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A

145 entries ↑ Letters
A 1 A-Wat 1 A&M 18 A389 1 Aaframbia 1 Abacus 1 Abbey 2 ABC 11 ABC [Australia] 10 ABC Artists 1 ABC Classics 6 ABC-Paramount 8 Abnak 1 Abner 1 Absurd 1 Accent 3 Ace 3 Ace of Hearts 1 Ace-Hi 1 Achieve 2 Achillean 1 Acta 1 Action 3 Activision 1 Ad Noctem 1 Ad Vitam 1 Ad-Korp 1 Adelphi 3 Admiral 1 Advent 1 Advertising Council 1 Aertaun 1 AFB 1 AFCO 1 AFS 2 Aftermath 5 Agape 1 Age 101 1 Agonia 1 Agram Blues 4 Ahura Mazda 1 Air 9 AK Press 1 Aki 1 Al Homburg 1 Ala 1 Aladdin 1 ALADH 1 Alaga 1 Albatros 1 Alear 2 All the Madmen 2 Allandale 1 Alley 1 Alma 1 Alpenton 1 Alpha 1 Alston 1 Alta 3 Altered States Tapes 1 Alternative Tentacles 8 Ambassador 2 Ambush 1 AMC 2 American 2 American Citizen 1 American Laundromat 1 Americana 1 Americom Corp. 1 Americountry 2 AMIGA 21 AMIGA (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin) 2 Amigo 2 Amos 1 Amy 2 Anbee 1 Angel 2 Angel [Durham] 1 Ansonia 2 Anthem 1 Anthem [New York] 1 Anti Fade 1 Antiano 1 Antique 1 The Anything, Everything 1 AOK 2 Apogee 1 Appaloon 1 Apple 4 Appleseed 1 Aquarius 1 Araki 1 Arby 1 Arc 1 Archives 2 Are You Kidding Me? 1 Area 1 Areito 5 Arhoolie 2 Arista 6 Ark 1 Arlee 1 Arlinda 1 Arlingwood 1 ARM 1 ARR 1 Art 1 Art Beat 1 Artemiss 1 Artichoke 1 Artist World 1 ARV 1 Arzee 2 Asahi Sonorama 13 Ascolto 1 Ascot 1 Asher 1 Asian Man 1 Askel 1 Aster 1 Astor 2 Astral 1 Astro 2 Astro Sonic 1 Astros 1 Astroscope 1 Asylum 2 AT 2 Atco 9 Atlantic 37 ATO 1 Attack 2 Attic 1 Audio Fidelity 3 Audiograph 1 August 1 Australian Inter-Church Aid 1 Avance 1 Avco 1 Avis 1 Avon 1 Awesome 1 Axent 1 Aycee 2 AZ 1

B

166 entries ↑ Letters
B.N.M. 2 B.R.W. 1 B.T. Puppy 1 B&C 1 Bab-Roc 1 Babe 1 Baby Luv 1 Babygrande 3 Back Beat 2 Back Forty 1 Back Stage 1 Backstreet 1 Backwoodz Studioz 1 Bad Reputation 1 Badger 1 Bagatelle 1 BAM 1 Bamboo [Chicago] 1 Bamboo [Quincy] 1 Banana 1 Bandit 1 Bang Bang 1 Banit 1 Bannister 1 BAR 1 Barclay 2 Barnaby 2 Barry 1 Base Camp 2 BASF 1 Basic 1 Basic Mix 1 Basic Training Sounds To Remember 1 Bastard 1 BBC 1 BBC Audio 2 BBE 8 BDM 1 Beach Impediment 1 Beacon 1 Bear Family 2 Beaumont 1 Bedias 1 Beeble 1 Beehive 1 Befria 62 Befria Södern 19 Bego 3 Bel-Aire 1 Bell 8 Bell-Tone 1 Bella Union 2 Bellaphon 1 Bellyache 1 Belmar 2 Belmont 1 Bem Sole 1 Ben Rich 1 Beulah 1 Beverly 1 Beverly [Brazil] 1 Beverly Hills 1 BGL 2 Big A's 1 Big Beat 1 Big Country 4 Big Home 1 Big L 1 Big Mac 1 Big Red 1 Big River 1 Big Sound 1 Big Time 1 Big Toe 4 Big Town 1 Bigg Tyme 3 Bills-45 1 Biograph 3 Bion 1 Bisbee 1 Biscuit City 1 Bizarre Leprous 1 Black Cat 1 Black Forum 2 Black Gold 1 Black Lodge 1 Black Mountain 1 Black Stallion Country 1 Black Wax 1 Blackjack 1 Blackout! 1 Blacksmith 1 Blade 1 Blake 7 Blind Spot 1 Block Nota 1 Blue Boy 2 Blue Candle 1 Blue Cat 1 Blue Heaven 1 Blue Masque 1 Blue Rock 1 Blue Thumb 4 Blue Yonder Sounds 2 BluesTime 1 Bluesway 1 BMC 2 BMG 1 Bo-Donn 2 Bob Cat 1 Boblo 3 Bobshosky 1 Bodog 1 The Bogus 1 Bold [Lake Charles] 1 Bold [Massillon] 2 Bolsound 2 Bolt 1 Bonanza Record Co. 1 Bondage 1 Bonnie 1 Bonny 1 Boo 1 Boogaloo 1 Boon 1 Boone 3 Boot Heel 1 Border City 2 Borinquen 1 Bos 2 Boss 1 Bossier City 1 Boston 1 Bow 2 Bradley Brothers 1 Bragg 1 Brasch 1 Bravo 1 Bravura 1 Break 2 Breakfast 1 Breakthrough 1 Breeze 2 Brickyard 1 Broadcast 1 Broadside 41 Bronco 10 Bronze 1 Brosh 1 Brother 1 Brotherhood-Winley 1 Brownfield 1 Brunswick 1 Bryte 2 Bubbie 1 Bud Berman (self-released) 1 Buddah 14 Buena Suerte 2 Bulldog 1 Bullseye Blues 1 Bunky 1 Burger 1 Burman 1 Burning Star 1 Business Executives Move For Vietnam Peace 1 Балкантон (Balkanton) 3

