A-Z of Record Labels

Since the earliest days of the music business more than a century ago, record labels have come and gone, been taken over or merged. Some have been owned by retailers, Djs, agents, and managers, others by individual artists or group or vast media and electronics conglomerates. For many fans, a symphony or song the "right" label is almost as important as the artist recording it. From classical to soul, jazz to rock, folk to rap, every record label has a story to tell. Those stories are collected here--along with details about the labels' founders, artists, and corporate backers--providing a fascinating insight into one of the most important aspects of the history of popular music.Southall, Brian is the author of 'A-Z of Record Labels', published 2003 under ISBN 9781860744921 and ISBN 1860744923.