Giorgio Gomelsky (born 28 February 1934) is a filmmaker, impresario, music manager, songwriter (as Oscar Rasputin) and record producer. He owned the Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones were house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their producer from the beginning through 1966. In 1967, he started Marmalade Records (distributed by Polydor), which featured "Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity", The Blossom Toes, and early recordings by Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who became 10cc. The label closed in 1969.
Giorgio was also instrumental in the careers of The Soft Machine, Daevid Allen and Gong, and Magma.
He now lives in New York City.
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