C

210 entries ↑ Letters
C.M. Elser 1 C.T.B. 1 Ca-Song 1 Cabbage 1 Cadet 7 Cadet Concept 1 Cal-Gold 1 Caldo Verde 2 Calendar 2 Cali-Tex 1 Caliente 1 Calla 3 CAM 3 Le Cam 1 Camaro 1 Cambrian 1 Camco 1 Camelback 1 Cameo 5 Camille 1 Campus 1 CAN-AM 1 Canadian-American 1 Canasta 1 Cancer 1 Canomar 1 Canyon 6 Canyon [Hollywood] 2 Canzoniere Internazionale dell'Armadio 1 Cap 2 Cap-Tone 2 Capa 1 Capetown 1 Capitol 50 Capitol Star Artist 1 Capri 1 Cardinal [Belgium] 1 Cardinal [Columbus] 2 Cared 1 Carnage Benelux 1 Carney 2 Carole 2 Caroline 1 Carosello Records & Tapes 1 Carrere 2 Carrier 1 Cartay 1 Cartwheel 1 Cartwheel [Fruitland Park] 1 Cartwheel [La Puente] 1 Cash Money 1 Cass 1 Castle 1 Catch Em 2 Cattail 2 CBS 19 CBS Associated 1 CBS News 1 CBS/Sony 17 Cecek 1 Cedi 3 Ceiling 1 Celebration 1 Cenco 1 Centaur 2 Center [Royersford] 1 Center [Tokyo] 24 Century 7 Century Advent Recording 1 Century City 1 Certron 4 Cha Cha 2 Chachalaca 1 Chainsaw 1 Challenge 4 Champion 2 Chance 1 Chant 1 Le Chant du Monde 29 Le Chant Du Monde (series: Le Nouveau Chansonnier International) 1 Chantico 8 Chaplain Productions 1 Chapman 1 Charisma 1 Charity 1 Chart 8 Chastity 1 Chaton 1 Chattahoochee 2 Cheatham 1 Checker 3 Cherry Mountain 1 Chess 2 Cheyenne 1 Chicago Polkas 2 Chicken Row 1 Chimes 1 Chondritic Sound 1 Christell 5 Chrysalis 2 Ciar 1 Cidra 1 Cima 1 Cinema 6 Cinematic Music 1 Cinevox 1 Cinnamon 1 Circle 1 Clan Celentano 1 Clark 1 Clarté 4 Classic Trash 1 Claudette 1 Clay [Cahokia] 2 Clay [Stoke] 1 Cleopatra 1 Clever 1 ClinTone 1 Clique 1 CLW 1 CM 2 CM Twin City 2 CMC 2 CMS 3 Cobblestone 1 Cobra 1 Cobra [New Holland] 2 Coins 2 Colgems 1 Collectors Choice 3 Colleen 1 Collier's Encyclopedia 1 Colonial 5 Colony "13" 1 Colossus 1 Colpix 4 Columbia 105 Columbia (EMI) 1 Columbia Masterworks 1 Columbine 4 Combat pour la Paix 12 Cometa 1 Command Performance 6 Commandment 1 Communique 1 Community 1 The Compassionate Arts 15 Congressional 2 Connexion 1 Constellation 7 Continental 2 Controversial 1 Cool School 2 Copeland 1 Copper State 1 Coral 1 Corona 1 Corwood 1 Cotillion 6 Coulee 1 Counterpart 3 Country 1 Country Corner 1 Country Jubilee 1 Country Road 1 Country Showcase 1 Country Star 4 Country Stream 1 Country Town 1 Countryside 1 County 1 Coup De Grâce 1 Courage 1 Courtn' 1 Cowboy Junction 2 Cowtown 1 Cozy 1 The Crawling Chaos 1 Crazy Horse 1 CRD 1 Cream 2 Creation 1 Crest 1 CRI 1 Crisis 12 Croat 1 Cross 1 Crossfire 1 Crossroad 1 Crosstown 1 Crown 9 Crown & Throne 1 Crypt 1 CSP 1 CT 1 Cub 1 Cube Hifly 1 Cuca 4 Cucaracha 1 Cuervo 1 Curb 2 Currency Folk 1 Curtain Call 1 Curtom 4 Custom 1 Custom Fidelity 1 Cutty Wren 10 Cuz 1 CW 1 CY 1

