Ticknor and Fields was an American publishing company based in Boston , Massachusetts. Founded as a bookstore in 1832, the business published many 19th-century American authors, including Ralph Waldo Emerson , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Henry James , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Henry David Thoreau , and Mark Twain . It also became an early publisher of The Atlantic Monthly and North American Review .
21-589: This article is about the album by Slave . For the song by Teenage Fanclub , see The Concept (song) . For other uses, see concept (disambiguation) . 1978 studio album by Slave The Concept [REDACTED] Studio album by Slave Released August 1978 Recorded 1978 Atlantic Studios, New York City , New York Genre Funk , soul Length 43 : 52 Label Cotillion Records Producer Jeff Dixon Slave chronology The Hardness of
42-406: A New York office. Within a few years, the company was in financial difficulty and Osgood and B. H. Ticknor were forced to sell off various assets, including many stereotype plates . By December 1878, they were forced to merge with Hurd & Houghton and became Houghton, Osgood, and Co. Henry Oscar Houghton became a partner in the deal. The partnership lasted until 1880, when Osgood left to form
63-598: A couple of minor hits on the R&;B chart from this album the following year and another minor hit from their 1987 follow-up album, Make Believe , Slave could not recapture the commercial success they had enjoyed in their heyday. Rhino issued Stellar Fungk: The Best of Slave Featuring Steve Arrington , an anthology of their finest cuts, in 1994. Bass player Mark Leslie Adams Sr., a native of Dayton, died on March 5, 2011, at age 51 in Columbus, Ohio. Guitar player Mark ("Drac") Hicks,
84-432: A native of Dayton, died February 21, 2023, at the age of 73. Ticknor %26 Fields The firm was named after founder William Davis Ticknor and apprentice James T. Fields , although the names of additional business partners would come and go, notably that of James R. Osgood in the firm's later years. Financial problems led Osgood to merge the company with the publishing firm of Henry Oscar Houghton in 1878, forming
105-487: A native of Dayton, died on June 14, 2011, at the age of 52 in Dayton, Ohio. Singer and guitarist Danny Webster, a native of Dayton, died on September 10, 2020, at the age of 61 in Dayton, Ohio. Saxophone player Orion Wilhoite, a native of Dayton, died on March 20, 2020, at the age of 63 in Dayton, Ohio. Drummer Roger Parker, a native of Dayton, died March 5, 2023, at the age of 67 in Dayton, Ohio Keyboardist Carter Bradley,
126-671: A precursor to the modern publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . Houghton Mifflin revived the Ticknor and Fields name as an imprint from 1979 to 1989. In 1832 William Davis Ticknor and John Allen began a small bookselling business called Ticknor and Allen which operated out of the Old Corner Bookstore located on Washington and School streets in Boston, Massachusetts. The space had previously been used by publishers Carter & Hendee, who hired
147-521: A second J. R. Osgood and Company. Houghton's company, now Houghton, Mifflin, and Co, retained the rights to the Tickner and Fields backlist. The second J. R. Osgood and Co. was taken over by Benjamin Holt Ticknor in 1885 under the name Ticknor and Company, based (by the first quarter of 1890) at 211 Tremont Street. Ticknor and Company operated until 1889 when it became part of Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. In 1908
168-451: A teenaged James T. Fields as an apprentice. When Ticknor and Allen began their business, Fields joined them. A year later, Allen withdrew from the firm, and Ticknor continued business under William D. Ticknor and Company . When John Reed and Fields became partners in 1845, the imprint was changed to Ticknor, Reed, and Fields . Reed retired in 1854 and the imprint was renamed as Ticknor and Fields, which became well known. During these years
189-492: Is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats Album articles lacking alt text for covers Slave (band) Slave was an American Ohio -based funk band popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Steve Washington, born in New Jersey, attended East Orange High School, and was one of the first users of the "electric trumpet". He and Trombonist Floyd Miller formed
210-1082: Is the third album by the American funk band Slave , released in 1978. The album reached number eleven on Billboard's Top Soul Albums chart. It was the band's first album to include Steve Arrington and Starleana Young on vocals. Track listing [ edit ] "Stellar Fungk" (8:43) "The Way You Love Is Heaven" (4:33) "Thank You Lord" (1:31) "Drac Is Back" (3:59) "We've Got Your Party" (4:49) "Just Freak" (7:56) "Coming Soon" (6:20) Charts [ edit ] Chart (1978) Peak position Billboard Pop Albums 78 Billboard Top Soul Albums 11 Singles [ edit ] Year Single Chart positions US R&B 1978 "Stellar Fungk" 14 References [ edit ] ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Slave: The Concept > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved 30 August 2011. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of
231-524: The Old Corner Bookstore and Fields, now in charge of the company, was no longer interested in the retail store. He sold the Old Corner Bookstore on November 12, 1864, and moved the publishing house to 124 Tremont Street. The firm also began to publish Our Young Folks edited by Howard M. Ticknor. The younger Ticknor soon retired and, in 1868, the firm was reorganized as Fields, Osgood, & Co. Benjamin Holt Ticknor, son of William Davis Ticknor,
