Elektra Records
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Elektra Records is a now dormant American record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG) and, from 2004 on, operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Group. The label is still being used for reissues by WMG's Rhino Entertainment unit.
Elektra was formed in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. The usual spelling of the Greek mythological heroine Electra was changed, with Holzman famously explaining, “I gave her the ‘K’ that I lacked.”
The first Elektra LP, “New Songs” ...
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