D

160 entries ↑ Letters
D 1 D And W 1 D.C.A. 1 D.P.G. 1 D&S Recording 1 Dadjo 1 Dagonet 1 Dailey 1 Dal-Mor 1 Dale 1 Dale Hollow 1 Danger 1 Dankers 1 Danrite 1 Danville 1 DAP 1 Dare to Care 1 Dark Entries 1 Darkness 2 Dart 1 Data 1 Date 4 Datetree 1 Dawk 1 Dawn 1 Daybreak 4 db 1 DCR 1 De Stijl 1 De Volharding 1 Dead Beat 1 Dean Brown 1 Dean Duncan 1 Dearborn 2 Death Row 1 Debut 2 Decca 42 Decca US 1 December 1 Declaration 1 Dee Lark 3 Dee-Jay 1 Deep Delta 1 Deep South 2 Def Jam 2 Definitive Jux 1 Dek 1 Del Centro 1 Del Rio 3 Del Sur 1 Del Valle 3 DeLicks 1 Delight 1 Dellwood 1 Delmark 2 Delta [Nashville] 1 Delta [Netherlands] 1 Deltron 1 Demik 1 Demin-Kalo 1 Demon 1 Demos 14 Den Ric 1 Deneba 2 Denon 3 Deros 2 Derrick 1 Derrty 1 Desert City 1 Design 13 Designer 3 Dessa 1 Destino 1 Destiny 1 Dewco 1 Dewl 2 Dial 4 Dial [New York] 1 Diamond 3 Diamond Jim 1 Diana 1 Diapasão 1 Dicap 1 Digitek 1 Dihavina 233 DinDisc 1 Diogenes 1 Dip 1 Diplomat 31 Dirt 1 Dirty Hit 1 Dirty Laboratory 2 Disabled American Veterans 1 Disaster 1 Dischi Sotterranei / La Tempesta Dischi 1 Discorporate Tape 1 Discos Mexico 1 Discos NCL 1 Discos Radioramic Complaciendo 1 Discoteca del Cantar Popular 1 Disques Alvarès 1 Disques du Cavalier 2 Disques Jacques Canetti 1 Disques JMT 1 Disques Vogue 1 Distortions 1 Ditto 2 DiVenus 1 Divine Right 1 Divot 4 Dixie 4 DJ's Choice 1 Do Re Mi 1 Dobee 1 Documentary 2 Documents 1 Dogfood 1 Doggystyle 1 Dogue 1 Dogwood 1 Dollie 1 Dolton 1 Domar 1 Dominator 1 Dominion 4 Đồng Vọng 2 Donham 12 Donte 1 Doomshop 1 Dootone 2 Doré 7 Dot 12 Dot-Mar 1 Double Feature 1 Double Shot 1 Douglas 3 Down to Earth 1 Down Town 1 Downbeat 1 Downtown 1 Drag City 1 Drew 1 Drew-Blan 1 Drifter 1 Dual 1 Dualtone 1 Dubious 1 Duel 2 Duke 1 Dunhill 7 Duo 1 Duque 1 Dusty Road 1 Duvall 2 DWR 4 Dymar 1 Dynamic 1 Dynamic Sound 1 Dynamo 1 Dynastic Yellow Star 1

E

81 entries ↑ Letters
E-Volve 1 E&M 2 Eagle 2 Earth 3 East Wind 8 Eastern 1 Eastworld 2 Ebb-Tide II 1 Ecco 1 Echo [Cincinnati] 1 Echo [Middletown] 2 Echo-Hill 1 ECM 1 Economy 1 Ediciones 9 de Enero 1 Edigsa 2 Editions Montparnasse 2000 1 Edizioni Aramirè 1 Edizioni Del Tima Club 4 Edizioni della Resistenza 1 Edizioni FGCI 4 Edizioni Movimento Studentesco 1 Edizioni Paoline 1 Edmark 1 Edro 1 Edward M. Miller And Associates 1 EGA 1 EGREM 3 Elba 1 Eldorado 1 Elec 4 Elefant Traks 1 Elegante 1 Elektra 27 Elite Special 1 Em-Jay 2 Ember 2 Embrace 2 EMI 5 EMI America 1 EMI Electrola 1 EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets 1 Emily Saliers 1 Endangered 1 Enemy Soil 6 English Village 1 Enigma 3 Enrica 1 Enterprise 2 Entra 1 EP 1 Epic 41 Epic 3 1 Epitaph 1 Era 7 Eric 2 Ernstrat 1 Erosion 1 Escorpión 1 ESP-Disk 5 ESR 2 Estrella 1 Eteenpäin! 1 ETERNA 16 Etiquette 1 Etowah 2 euphonic 1 Europ 2 Europa 2 Evana 1 Evangel 1 Évasion 2 Ever Fresh 1 Everest 1 Evergreen 1 Excello 2 Exodus 1 Exotic Fever 2 Express 2 Expression Spontanée (series: Collection Mémoire D'Aujourd'hui) 2 Eyshelle 2

