Island Records
Island Records, fondazione 1959: artisti e album jazz dell'etichetta.
La Island Records è una casa discografica fondata nel 1959 da Chris Blackwell in Giamaica. Fu la casa discografica che lanciò il reggae a livello internazionale e divenne presto famosa per il successo di Bob Marley, che la rese l'etichetta di riferimento per tale musica.
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Artisti di Island Records
Etta James
1938–2012 · cantante statunitense (1938-2012)
Georgie Fame
n. 1943 · cantautore, tastierista e chitarrista britannico
James Booker
1939–1983 · pianista, jazzista, compositore e organista Hammond…
Will Downing
n. 1963 · cantante statunitense
Mica Paris
n. 1969 · cantante, conduttrice televisiva, conduttrice radiofonica…
Profilo dell'etichetta
Multinational label.
Label Code: LC 0407 / LC 00407
Island Records (often using a logo that omits "Records") was named for Island In The Sun (a novel, film, and Harry Belafonte calypso hit), and was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, and . In May 1962, Blackwell relocated the label to the UK in order to market music by Jamaican artists to immigrant communities in London and Birmingham. In 1967, however, Island shifted its focus to relatively edgy rock music, and most of its Jamaican acts were moved to the spinoff label Trojan Records. Island resumed its support of reggae artists with the signing of The Wailers in 1972.
In the UK, Island was independently distributed until mid-1977 when Blackwell did a deal with EMI Records Ltd.. The EMI Records Ltd. name thereafter appeared on UK labels until the early 1980s.
For several years, Island licensed American rights to its material to a variety of labels, most frequently A&M and Atlantic. In 1971, Island first gained its own US label identity through a distribution deal with Capitol. In 1973, Island's American division switched to independent distribution. US headquarters, formerly based in Los Angeles, were relocated to N
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