Smash Records
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Smash Records is an American record label. It was a subsidiary of Mercury Records in the 1960s. Its recording artists included Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke and Jerry Lee Lewis.
A dispute with King Records led James Brown to release all of his band's instrumental recordings between 1964 and 1967 on Smash. Smash also released several of Brown's vocal recordings including the breakthrough 1964 single "Out of Sight."[1]
Smash shared the numbering system for their singles with other labels that they distributed. The most important of these was Fontana Records.
Polygram revived Smash as an R&B/dance label for a short time in the late 80s.
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[edit] Label variations
- 1961-1967 -- Red label with SMASH shown vertically on left side
- 1968-1970 -- Red or orange label with SMASH/Mercury logo shown sideways on left side
[edit] Smash Records artists
- The Angels
- James Brown
- The Caravelles
- Bruce Channel
- Dee Jay & The Runaways
- Jay & The Techniques
- Joe Dowell
- Pete Drake (and his talking Steel Guitar)
- Dickie Lee
- Left Banke
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Roger Miller
- Sir Douglas Quintet
- Millie Small
- Swingin' Medallions
- The Walker Brothers
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ James Brown Biography. allmusic. Retrieved on November 22, 2006.
[edit] External links
- A discography of Smash albums
- for a singles discography see www.globaldogproductions.com
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