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Century Media Records is an independent metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Century Media was founded in 1988 and have gone on to start the careers of such famous bands as Blind Guardian, Cryptopsy, Iced Earth, Nightwish and Lacuna Coil. They specialize in power metal, death metal and black metal, as well as some related subgenres. A number of artists listed are licensed to Century Media for ...

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Chess Records was an American record label, based in Chicago, Illinois. It was run by the brothers Leonard Chess and Phil Chess. One of the most important record labels in rock and roll history, Chess Records released dozens of singles and albums now regarded as cornerstones of rock music, by the likes of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and others. Chess Records became famous for the blues music, rock & roll and rhythm & blues recorded and released by the label. Artists associated with Chess Records ...

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Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company, but was applied to the records and machines sold by Seaman from 1899-1900 to 1903. Seaman had worked for Emile Berliner's Berliner Gramophone. Seaman decided to start his own company to produce disc records and disc phonographs. Seaman's "Zon-O-Phone" records design and technology were shamelessly stolen from Berliner, and the machines similarly copied ...

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There existed at least two record labels named Caroline Records, one in the UK and one in the US. Caroline Records - Caroline Records UK. Caroline Records was a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label during the early to mid 1970s. The label specialised in putting out budget price LPs by mainly prog rock and jazz artists generally not considered to have a great deal of 'mainstream' or commercial appeal, but were often however creatively of great interest. Caroline R ...

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There are at least 2 record labels with the name Axis Records. The youngest label was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, but quickly renamed to 4AD Records when it became clear that an older Axis Records already existed. See also. List of record labels ...

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Autograph was a United States record label of the 1920s. Autograph was a small label, owned by Marsh Laboratories Incorporated of Chicago, Illinois. Marsh Laboratories in turn was owned by electrical engineer Orlando R. Marsh. Marsh made recordings by his own experimental methods, and therefore Autograph was the first record label to release recordings made electrically with microphones, as opposed to the acoustical or mechanical method then still universally u ...

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Bell Records was the name of at least four different record companies in the 20th century. The United States based Bell Records record label started issuing records in about 1920. The label's parent company was the Standard Music Roll Company of Orange, New Jersey, which was also the parent of Arto Records. After Stanard Music Roll got out of the disc record business in 1923, the label was continued by the Bell Record Corporation of Newark, New Jersey, using masters recorded by Emerson Records. In 1927 the source of Bell masters shifted to Genne ...

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Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. Columbia was originally the local company distributing and selling Edison phonographs and phonograph cylinders in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Delaware. As was the custom of some of the regional phonograph companies, Columbia produced many commercial cylinder recordings of its own. Columbia severed its ties to Edison and the North American Phonograph Company in 1893, and thereafter sold ...

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Chrysalis Records is a record label that was created in 1969. The name is an amalgam of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. Chrysalis was formed through a licensing deal with Chris Blackwell's Island Records based on the success of bands like Jethro Tull and Procol Harum, which were promoted by the label. Towards the end of the 1970s, the Chrysalis offshoot 2Tone Records brought us bands such as the Specials, the Selector, Madness and The Beat. In the 1980s, Chrysalis was at the forefront of the British New Romantic movement with bands li ...

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Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. It was acquired by EMI in 1955 and is now part of the EMI Group. Capitol Records - History. The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the time the biggest record store in Los Angeles, California). Wallichs Music City record store opened in 1940 and was locate ...

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Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. The name predates the record label which was set up after the music shops. The name Virgin, according to Branson (in his autobiography), arose from a colleague of his when they were brainstorming business ideas. She suggested Virgin - as they were all new to business - like "virgins". As a further note the Virgin logo was formed when they met with a graphic designer - who scrawled Virgin on a napkin. They never hired ...

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At least two different record labels called Creation Records have existed. The older label was formed by Robert Stigwood in 1967, but soon faded away in favour of RSO Records. The most recent, and perhaps more famous, is a British indie record label headed by Alan McGee, lasting from 1984 to 1999. The name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired (McGee's own band was called Biff Bang Pow, also a Creation song). From the early 1990s on, however, its 'independent' status was severely compromised, since finan ...

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Vagrant Records is a popular American punk, emo, and indie rock label. It was founded by Face to Face manager Rich Egan in 1996. Vagrant is partially owned by Interscope Records, who retain a non-controlling interest in the company. In addition to albums by the listed artists, they also release the popular Another Year on the Streets compilations. Vagrant Records - Current Roster. Alkaline Trio Audio Learning Center Dashboard Confessional Down to Earth ...

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Crown Records has been the name of at least five different record labels. United Kingdom based Crown Records. United States based Crown Records was headquartered in New York City in the mid 20th century. Another United States based Crown Records was launched in the late fifties as a subsidiary of Modern Records. Japan based Nippon Crown. Hong Kong based Crown Records was a company holding all their copyrig ...

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Universal Music Group (UMG) formerly MCA Music Entertainment (see Music Corporation of America). is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 25.5%% market share it is one of the Big Four record labels. It is owned by Vivendi Universal. They have some of the world's biggest artists including Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, Eminem, Luciano Pavarotti, t.A.T.u., Rammstein and U2. It also own one of the largest music publishing bu ...

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The British indie rock record label 4AD Records was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records. It was originally formed as Axis Records, but this was quickly changed to 4AD when it became apparent that the name Axis was already being used by another music company. The 4AD logo is a spoof of the AAD Audio CD process designation. In 1980 Peter Kent left the company to start another label (also funded by Beggars Banquet): Situation Two Records. Shortly afterwards, Ivo invited the ...

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Wax Trax! Records was a record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver, Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. They sold the store in 1978 and, in November of that year, opened a new one under the same name at 2449 N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. This store would become the center of the punk rock and industrial music worlds in Chicago. The record store became a record label slowly at first, releasing a few limited edition records, then some EPs. Their first release[1][2 ...

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Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with Harvest Records) and Decca Records (with Deram Records). Some of the first artists to sign included Mike Absalom, Dr.Z, Catapilla, Cressida, Colosseum, Black Sabbath, Jade Warrior, Nirvana , Ben, Keith Tippett Group, Tudor Lodge and Magna Carta. After Philips Records was renamed to Phonogram Records, majors like Status Quo and Thin Lizzy joined Vertigo too. Now part of the Universal Music Group, Vertigo is a division of Mercury Records and is known fo ...

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Cleopatra Records is a San Francisco based independent record label. Founded in 1992 by long-time music fan Brian Perera, it specialises in Gothic rock, Hard rock, and Heavy Metal. Its current stable of artists include Switchblade Symphony. See also. List of record labels List of independent record labels ...

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