Earl McGrath Was a Character. His Closet Was Filled With Rare Recordings. - The New York Times

When the art and music world figure died in 2016, he left behind a trove of reels from his years scouting for his own label and the one he ran for the Rolling Stones.

Largely self-educated, McGrath found solace devouring literature, poetry and philosophy, and came to see himself as a Proustian character. Transforming from dishwasher to aesthete, as a young man McG… [+1739 chars]

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