11.   The album is so admired it makes one wonder why it took so long for an American record label to release it.

12.   The company said it had no current plans to release the album on an American label.

13.   The hippest American label in Italy right now is Calvin Klein, according to a fashion authority with more than a little insider knowledge, Gianni Versace.

14.   The result has been an extraordinary reach into the vineyards of France, Spain, Italy and Chile by major wineries to purchase wine that will wear American labels.

15.   The two men feuded repeatedly over who controlled the three American labels.

16.   Those discs were issued by several small American labels, with little success.