phil for many years, and it’s great to have him join the team”.