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#1732844849238252-504: The Showtime album to start his own band Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame in which Charles and Sam Carter would also play. The band continued on, though not as successfully, into the mid-1990s. The group moved to Atlantic Records for one LP ( New Plateau ) in 1984, then switched to the Atlanta -based Ichiban Records the following year, releasing Unchained at Last in late 1985. Despite scoring
273-1102: The Seventies . Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com. ^ Smith, Will (29 Aug 1978). "Soul Time". Omaha World-Herald . p. 3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. pp. 644–645. ^ Lawson, Terry (29 Jul 1978). "Slave". Journal Herald . Dayton. p. 26. ^ "Slave US albums chart history" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 2011-08-30 . ^ "Slave US singles chart history" . allmusic.com . Retrieved 2011-08-30 . External links [ edit ] Slave - The Concept at Discogs Authority control databases [REDACTED] MusicBrainz release group Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Concept&oldid=1205115618 " Categories : 1978 albums Slave (band) albums Cotillion Records albums Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
294-604: The World (1977) The Concept (1978) Just a Touch of Love (1979) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Christgau's Record Guide B Omaha World-Herald [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Rolling Stone Album Guide [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Concept
315-496: The financial and manufacturing departments while Fields focused on literary relations and social aspects of the business. It was also during these years that Ticknor and Fields developed a close relationship with the Riverside Press, founded by Henry Oscar Houghton in 1852. In the spring of 1864, Ticknor accompanied Nathaniel Hawthorne on a trip to restore the author's health, at the urging of his wife Sophia Hawthorne . During
336-772: The firm purchased and printed the Atlantic Monthly and the North American Review . Also in 1842 Ticknor became the first American publisher to pay foreign writers for their works, beginning with a check to Alfred Tennyson . These were prosperous years for the firm, and they compiled an impressive list of authors, Horatio Alger , Lydia Maria Child , Charles Dickens , Ralph Waldo Emerson , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Oliver Wendell Holmes , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , James Russell Lowell , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Alfred Tennyson, Henry David Thoreau , Mark Twain , and John Greenleaf Whittier . The Old Corner Bookstore had become
357-564: The group in Dayton, Ohio , in 1975. During late 1975 and spring of 1976, trombonist Floyd Miller teamed with trumpeter Steve Washington to form Slave. The original line-up included Tom Lockett Jr. (tenor and alto sax), Carter Bradley (keyboards), Mark Adams (bass), Mark "Drac" Hicks (lead and rhythm guitar, background vocals), Danny Webster (rhythm and lead guitar, lead and background vocals), Orion "Bimmy" Wilhoite (alto and tenor sax), and Tim "Tiny" Dozier (drums). They scored their first big hit with
378-483: The publishing house and meeting place for these authors. Many writers visited many times a week; George William Curtis referred to it as "the hub of the Hub", referring to Boston's nickname, and said that it "compelled the world to acknowledge that there was an American literature". The success of the firm was largely in part to the perfectly matched but widely varied talents of Ticknor and Fields. Ticknor gave his attention to
399-788: The single "Slide" in 1977 for Cotillion Records , which is the label they remained with until 1984. In 1978 Slave's sound changed slightly when drummer/percussionist Steve Arrington , along with vocalists Starleana Young , Curt Jones,and keyboardist Ray Turner joined the band. Arrington ultimately replaced Miller and Webster as lead vocalist. Other top ten R&B hits were "Just a Touch of Love" in 1979, "Watching You" in 1980, and "Snap Shot" in 1981. They added Charles Carter on sax and brother Sam Carter on keyboards. Starleana Young, Steve Washington, Curt Jones and Lockett departed to form Aurra in 1981. Slave added Roger Parker, Delbert Taylor Jr., and Kevin Johnson as replacements. Arrington left in 1982 after
420-418: The trip, Ticknor became ill with pneumonia . Hawthorne wrote to Fields that "our friend Ticknor is suffering under a billious attack... He had previously seemed uncomfortable, but not to an alarming degree." Ticknor died on the morning of April 10, 1864. Upon Ticknor's sudden and unexpected death, interests in the firm were carried on by his son Howard M. Ticknor. During these years the business had outgrown
441-717: Was admitted at a partner in 1870. On New Year's Day, 1871, Fields announced his retirement from the business at a small gathering of friends, intending to focus on his own writing. On January 2, 1871, the remaining partners bought out Fields's share of the company for $ 120,000 and it was renamed James R. Osgood & Co. Osgood , who considered Fields a mentor, attracted substantial new talent and published new works by Thomas Bailey Aldrich , Bret Harte , William Dean Howells , Henry James , Sarah Orne Jewett , Lucy Larcom , Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward , Celia Thaxter , and Charles Dudley Warner . The firm invested in heliotype printing technology, various periodicals, and established
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