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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 marketing support to pay for promoting the album. A... More
   
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x Bedrock Records   John Digweed  
Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed. Its name comes from a nightclub in London that is also called Bedrock. Bedrock Records has released many singles from artists such as...
Desyn Masiello
Gypsy
Robert Babicz
x Jeepster Records   Belle & Sebastian  
Jeepster Records is a London, England-based independent record label which is currently the home of bands Parka and SixNationState. The label is noted for having been the home of critically acclaimed artists Belle and Sebastian and Snow Patrol....
Isobel Campbell
Mark Mcclelland
Snow Patrol
Six Nation State
x Ninja Tune   DJ Food  
Ninja Tune is a British independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label was one of the first in Britain to consistently embrace and release artists that create and...
The Cinematic Orchestra
Alfred Weisberg-Roberts
Rhys Chatham
Bonobo
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x Geffen Records   Driveblind Still Life (Talking)
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M; label group. Geffen Records was founded in 1980 by music industry businessman David Geffen who, in the early 1970s,...
Jawbreaker Question and Answer
It Bites Zero Tolerance for Silence
Remy Zero Quartet
Drivin N Cryin The Road to You
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x Atlantic Records   Led Zeppelin To Venus and Back
Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Over its first 20 years of operation Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most...
John Coltrane Zawinul
The Average White Band Zawinul
Jody Watley Birth
White Lion Pithecanthropus Erectus
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x Parlophone   Radiohead Pablo Honey
Parlophone is a record label that was founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch was formed in 1923 as "Parlophone" which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading jazz label. It was acquired in...
Morning Runner The Bends
Skin OK Computer
The Departure Pablo Honey
EMF OK Computer
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x Blue Note Records Dolphy Out To Lunch Clifford Brown At Carnegie Hall
Blue Note Records is an American 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 notes" of jazz and the blues. Originally...
Milt Jackson Cornell 1964
Bud Powell Juju
Fats Navarro Night Dreamer
Tadd Dameron Speak No Evil
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x Island Records   U2 A Woman a Man Walked By
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group. The label now operates as a division of The Island Def...
Jethro Tull The Unforgettable Fire
Drivin N Cryin The Unforgettable Fire
The 77's A Woman a Man Walked By
Greenwheel Day & Age
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x Sun Records   Junior Parker  
Sun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952. Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley (whose recording contract was sold to RCA Victor...
Jack Clement
Charlie Rich
Elvis Presley
Jerry Lee Lewis
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x Rephlex Records   Aphex Twin  
Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex...
The Tuss
Universal Indicator
Black Devil
Mike Paradinas
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x Swan Song Records   The Pretty Things  
Swan Song Records was a record label launched by the English rock band Led Zeppelin on 10 May 1974. It was overseen 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...
Led Zeppelin
Robert Plant
Bad Company
Dave Edmunds
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x Do It Records   Adam & the Ants  
Do It Records was an independent record label in London. It is best known for having been an early label of Adam and the Ants, releasing their debut album Dirk Wears White Sox in November 1979 (which in January 1980 was the first ever Number One on...
Roogalator
Adam Ant
Adam and the Ants
x Nothing Records Nights of Nothing MM Nine Inch Nails  
Nothing Records was an American record label, specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992. It is considered an example of a vanity label, where an artist is able to run a label, with some...
12 Rounds
Scott Putesky
Gidget Gein
Ginger Fish
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x Alternative Tentacles   T.S.O.L. God Loves Everyone But You
Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label originally 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...
Brutal Juice
Pansy Division
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Burning Image
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x Ankst   Super Furry Animals  
Ankst was a Welsh independent record label formed in 1988 at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by Alun Llwyd, Gruffudd Jones and Emyr Glyn Williams. After a handful of low key cassette releases, the label relocated to Cardiff and became a more...
Ectogram
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Rheinallt H Rowlands
Zabrinski
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x Warp Records 1000px-Warp_Records_logo.svg.png Two Lone Swordsmen  
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music. Founded by Steve Beckett and the late Rob...
Aphex Twin
Chris Clark
Grizzly Bear
Battles
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x American Recordings   Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers  
American Recordings is a Los Angeles-based record label headed by record producer Rick Rubin. Formerly known as Def American Recordings (usually simplified as Def American), some of the label's roster consist or consisted of Slayer, the Black Crowes...
Jayhawks
The Four Horsemen
God Lives Underwater
Jeff Hanneman
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x Columbia Records Columbia1116D Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Kind of Blue
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company...
Bruce Springsteen Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979
Play Dutronc au Casino
Rasputina Madame l'existence
Toto Live in Tokyo
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x Motown Records Motownlogo Rosie Gaines Gotta Get a Grip
Motown is a record company originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit. Now...
Erick Sermon
Another Bad Creation
Rare Earth
Remy Shand
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x Capitol Records CapitolRecord45Small Steve Miller Band Works
Capitol Records is a major United States–based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but as of 2011 operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the...