F

89 entries ↑ Letters
Fabor 1 Fábor 1 Faces 1 Fairytale 1 Fake Four 1 Falcon 4 Fallen Angel 1 False Idols 1 Fama 3 Fame 1 Family 1 Family [Toronto] 1 Fan Club 1 Fana 1 Fania 1 Fantasy 3 Farfadet 1 Fargo 1 Farrall 1 Fast Folk 1 Fast Folk Musical Magazine 1 Fastball 1 Fat 1 Fate 1 Fearless 1 Female Fun 1 Festival 7 Festival [Puerto Rico] 1 Festival Mushroom 1 FGCI - Bologna 1 Fig Lenny 1 Filicon 1 Film 2 Film City 12 Filmtrax 1 Filmways 1 Finch 3 La Fine Fleur 1 Fine Line 1 Fine-R-Tone 1 Finisterian Dead End 1 First Team 4 First Unitarian Church of Berkeley 1 Fish 1 Flag 1 Flame 1 Flip 1 Fly BUG 1 Flying Dutchman 22 Flying Fish 27 Flying Snowman 1 Flyright 2 Folk Punk Archivist 1 Folksång 1 Folkways 35 Fonit Cetra International 1 Fonola 2 Fontana 2 Foon 1 Forbidden Place 1 Ford 2 Fore Cast 1 Fossil 1 Foster Parents' Plan 1 Foundation 2 Fountain 2 Four Winds 1 Fox 1 FPOSF 9 Fraternity 6 Freckles 1 Freddie 1 Free Dirt 1 Free Speech Movement 2 Freedom 3 Freedom Ring 2 Freeway 1 Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 8 Frisco 2 FTA 1 FTA TLC 2 FTG 1 FTR 1 Fuera de Orden 1 Fundamental 1 Funhouse 1 Fury [New York] 1 Fury [UK] 1 Futurismo 1

G

96 entries ↑ Letters
G.I. 1 G.I. [Monrovia] 1 G59 2 Gael Linn 1 Galahad 2 Galaxy 1 Gale 1 Galico 1 Galilee 1 Gapoca 3 Garlin 1 Gateway 2 Gatewood 2 GATIT 1 Gator 2 Gaye 2 Gearhead 1 Geebee 1 Geffen 28 Gema 1 Gemini 1 Geneni 1 General Gramophone 1 General Guard 1 Genie 1 Genie [Murfreesboro] 1 Genna 1 Gent 1 Gerri 1 Giáng Ngọc 15 Gil 1 Ginny & Joe 1 Glenn 3 Glenn [Palmdale] 1 Glitterbeat 3 Glo 1 Globe 1 Globe [Smithville] 2 Glolite 1 Glorious Management 1 GM 1 GMT 1 GNP Crescendo 2 Go Feet 1 Go-Roc-Co-Pop 2 Gold 1 Gold Castle 1 Gold Sound 1 Gold Standard 6 Gold Star 2 Golden 2 Golden Crest 1 Golden Fleece 1 Golden Isle 1 Golden Star 1 Golden Voice 1 Golden West 1 Golden-Tone 1 Goldust 28 Golstar 1 Goner 1 Good 2 Gordo 2 Gordy 7 Gorenoise Shit 1 Gospel Corner 2 Gospel Light 3 Gospel Recording Service 1 Gospel Sound 1 Gospel Time 3 Gospel Truth 1 Graco 1 Grand 1 Grant 1 Grassound 1 Grassroots 2 Gravelvoice 1 GRC 1 The Great American Music Hall 2 Great Record Co. 2 Great World of Sound 1 Green Mountain 1 Green Valley 2 Gregar 13 Grenade 1 Griffin 1 Gross 1 GRT 1 GSF 2 Guild 1 Gum Leaf 1 Gun 1 Gusman 1 GWS 1 GYN 1 Gypsy 1

H

89 entries ↑ Letters
H.M.S. 1 Ha-Lo 1 Habima 1 Hacienda 1 Hafa Adai 1 Hal N' Jean 1 Halagala 2 HalBet HAL 2 Halmark 15 Halo 2 Hanna-Barbera 1 Hansa 1 Happy Tiger 1 Hardway 1 Hare 1 Harlem Hit Parade 1 Harmony Street 1 Harp 1 Harpel 1 Harptone 2 Harry J 2 Harsh Noise War 2 Hart2Hart 1 Hartco 3 Harvest 1 Harvest [DeFuniak Springs] 1 Haven 1 Havoc 1 HD 2 Heart O' Dixie 2 Heart Warming 2 Heartwork 2 Heat 1 Heavy 1 Hellcat 1 Hellthrasher 2 Helton 1 Hemphill 1 Herb Howell 1 Hermann-Gmeiner-Fonds Deutschland 2 Hero 1 Hey 1 Hi 1 Hiawatha 1 Hiback 1 Hibrite 1 Hickory 3 Hidden 1 Hideout 1 High Caliber 1 High Noon 1 High Tower 1 Hilary 1 Hill 1 Hillbilly Heaven 4 Hillside 1 Hilltop 2 Hip-O 1 Hirokatsu Kinoshita Fanclub 1 His Master's Voice 2 Hit [Fort Lauderdale] 3 Hit [Nashville] 1 Hit [UK] 1 Hit Track 1 Hitran 1 HMV 1 HOB 2 Hobo 1 Holiday 2 Hollywood 1 Holt 1 Holton 1 Holy Cross 2 Home Cooking 1 Hope 2 Horoscope 1 Hosanna 1 Hot Poop 2 Hotlanta 1 House of the Fox 1 Howdy 2 Human 1 Human Ignorance 1 Hurricane 4 Hush 1 Hustler 1 Hyena 1 Hypnobeat 1 Hysterical 1

