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Caroline Records | |
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Parent company | Virgin Records |
Founded | 1973 |
Founder | Richard Branson |
Status | Revived in 2013 |
Distributor(s) | Caroline Distribution |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | New York, New York, U.S. |

Caroline label design in the UK
Caroline Records is a record label. Caroline has or had a number of subsidiary labels including Astralwerks, Gyroscope, Caroline Blue Plate, Rocks the World, Scamp, and Passenger.
Contents
1 UK label
2 US label
3 Primo Scree
4 Notable releases
5 References
6 External links
UK label
The original Caroline record label started as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records from 1973 to 1976. It specialized in inexpensive LPs by progressive rock and jazz artists that lacked commercial appeal. Caroline records rarely mentioned a connection with Virgin, and some UK and European Virgin albums that were distributed internationally (instead of being manufactured in each country) named Caroline as their American distributor. Some Caroline records bore the label name Caroline Blue Plate.
The first release was Outside the Dream Syndicate by Tony Conrad and Faust in 1973. The logo was a photographic-style variation of Virgin's "Twins" logo designed by Roger Dean.
US label
In 1983, the Caroline name was reused by Virgin in the US as the importer Caroline Distribution. Caroline Distribution founded the current Caroline Records in 1986. Caroline Records was merged into Virgin Records after Virgin was acquired by Thorn EMI.[1] Caroline Distribution was separated and became part of EMI Music Distribution.
Primo Scree
Primo Scree was an imprint of Caroline Records created by Ned Hayden of the Action Swingers, who had previously been a sales rep at Caroline.[2][3] Its releases included the Action Swingers' single "Fear of a Fucked Up Planet", as well as Gumball's debut album Special Kiss and Monster Magnet's debut album Spine of God.[4][5]
Notable releases
Audio Active & Laraaji – The Way Out Is the Way In
Kevin Ayers, June Campbell Cramer & Brian Eno – Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy
Bad Brains – Quickness
Ben Folds Five – Ben Folds Five (under Passenger Records)
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[6]
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
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
Bat For Lashes–Two Suns
- Bat For Lashes – Fur and gold
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
KT Tunstall - Kin (under Sony/ATV Music Publishing)
Jayce Lewis/Protafield - Nemesis
Mercyful Fate – Melissa
The Misfits – Static Age
Monster Magnet – Tab
Oh Wonder – Oh Wonder
Andy Partridge/Harold Budd – Through the Hill
Primus – Frizzle Fry
Smashing Pumpkins – Gish[7]
Southern Culture on the Skids – For Lovers Only
Steven Wilson – To the Bone
Suicidal Tendencies – Join the Army
Suicideboys – I Want to Die in New Orleans
Swans – Children of God
Tangerine Dream – Livemiles
- Tangerine Dream – Pergamon
Uncle Slam – Say Uncle
- Underdog – The Vanishing Point [8]
- Various artists – Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
Van Morrison - Keep Me Singing (2016)
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
^ Barnes, Terry (1999-09-11). "Caroline Distribution: Sweet 16 and Never Been Dissed". Billboard – via Google Books..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Monster Magnet". Contemporary Musicians. 2004. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ Belanger, Ashley (2015-03-25). "Total Punk talks to Action Swingers' Ned Hayden about CBGB, his influences and the early NYC punk scene". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ Marlowe, Keith (2015-05-21). "Action Swingers Just Won't 'Quit While You're Ahead'". Noisey. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ Huey, Steve. "Gumball Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
^ 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
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