Island Records

Island Records, fondazione 1959: artisti e album jazz dell'etichetta.

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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

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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Album su Island Records

Last Exit 1969 · Island John Barleycorn Must Die 1970 · Island The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys 1971 · Island Welcome to the Canteen 1971 · Live · Island Westering Home 1972 · Island Floating Music 1972 · Island Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory 1973 · Island On the Road 1973 · Live · Island Morning Glory 1973 · Island When the Eagle Flies 1974 · Island Raindog 1975 · Island Junco Partner 1976 · Island Gone Clear 1980 · Island Swordfishtrombones 1983 · Island Doppelganger 1983 · Island Rain Dogs 1985 · Island Franks Wild Years 1987 · Island Seven Year Itch 1988 · Island Big Time 1988 · Live · Island Coast to Coast 1988 · Island Rootless Cosmopolitans 1990 · Island Night on Earth 1991 · Island The Black Rider 1993 · Island Fifa 1996 · Island Oremi 1998 · Island Momentum 2013 · Island Interlude 2014 · Island Amy: The Original Soundtrack 2015 · Island The Song Society Playlist 2018 · Island Ivory 2018 · Island Live at Glastonbury 2007 2022 · Live · Island