L

82 entries ↑ Letters
L & A 1 L & M 1 L. D. L. 1 L'Espresso Documenti 1 L'il Bill 1 L+R 1 The Label 1 LaFlor 2 Lakeshore 1 Lam 1 Lamar 1 Lamon 1 Lan Co 1 Lana 1 Landmark 1 Lane 1 Lap 1 Lark 11 Lark [Detroit] 1 Lark [Waynesboro] 1 Larrikin 9 LaSalle 1 Lauren 3 Laurie 10 Lavette 1 Law U 1 Lawson 1 LDB 1 Leapin' Lena 1 Lee Ann 1 Lemco 1 Lemon 1 Lench Mob 1 Leo 1 Leo the Lion 1 Lesley 2 Let It Flo 1 Let Them Eat Vinyl 1 Lewis 1 LHI 3 Liberation 1 Liberty 16 Libre 4 Light in the Attic 2 Lince Producciones 1 Lincoln 1 Linea Rossa 3 Linjo 2 Lion 1 Lions Gate Films 1 Lira 2 Listenable 1 Little Darlin' 5 Living Word 5 Lo Scafandro 1 Locust 3 Log Cabin 2 Log Cabin [Powell] 1 Loma 2 London 3 Lone Star Rider / Island 1 Look 1 Lookout 2 Loon Hill 2 Lost and Found 1 Lost Art 1 Lost River 1 Lotta Continua 2 Loud 6 Love 36 Lowery 1 Loyal 1 LPS 2 LS 1 LTD 1 Lucky Eleven 1 Lucky Lou 1 Luniverse 1 Luricord 1 Lusty 2 Lutheran Church Press 1 Lyra 1

M

160 entries ↑ Letters
M and M 1 M-S 1 M.O.C. 1 M.S.R. 21 M&M 1 Ma Bell 1 Madre 1 Magic 1 Magna Carta 1 Mai 2 Main Line 2 Mainstream 3 Major 2 Mala 1 Malaco 1 Mali 1 Malibu 2 Malicious Damage 1 Malinda 4 Mallard 2 MalPass 2 Mansion 1 Mar 1 Marble Hill 1 Maridene 1 Mark Educational 1 Mark I 2 Mark IV 1 Markus 1 Marlo 2 Marlu 1 Marquis 2 Martin 1 Mascarones 5 Mass Appeal 1 Massive 1 Massive B [New York] 1 Mastenville Music Pub. 2 Master 4 Matilda's Child 4 Maudz 1 Max Stout 2 Maximum Sound 2 May 4 Task Force 2 May Starman 1 Mayhams 1 MBC 1 MC-Tapes / Karo's Bastlerwerkstatt 1 MCA 10 MCA MUS 1 McConnell Records 1 McQ 1 MDR 1 Me Too 1 Media 1 Mega 3 Megatone 1 Mel-Par 1 Melbourne 1 Melron 1 Mercede 2 Mercier 1 Mercury 31 Merri 1 Metal Blade 3 Metal Enterprises 1 Metalworks 1 Metro-Sig 1 Metromedia 4 Metronome [Hamburg] 1 Metronome [Stockholm] 1 Metropolitan 1 MEW 1 Mex 1 Mexie 1 MF (2) 4 MGD Prod. 1 MGM 19 Mi Star 1 Mi5 1 Mica 1 Mickey 2 Mid Evyl 1 Mid-State 1 Midwestern 1 MidWestSide 1 Mike 1 MIL-SMi 2 Milestone 1 Militant 1 Millionaire 1 Minaret 3 Mine 1 Mineral 1 Minit 3 The Minority of One 1 Minoruphone 3 Mira 2 Miracle 1 Miramar 1 Mirror 1 Mirwood 2 Mitchell Press 1 MixUnit 1 MM 1 MNW 5 Mob Rules 1 Mobilcolor 1 Mockingbird 1 Modern 1 Modern Art 1 Modern Method 1 Moers 1 Molton 1 Monolith 1 Monopole 1 Monument 11 Moon 1 Moon Star 1 More 1 MORE [Albuquerque] 1 Morgenrood 2 Morning Son 1 Mortarhate 1 Mosaic Music Distribution 1 Mosrite 2 Motion 1 Motivation 1 Motown 5 Mountain Gateway 1 Movieplay 15 MoWest 3 MP 3 MP [France] 2 Mr. G 2 Mr. Music 1 MRC 2 MRP 1 Mudtown Crier 1 Multi Media 1 Multi-Trax 8 Mums 2 Murbo 1 Murco 1 Musart 1 Mushroom 2 Music by Mark 1 Music City 2 Music City Workshop 1 Music Masters 1 Music Mill 1 Musicor 4 Musikant 1 Mute 1 Mutilation Throne 1 Mutt & Jeff 1 Mutual 1 Myrrh 2 Mythos 1 むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] 5

N

75 entries ↑ Letters
Na-Cat 1 Nabor 1 Nakladni Zavod Matice Hrvatske 1 Napalm 1 Naptown 1 Narred 1 Nash Angeles 1 Nashville 6 Nashville North 1 National 1 National Association of Broadcasters 1 National Council of YMCA's 2 National Guard 1 National Progressive Sounds 1 Nationales Vietnamkomitee 13 nato 33 Nature Sounds 2 Navarro 1 NBC 1 Nectar 2 Nemesis 2 Neptune 1 Nett 1 Nettwerk 1 Never Break 1 New Design 1 New Door 1 New Frontiers 1 New Hope 2 New Mini-Album 1 New Musical Express 1 New Renaissance 1 New Star 2 New Talent 1 New Vista Arts 2 New Wave 1 New West 1 New World 1 Newtown 1 NGS 1 Nhà Xuất Bản Giải Phóng 1 Nickel 1 Nico 1 Nifty Pick 1 Nippon Columbia 5 Nippon Crown 1 No Front Teeth 1 No Limit 1 No Remorse 1 No Rent 9 Nocturne 1 Nogales 1 Nonesuch 3 Nopal 1 Nordic 1 Norteño 2 Northland 2 Not On Label 356 Not On Label (United States Marine Band) 1 NOVA 6 NoVisible Scars 1 NRC 2 Nu Beat 1 Nu-Fax 1 Nu-Mex 1 Nu-Sound 3 Núcleo Distante 1 Nueva Voz Latino Americana 2 Nuevo Arte 1 Nugget 8 Nugget [Tampa] 1 The Null Corporation 17 Numa 1 Number One 1 Nutt NS 2

