Straight Records

Straight Records was a record label formed in 1969 to distribute productions and discoveries of Frank Zappa and his business partner/manager Herb Cohen. Straight was formed at the same time as a companion label, Bizarre Records. Straight and Bizarre were manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by Warner Bros. Records. Straight Records recordings were distributed in the U.K. by CBS Records. Frank Zappa himself chose most of the artists for the St... more
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