Charisma Records

Charisma Records was a record label founded by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. Tony Stratton-Smith was at that time a manager for The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der Graaf Generator. He was unable to find a record company that would release an album by one of his favourite groups. So Mr. Stratton-Smith founded his own company and released the Van der Graaf album The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other himself. Charisma was i... more
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