P

128 entries ↑ Letters
P.C.I. 1 P.G. 2 P.O.W. 2 P.O.W.-M.I.A. 1 P&L 1 Pabst 2 Pacer 1 Pagan Flames 1 Page One 2 Pageboy 10 Painiac 6 Pami 1 Pampa 1 Panorama 2 Panther 2 Par T 1 Paramount 2 Paredon 99 Parktowne 1 Parkway 1 Parkwood 1 Parlophone 3 Parrish 1 Parrot 4 Partito Socialista Italiano 1 Passport 1 Pathé 1 Pathway 3 Patriot 11 Patriotic 1 Paula 4 Paulist Press 1 Pavement 1 Pawnee 1 Pax 1 Pax [Los Angeles] 1 Pax [Madrid] 1 Payback 1 PD 1 Peace [Cleveland] 3 Peace [San Francisco] 2 Peace [Spring Park] 1 Peachtree 1 Peacock 2 Peake 1 Pearce 1 Peermont 2 Pen 1 Peon 1 People 1 The People's Music Works 1 Pepamar 2 Perception 2 Perfection Sound 1 Perfection Sound Studios 1 PH 1 Pharoah 1 Phil Spector International 1 Philips 21 Phils 1 Philwood 1 Phoenix 1 Phoenix of California 1 Phono 1 Piano 1 Pic 2 Piccadilly 1 Picture 1 Pied Piper 1 Pincén 4 Pineapple 1 Pitt 1 Pixie 1 PJ 2 Pla-Me 1 Plain Folk 1 pläne 28 Plantation 10 Platinum 1 Playboy 1 Plaza 1 PMP 1 Podium 3 Point 10 Poison Apple 1 Polka Train 1 Polydor 15 Polydor (PolyGram Ibérica) 1 Pompeii 3 Pop Art 1 Poppy 7 Portrait 1 Pot to Piss In 1 Potshot 1 POW WOW 1 Power 1 Power House 2 Prelude Records and Tapes 1 President 1 Presta 1 Prestige 2 Prestige Bluesville 2 Prestige Productions 3 Pretty Girl 1 Preview 76 Priceless 2 Pride & Joy 1 Prince Buster 1 Priscilla 1 Prism 1 PRO 1 Produced For Peace 1 Progress 1 Project 1 Project 3 1 Project 70 Custom 1 Proletärkultur 3 Promo 3 Public 1 Pug 1 Punks Before Profits 2 Purchase 1 Pure Steel 2 Purple Plum 1 Pussy Cat 1 PwP 1 Pye 7 Pyro 2

R

150 entries ↑ Letters
R and H 1 R Radical 1 R.I.P. 1 R.R.I. 1 RA 1 Raccoon 1 Radical Change 1 Radio 1 Radio Press International 1 Rae Cox 1 Rag Baby 15 La Rage 1 Rainbow Snake 1 RAK 1 Rama Rama 1 Ramar 2 Ramsel 1 Ranger 3 Ranno 1 Ranwood 1 Rap-A-Lot 2 Rare Earth 2 Rascal 1 Rat 2 Rat Cage 1 Raven 2 Raw Skull 9 Rawkus 2 Rayco 2 Raynard 1 Razor to Wrist 1 Razorback 4 RCA 18 RCA Australia 1 RCA Italiana 1 RCA Victor 58 RCI 1 RD 1 Reality 1 REB 1 Reb Rebel 4 Rebel 1 RECA / BASF 2 Recap 1 Recital 1 Reckless 1 Red 1 Red Bird 1 Red Fox 2 Red Hed 1 Red River 1 Red Star 1 Red White & Blue 1 Red Wing 1 Redrum 1 Redwood 16 Redwood [Burbank] 1 Regency 1 Relapse 1 Relco 2 Relevant 1 REM 10 Renco 1 Renegade 1 Renfro 2 Renown 1 REO 2 Reprise 22 Republic 1 Resco 2 Resist 1 Resistance 1 Restless 1 Rev 4 Reveal 2 Revell 1 Revenge 1 The Reverberation Appreciation Society 2 Revival Hour 1 Rexell 1 Rhino 2 Rhino Handmade 1 Rickarby 2 Rifi 6 The Right Stuff 1 Righteous Fuck 1 Rigolo 1 Rimrock 10 RIP 1 Rise 1 Rising Son 1 Rising Sons 1 Risky 1 Risky Business 1 Risque 2 Rite 2 River Basin 1 Riviera 1 RK 1 RN 1 Road 1 Roadrunner 1 Robbee 1 Roc Nation 1 Roc-A-Fella 1 Rock 1 Rock & Roleplay 1 Rocket 1 Rocky Road 1 Rødel 1 Rodeo 1 Rojac 1 Roker Promocion 1 Roku 1 Rolando 1 Roman 1 Rome 2 Rondon 1 Ronel 1 Ronnie 5 Roro 1 Rosebud 2 Rosewood 2 Rostrum 1 Rot 2 Roto 1 Rotor 2 Rotten Rat 3 Rottrevore 1 Rough Trade 2 Roulette 6 Round 1 Rounder 5 Rowdy Farrago 1 Rowena 1 Roy 1 Royal American 4 Royal Master 2 Royce 1 RTV Ljubljana 1 Rubber Factory 1 Ruff Shod 1 RUMOUR V 2 Rural Rhythm 1 Rust 1 Rusty Cannon 1 Ruth Warrick Enterprises 1 Ruthless 1 Rykodisc 1 Рижский Завод (Riga plant / Rīgas skaņuplašu fabrika) 1

