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A Record label is a brand of an organization, usually a company, that finances the release of musical albums. Traditionally, a record label will sign a Musical Artist to a contract to release one or more Musical Albums and will also provide... more

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Bedrock Records Bedrock Records Company MMII Gypsy
Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed.It is based around a club night in London also called Bedrock. Bedrock Records has released many singles from artists such as Steve Lawler,...
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Ninja Tune Company Foley Room DJ Food
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started in 1991 by DJ Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut, with a strong leaning towards electronic, abstract hip hop, instrumental hip hop, nu jazz, drum and bass, and chillout...
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Shadows Rhys Chatham
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Geffen Records   Company Weezer Driveblind
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Atlantic Records Atlantic Records Logo from 1966 to 2005 Company Giant Steps Led Zeppelin
Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Long one of the most important American independent labels, Atlantic now operates as a...
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Parlophone Company Ebony and Ivory Radiohead
Parlophone is a record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company. The ₤ trademark may resemble the British pound sign (£), but it is actually a German L, for Lindström. Lindstrom initially used the "Parlophon" brand on...
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Blue Note Records Company Moanin' Horace Silver
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue note" of jazz and the blues. Blue Note Records is...
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Island Records   Company This Was U2
Island Records is a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group of the United States, and is operated through The Island Def Jam Music Group....
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Sun Records Sun Record Label Company Roy Orbison at the Rock House Junior Parker
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Rephlex Records Company Boku Mo Wakaran Aphex Twin
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Swan Song Records was a record label launched by English rock group Led Zeppelin on May 10, 1974. It was managed by Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant and was a vehicle for the band to promote its own products as well as sign artists who found it...
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Do It Records   Company Dirk Wears White Sox Adam & the Ants
Do It Records was an independent record label in London started in 1978 by Robin Scott, Max Tregoning and Ian Tregoning. Over the next 6 years, they released several recordings by M, Adam and the Ants and Yello.Also was a record label that Aurora...
Employer Roogalator
Nothing Records   Company And All that Could Have Been Nine Inch Nails
Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) and John Malm, Jr. in 1992. It is considered an example of a vanity label, where an artist is able to...
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Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California and was established in 1979. It was originally used as the label name by the Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single "California Über Alles," and after...
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Ankst Ankst logo Company Patio Super Furry Animals
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Warp Records   Company Mirrored Grizzly Bear
Warp Records is a pioneering independent English record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. Founded by Steve Beckett and the late Rob Mitchell from their experiences...
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American Recordings Company Hypnotize Tom Petty
American Recordings is a Los Angeles-based record label headed by record producer Rick Rubin. The label's most successful artists include Slayer, The Black Crowes, Danzig, Johnny Cash and System of a Down. The label was founded as Def American...
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