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Dead Dog Records Storyline

Upon his recovery, Vinnie's next assignment took him into the music business, where he dealt with music impresario Isaac Twine (Paul Winfield) and his wife Amber (Patti D'Arbanville). He was set up as a new executive in a front company, "Dead Dog Records", which was originally created by the Drug Enforcement Agency, who offered it to the OCB when their investigation ended. Vinnie then attempted to infiltrate the music industry in search of corruption. The principal villain of this arc is English record mogul Winston Newquay (pronounced Noo-kway in the show, rather than Nyoo-key in the English fashion). Newquay, played by Tim Curry, ruthlessly cheats the artists under his control, funneling their money into his own companies while hiding his activities with accounting tricks.

Debbie Harry, Deidre Hall and Glenn Frey also appear during this story arc. In 1993, Chicago rock band The Lilacs put out a record called Penelope on a label called Dead Dog Records in homage to the show.

Because of the expense to acquire the rights to music featured in these episodes, the Dead Dog arc is not available on DVD as of this writing, although bootleg DVDs have circulated on the Internet.

Arc Cast

• Tim Curry as Winston Newquay
• Patti D'Arbanville as Theresa "Amber" Twine
• Glenn Frey as Robert "Bobby" Travis
• Deidre Hall as Claudia Newquay
• Deborah Harry as Diana Price
• Paul McCrane as Johnny Medley
• Pamela Seagall as Tanya Medley
• Paul Winfield as Isaac Twine
• Billy Wirth as Eddie Tempest
• Ron Taylor as Monroe Blue