S

264 entries ↑ Letters
Saber 2 Sable 1 Safari 1 Salamanca 1 Salem 2 Salvation 2 Samspill 4 San Remo 1 Sanctuary 1 Sand 2 Sandbag 1 Sandrea 1 Sanfris 1 Sara 2 Sarah C 1 Sargent Major 1 Savoy 4 Savoy's 2 Scarab 1 Scarlo 1 Scars of Eternity 10 Scenic 1 Scepter 7 Scholastic 2 Scindesfaizz 1 Scooby 1 Scorpio 1 Scotti Bros. 2 Scout 1 Scripture 2 Scyne 1 Sea Side 2 Sea-Mist 1 Seaport City 1 Secret 1 Select 1 Selection 1 Self-released 7 Selo Sesc 1 Sen-Town 1 El Señor Guindilla 1 Sensation 1 Sentry 1 Sequel 1 Serp 1 Sevared 1 Seven B 1 Seventy 7 2 Sexy Stones 1 SFP (sleeve) / Sonotec (label) 1 Shady 1 Shake 2 Shakin' Street 1 Shalomar 1 Shame File 1 Shamley 2 Shanek 1 Shannon's 2 Shatter 1 Shazam 1 Shelter 2 Shelter [UK] 1 Sherwood 6 Shimmy-Disc 1 Shiptown 1 Shirley 1 Shock 1 Shock [US] 1 Shout! Factory 1 Shove Love 1 Show Biz 2 Showboat 1 Showcase 2 Showdown 1 Shuberd 1 Shur 1 Shurfine 1 Sidewalk 1 Sidewalk Cafe 1 Silver Crest 1 Silver Star 12 Silver Star [Nashville] 2 Sims 11 Sin/Con Pasiones 1 Sing-O-Tek 1 A Single 'O 1 Sioux 1 Sire 5 Sisapa 1 Sitting Duck 2 Six Weeks 1 Six-One-Five 1 Skvaller 1 Sky 3 Sky [Germany] 1 Sky [Williamsburg] 1 Skybird 1 Skyland 1 Skylite 1 Slam Jamz 1 Sliced Bread 1 SM 18 Small Town 1 SmartGuy 1 Smash 3 Smile 1 Smithsonian Folkways 13 Smoke 7 1 Smoke On 1 Soft 2 Sokol's Power Voice 1 Soldier's Song 1 Solid Rock 1 Sollie Sunshine 1 Sombrero 2 Sonet 2 Sóng Nhạc 10 Songbird 4 Songuild 1 Sonic 2 Sono Radio 1 Sonora (3) 1 Sony 1 Sony [Los Angeles] 1 Sooner 1 SOS Records 1 Soul 3 Soul Blvd. 1 Soul Dump 1 Soular 1 Soultown 1 Soulville 1 Sound 2 Sound 80 1 Sound City 1 Sound News 18 Sound of America 1 Sound of Birmingham 1 Sound of Soul 1 Sound Patterns 1 Sound Stage 7 1 Sound Town 1 Soundmate 1 Soundville 1 Source 1 Southern Artists 1 Southland 1 Spalax 2 Spanoramic 1 Spar 2 Sparrow 2 Specialty 1 Spectator 1 Spectator [Summit] 1 Spectre 1 Spectrum 1 Spera 1 Spin 1 spinART 1 Spindletop 2 Spinn 1 Spinner 2 Spinsmith 1 Splasc(h) 2 Splash 1 Split 1 Spoken Word 1 Spots 1 Spring 4 Spring [Modesto] 1 Spruce 1 SPS 1 Squadrun 1 SR 5 SS7 1 SSS International 4 SST 3 St. Clair 1 St. George International 5 St. Thomas 1 Stadium 1 Standard 2 Stanford Program for Recordings in Sound 1 Stang 2 Stanton Park 1 Star [Athens] 1 Star [Jamaica] 1 Star [New York] 1 Star Spangled 1 Star-Win 1 Star-X 1 Starday 16 Stargem 1 Stargo 1 Starjo 1 Starlite 3 Starlite [Germany] 2 Starlites 1 Starr 2 Stars and Stripes 1 Starview 1 State Line 1 Statler 1 Stax 6 Steady 1 Steamhammer 8 Steed 1 Steffes 1 Step One 2 Stepping Stone 1 Sterling 11 Stewart Brodian 1 Stiff 1 Still 1 Stimme der DDR 3 Stone Lady 1 Stonel 1 Stoneway 1 Stop 10 Storm 11 Storm [Norway] 1 Stormy Forest 1 Strain 1 Straker's 2 Strange Music 1 Strata-East 1 Strato-Sound 1 Striped 1 Stupid 2 Sub Pop 1 Sublime Frequencies 3 Sudaja 1 Sugar Hill 1 Sumit 1 Summershine 1 Sun 1 Sun Down 1 Sun-Ray 1 Sundi 2 Sundi Industries 1 Sundial 1 Sunflower 1 The Sunflower Tribe 1 Sunnylynn 1 Sunrise 7 Sunshine 1 Sunwheel 1 Super Bolt 1 Super Country 1 Super Seven 1 Superegular 1 Supraphon 2 Sur-Speed 1 Sussex 2 Sveriges Radio 1 Swallow 1 Swamp Country 1 Swan 1 Swank 2 Sweet Peach 1 Sydney 1 Symbol 1 Sympathy for the Record Industry 1 SyntheSound 1

