&   Bill Muster Fired over Playboy correspondence and media coverage Editor's Note: Capitol Records fired my father in 1959 for suggesting that the Capitol artists play on the Playboy Jazz All-Stars Album. After leaving Capitol, he worked for Ampex, maketing magnetic tape. To read more about this, go to the interview with my mother and stepfather, click here. To read more about Bill Muster, click here. To examine the documents related to the Capitol - Playboy feud (with my father in the middle) click here to see the documents in chronological order. Page 1 - Correspondence (Playboy letterhead), March 6, 1959, Victor Lownes III to Bill Muster Page 2 - Correspondence (goldenrod carbon copy, 2 Pages), March 28, 1959, Victor Lownes III, Promotion Director, Playboy Magazine, to Glenn Wallichs Page 3 - Correspondence (Playboy letterhead, 2 Pages), March 31, 1959, Victor Lownes III to Bill Muster Page 4 - Correspondence (carbon copy), April 11, 1959, Bill Muster to Crosby Kelly, Litton Industries, applying for job Page 5 - Correspondence (carbon copy), April 30, 2959, Bill Muster to Victor Lownes III Page 6 - Correspondence (carbon copy), April 30, 1959, Bill Muster to Phil Gundy, Ampex, applying for job Page 7 - Daily Variety, April 30, 1959, "Capitol Wax Axes Muster, Sherlock" Page 8 - Variety, May 6, 1959, "Muster, Sherock Fired By Capitol; More on Way?" Page 9 - Correspondence, "To whom it may concern," undated, by Dick Rising, recommendation letter for Bill Muster upon leaving Capitol Page 10 - Correspondence (copy dated 4/9/59 by Muster), May 9, 1959, Bill Muster to Richard Rising, thanking him for his letter, "To whom it may concern," because it helped him get the job at Ampex see documents Capitol Records Index