Jethro Tull Coup de foudre
Stir Coup de foudre
Vanilla Ninja Works
Exodus No Sport
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x RCA Records 600px-RCA_Logo.svg.png Carter Beauford Scandale mélancolique
RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor) is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America (later renamed RCA Corporation), which was the parent...
The Average White Band Scandale mélancolique Tour
King's Singers Amicalement Blues
Cave In Trespassing
Chantay Savage New Life
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x Brunswick Records BrunswickSleeveLogo Al Jolson  
Brunswick Records is a United States based record label. The label is currently distributed by E1 Entertainment. Records under the "Brunswick" label were first produced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company (a company based in Dubuque, Iowa which...
Jackie Wilson
Mary Lou Williams
Duke Ellington
Mills Brothers
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x Elektra Records Elektra_Records-logo-4B7D5CD389-seeklogo_com.gif Jon Fishman The Paris Concert: Edition One
Elektra Records (Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
The Afghan Whigs The Paris Concert: Edition Two
Remy Zero Time and a Word
Reveille Yes
Kevin Sharp Fragile
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x A&M Records   West End Girls Ghost in the Machine
A&M; Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M; division. A&M; Records was formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. Their first choice for a name was Carnival...
Dodgy Zenyattà Mondatta
The Hours Synchronicity
For Real Reggatta de Blanc
Pablo Cruise Zenyattà Mondatta
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x Reprise Records   Wilco Live from Madison Square Garden
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It was mostly inactive from 1976 to 1987. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records. Reprise (pronounced rih-PREEZ) was formed in 1960...
Jethro Tull Fleetwood Mac
Rock Kills Kid The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: The Complete Recordings
54-40 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: The Complete Recordings
Belly Fleetwood Mac
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x Polydor Records   Alex Parks Pays sauvage
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom. Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and...
The Creation Sticky Fingers
Monaco Goats Head Soup
Alterkicks It's Only Rock 'n Roll
Ram Black and Blue
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x Deutsche Grammophon   Gustav Mahler If on a Winter's Night...
Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram. It is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also...
Richard Wagner Songs From the Labyrinth
Claudio Arrau Krystian Zimerman, Leonard Bernstein: Wiener Philharmoniker - Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto
Leonard Bernstein
Sofia Gubaidulina
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x Arista Records   Deborah Cox  
Arista ( /ˈɛərɪstə/) was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records (which would...
The Average White Band
Moodswings
Artful Dodger
Blackhawk
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x Bad Boy Records   Carl Thomas  
Bad Boy Records (originally Bad Boy Entertainment) is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Interscope Records. After his...
Craig Mack
Jordan McCoy
Dream
Black Rob
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x Jive Records   Easyworld  
Jive Records was an American record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive"...
Living Things
Imajin
E-40
Backstreet Boys
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x Rykodisc   Karen Finley  
Rykodisc Records is an American record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group, operates as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance. Claiming to be the first CD-only independent record...
Andrew Bird
Osaka Popstar
The Raspberries
Nine Inch Nails
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x Death Row Records   Lady of Rage  
Death Row Records was a record label founded in 1991 by Marion "Suge" Knight Jr. and Andre Young (Dr. Dre). It was the record label of many popular West Coast hip hop artists such as 2Pac, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg and rap group Tha Dogg...
Warren G
Danny Boy
Nate Dogg
Tha Dogg Pound
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x Nuclear Blast   Belphegor Stalingrad
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records,...
One Man Army and the Undead Quartet
Cathedral
Sirenia
Slaughter
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x Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records Broken Spindles  
Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Records). Mogis soon turned over his role...
Desaparecidos
Criteria
Art in Manila
Blake Sennett
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x Priory Records      
Priory Records is a record company in the UK founded in 1980 and devoted mostly to church music and organ music. Important projects have included the complete psalms sung by cathedral choirs to Anglican chant, all of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis...
x Sound Circus      
Sound Circus is a United Kingdom based record label, founded by the pianist Joanna MacGregor.
x Maverick Records   Family Force 5  
Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records. Maverick Records was founded by Madonna, Frederick DeMann, Veronica "Ronnie" Dashev and Time Warner in...
Mest
Deftones
Solar Twins
American Hi-Fi
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x Benbecula Records   Ochre  
Benbecula Records was a Scottish independent record label. Established in 1999 in Edinburgh, Scotland, by local musicians Phase 6 and Beluga, Benbecula Records began as a CD-R-based record label before moving towards large-run commercial vinyl...
Frog Pocket
x Interscope Records Interscope logo The Reverend Horton Heat Patron Tequila
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M; label group. Interscope was founded in 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Interscope Communications' Ted Field with...
M.O.P. MDNA
Days of the New Strangeland (Deluxe)
Social Code Listen Up!
Big Dumb Face
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x Century Media Records   Jon Schaffer  
Century Media Records is an Independent record label with offices in the United States, Germany, and Australia. Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf in Dortmund, Germany in 1988 and has gone on to launch the careers of bands such as Divine...
Norma Jean
Holy Moses
Turisas
Mercenary
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x Mercury Records   Con Funk Shun Comme un manouche sans guitare : Le Live
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the The Island Def Jam Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local...
