Caroline Records
| Caroline Records | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder | Richard Branson |
| Distributor(s) | Capitol Music Group |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | New York |
| Official website |
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Caroline Records started as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records America during the early to mid-1970s. The label originally specialized in putting out budget-price LPs by mainly progressive rock and jazz artists that were generally not considered to have a great deal of 'mainstream' or commercial appeal, but were often however creatively of great interest.
The first release was Outside the Dream Syndicate by Tony Conrad and Faust in 1973. The original logo was a photographic-style variation on that of the Virgin label's "Twins" logo designed by Roger Dean.
Both the US and UK branches of Caroline Records are subsidiaries of Caroline Music, which includes Caroline Distribution and is in turn owned by Universal Music Group. Caroline has or had a number of subsidiary labels including Astralwerks, Gyroscope, Caroline Blue Plate, Rocks the World, Scamp, and Passenger.
On February 20, 2014, it was revealed that American rapper 50 Cent had signed to the label, and would release his next album on it on June 3, 2014.[1]
Notable releases
- 50 Cent - Animal Ambition
- Oh Wonder - "Oh Wonder"
- Audio Active & Laraaji – The Way Out Is The Way In
- Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste ( under Prospect Park )
- Kevin Ayers, June Campbell Cramer & Brian Eno – Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy
- Bad Brains – Quickness
- Ben Folds Five – Ben Folds Five (Under Passenger Records Label)
- Ben Folds Five – Naked Baby Photos
- Harold Budd Reuben Garcia Daniel Lentz – Music For 3 Pianos
- Cabaret Voltaire – The Drain Train
- Cabaret Voltaire – Drinking Gasoline
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Kids on the Street[2]
- Cluster – Grosses Wasser (CD reissue)
- Cluster – One Hour
- Lol Coxhill – Fleas In Custard
- dumblonde - "dumblonde"
- Egg – The Civil Surface
- Brian Eno – Before and After Science
- Eno Moebius Roedelius – After the Heat (CD reissue)
- Brian Eno & Jah Wobble – Spinner
- Dumblonde – "Dumblonde"*
- Excel – Split Image
- Excel – The Joke's on You
- Excel – Seeking Refuge
- Fred Frith – Guitar Solos
- Various artists – Guitar Solos 2
- Gilgamesh – Gilgamesh
- Gong – Camembert Electrique
- Gong – Angel's Egg
- Gong – You
- Goo Goo Dolls – Goo Goo Dolls
- Heatmiser – Mic City Sons
- Henry Cow – Concerts
- Hole – Pretty on the Inside
- Idaho – Year After Year
- Idaho – This Way Out
- Idaho – Three Sheets to the Wind
- Jabula – Thunder into our hearts
- Killing Joke – Killing Joke
- Korn – The Paradigm Shift
- Mercyful Fate – Melissa CD 1983 release
- The Misfits – Static Age
- The Misfits – Boxed set
- Monster Magnet – Tab
- Andy Partridge/Harold Budd – Through The Hill
- Primus – Frizzle Fry
- Jayce Lewis/Protafield - "Nemesis"
- Smashing Pumpkins – Gish[3]
- Southern Culture on the Skids – For Lovers Only
- Suicidal Tendencies – Join the Army
- Swans – Children of God
- Tangerine Dream - Livemiles
- Tangerine Dream – Pergamon
- Uncle Slam – Say Uncle
- Underdog - The Vanishing Point [4]
- Various artists – Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
- Walt Mink – Bareback Ride
- Walt Mink – Miss Happiness
- Warzone – Don't Forget The Struggle, Don't Forget The Streets
- White Zombie – Gods On Voodoo Moon (cassette version only)
- White Zombie – Soul-Crusher
- White Zombie – Make Them Die Slowly
- White Zombie – God of Thunder
- Youth Of Today – We're Not In This Alone
References
- ↑ Keith Nelson Jr (2014-02-20). "50 Cent Leaves Interscope Records, New Album Coming June 3rd". AllHipHop.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ↑ Kids on the Street > Overview AllMusic.com
- ↑ "Billy, Don’t Be a Hero". Spin. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ The Vanishing Point > Overview AllMusic.com
External links
- Artist Shop Caroline Records
- Caroline Distribution Official website
- Discogs Caroline Records
- Discogs Gyroscope
- EMI Group Website links