| Caroline Records | |
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| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder | Richard Branson |
| Distributing label | EMI |
| Genre | Electronic music, Krautrock, New Wave, Jazz, Progressive rock, Experimental music, Industrial music, Punk |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom, United States |
| Location | London , New York |
| Official website | http://www.carolinerecords.com/ |
Caroline Records started out as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label during the early to mid 1970s. The label originally specialized in putting out budget price LPs by mainly progressive rock and jazz artists generally not considered to have a great deal of 'mainstream' or commercial appeal, but were often however creatively of great interest.
The first release on the label, and the artist who gave it its name, was Carol Grimes' 'Warm Blood' LP, released in 1974. The original label was a photographic style variation on that of the Virgin label's "Twins" logo designed by Roger Dean.
Both the U.S. and U.K. branches of Caroline Records are subsidiaries of Caroline Music, which includes Caroline Distribution and is in turn owned by EMI. Caroline has or had a number of subsidiary labels including Astralwerks, Gyroscope, Caroline Blue Plate, Rocks the World, Scamp, and Passenger.
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 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
- Cluster - Grosses Wasser (CD reissue)
- Cluster - One Hour
- Lol Coxhill – Fleas In Custard
- Egg – The Civil Surface
- Brian Eno - Before and After Science
- Eno Moebius Roedelius - After the Heat (CD reissue)
- Brian Eno & Jah Wobble - Spinner
- Roger Eno - Lost In Translation
- 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
- Henry Cow – Concerts
- Hole - Pretty on the Inside
- Jabula - Thunder into our hearts
- Killing Joke - Killing Joke
- 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
- Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
- The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
- Southern Culture on the Skids - For Lovers Only
- Suicidal Tendencies - Join the Army
- Swans - Children of God
- Tangerine Dream - Pergamon
- Uncle Slam - Say Uncle
- 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
- Artist Shop Caroline Records
- Caroline Distribution Official website
- Discogs Caroline Records
- Discogs Gyroscope
- EMI Group Website links
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