The Creation At Fillmore East
Let Loose Brothers in Arms
Black 47 Enregistrement Public au Théâtre des Variétés
Thirteen Senses Comme un manouche sans guitare : Le Live
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x Bluurg Records      
Bluurg Records is a record label set up by the UK punk rock band The Subhumans in 1981. Bluurg Records
x Sterno Records      
Sterno Records was a United Kingdom based record company issuing gramophone records from 1926 through 1935. The label was a subsidiary of Homophone Records.
x Liberty Records   Lee Greenwood  
Liberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous...
Anne Murray
The Searchers
Willie Nelson
Sugarloaf
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x The Winner Records The Winner Records    
The Winner Records was a United Kingdom based record label from 1912 onwards. Its records were manufactured by the Edison Bell Record Works, London. This company, founded by James Hough, had originated in the early 1890s as an importer of Edison and...
x Broadcast Twelve Records      
Broadcast Twelve Records was a United Kingdom based record label introduced in 1928 to partner the regular "Broadcast" brand records introduced in 1927. "Broadcast" discs were 8-inch (later increased to 9-inch) and "Broadcast Twelve" discs were 10...
x Nettwerk   Halou  
The Nettwerk Music Group is a Canadian record label and distribution company, based in Vancouver. Established in 1984 by Terry McBride, Mark Jowett, Tom Ferris and Cal Stephenson, initially to distribute recordings by the band Moev, the label...
Trespassers William
Vairon
Andy Hunter°
Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle
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x Attic Records      
Attic Records is an independent record label based in Hereford, England, UK, which signs house music, techno, electronica and progressive musicians.
x Biddulph Recordings   Camilla Wicks  
Biddulph Recordings is a small record label based in Devon, England, specializing in classical music, especially by string instrument players. The label was founded in 1989 by Peter Biddulph, a violin dealer, and Eric Wen, a violinist and music...
Frederick Moyer
x Rhino Entertainment   The Average White Band The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology
Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group. Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop,...
T.S.O.L.
Nitro
Emmylou Harris
Grateful Dead
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x Roadrunner Records   Blitzkrieg Clockwork Angels
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. The label was launched in 1980 as "Roadracer Records" in the Netherlands. Roadrunner's initial business was...
DevilDriver Storm Corrosion (Limited Edition)
Blue Mountain Storm Corrosion (Limited Edition) disc 2
The White Room
Delain
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x Hellcat Records   The Slackers  
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of...
The Nerve Agents
Hepcat
Roger Miret and the Disasters
HorrorPops
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x Domino Records   Hood  
Domino Recording Company, generally known as Domino, is an independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in the United States, releasing Domino artists' music from the label's Brooklyn offices and run by Kris...
Royal Trux
Clearlake
Alex Kapranos
Nicholas McCarthy
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x Rawkus Records   Dj Abstract  
Rawkus Records is an American hip-hop record label known for jump-starting the careers of both Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Rawkus started in 1996 with initial releases ranging from hip-hop to drum and bass. Label heads Brian Brater and Jarret Myer then...
Black Star
Skillz
Talib Kweli
Da Beatminerz
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x 143 Records   Jordan Hill  
143 Records is the record label of producer David Foster. 143 is a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records. The numbers 1-4-3 are derived from the words "I love you." When producer David Foster signed a deal with Warner in 1995 it enabled him to set up...
The Corrs
David Foster
Michael Bublé
Andrea Corr
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x Concord Records   Jane Monheit Quartet Live
Concord Records is a U.S. record label now based in Beverly Hills, California. Originally known as Concord Jazz, it was established in 1972 as an off-shoot of the Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California, by festival founder Carl Jefferson, a...
Chanté Moore Five Peace Band Live
Joe Pass Like Minds
The Rippingtons Five Peace Band Live
Patti Austin Quartet Live
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x Aftermath Entertainment Aftermathrecordslogo Stat Quo  
Aftermath Entertainment is an American record label founded by Dr. Dre. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Universal Music Group's Interscope Records. Current acts include Dr. Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent, Slim the Mobster, Kendrick...
Raekwon
Hi-Tek
Hittman
Bishop Lamont
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x Volition Records   Boxcar  
Volition Records was a Sydney, Australia-based record label specialising in electronic music styles such as house, techno, synthpop and trance. It was founded by Andrew Penhallow in the late 1980s, but folded in the late 1990s. Amongst the roster of...
South End
Severed Heads
Falling Joys
Itch-E and Scratch-E
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x Dick Bros Record Company   Fish  
The Dick Brothers Record Company (1993 to 1998) was an independent record label formed by the singer Fish based in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. It predominantly released material by Fish, including 'official bootleg' live albums. Although...
x Hollywood Records HollywoodRecords Prozzäk Breakout
Hollywood Records is an American record label focusing on Pop, Rock, Alternative and Teen Pop generes. It was founded in 1989 and is one of the major DMG labels. Its current roster includes artists such as: Queen, Plain White T's, Jesse McCartney,...
Flashlight Brown Breakout Platinum
Caroline's Spine
Indigo Girls
Jennifer Paige
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