T

131 entries ↑ Letters
T-A 3 T-Neck 1 T.A.C. 1 t.m.i. 1 T.N.B. 2 Taang! 1 Table Rock 2 Tad 1 Tag 3 Takoma 1 Tales About Nothing 1 Tall Poppies 1 Tamla 6 Tammy 1 Tamoki Wambesi 1 Tanta Roba 1 Tapes 1 Tapp 1 Tara 1 Tarco 1 Tario 1 Taurus 1 Taxim 1 TCB 1 TCWR 2 Tear Drop 3 Tec-Art 2 Tee Pee 2 Teichiku 1 Telarc Blues 1 Telco 1 Teldec 1 Tell International 1 Telmak 1 Telstar 1 Tempest 14 Tempo 1 Tempwood 1 Ten High 1 Tennessee 1 Terrace 2 Testament 3 Tetragrammaton 1 Tex-Tone 2 Texas 2 TGS 2 That's 1 Thelma 1 Thomas 2 Three Star 3 Threshold 1 Thrill Jockey 1 Throne 3 Thunder 3 Tico 1 Tide 1 Tidelands 1 Tiempo 5 Tiger 1 TIM 1 Timber Grove 1 Timberyard 1 Time 1 Tin Pan Alley 21 Tip 1 Titan 4 TMP-Ting 2 Toa Alta 1 Toccata Classics 1 Today 1 Tom & Jerry 1 Tomahawk 1 Tomi 1 Tonka 1 Top Cat 1 Top Dawg 2 Top Dog 1 Top Fifty 1 Top Tennessee 1 Topic 1 Tornado 3 Toro 10 Toshiba-EMI 2 Totem 1 Tower 6 Town & Country 1 Toxic Shock 1 TRAC 1 Trafalgar 1 Train 1 Transatlantic 1 Transcending Obscurity 1 Travel 1 Travlo 1 Treasure Isle 1 Tren / Dell 1 Trend 8 Trendsetter 2 Treva 2 Treze Listras Rex 5 Tri-State Recording Company 2 Triangle Sound 2 Triangulo 1 Tribune 3 Tribune Socialiste 1 Triffique 1 Trine 1 Trinity Sound Corporation 1 Triode 1 Triola 1 Trip Universal 1 Triple X 1 Trisol 1 Trix 2 TRO 20 Tropical 1 Tru-Bo Recording Co. 1 True Joy 1 True Tone 1 Trump 1 Trust 1 Truth 1 Try-Hard 2 TSK 1 Tune 1 Twilight Vertrieb 1 Twin 6 Twin Town 1 Two Guitars 1 Tycer 1 Tyger River 1

W

73 entries ↑ Letters
W&G 1 Wa-Mo 1 Waiata 1 Wal Dee 1 Walker 1 Walters 1 Walton 1 Wand 1 War 1 Ward Frederick 1 Warner Bros. 52 Warner Bros. Records Nashville 1 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts 1 Warner Music Nashville 1 Wasp 2 Watch Pineapple Press 1 Watermelon 1 Wawazat!! 1 Waxwing 2 Way 1 Wayne 1 Wayside 2 WBBM Newsradio 1 We Produce 2 WEA 2 Wedge 2 Wee 1 Wee-Too! 2 Weelittle 1 Weird System 1 Wesco 1 West Wind 1 Westbound 5 Westdeutsche Frauenfriedensbewegung 1 Western 1 Western Lounge 1 Weston Priory 2 Westpark 1 Westwood 1 Wheelchair Full Of Old Men 1 Whit 1 Wilbury 1 Wilco 1 Wild 1 Wild Planet 1 Wild Turkey 1 Wild Wood 1 Will 1 Willex 1 Williams Street 1 Windmill 2 Windsong 1 Windy-City 1 Wired Gnome 1 Wirripang 1 Wizard 2 Wizdom 1 WM 1 WMAQ-NBC Radio 1 Women Strike for Peace 2 Woodrich 2 Woodruff 1 Woodsmoke 1 Worcester 1 World Harvesters 5 World International 1 World Pacific 4 World Wide 1 Wrayco 1 Wreck 1 Wren 1 Wyncote 4 Wynwood 1

X

2 entries ↑ Letters

The 25 biggest labels in the archive

by number of records

The labels with the most records in the archive, with where each was based and the years its records here span. “Not On Label” and self-released records are left out; the share is of all records that carry a label.

# Label Place · years Records Share
1 Dihavina Vietnam · 1961–1981 233 3.8% 2 Columbia USA · 1962–2014 105 1.7% 3 Paredon New York, USA · 1970–1978 99 1.6% 4 中国唱片 China China · 1964–1972 80 1.3% 5 Preview California, USA · 1966–1976 76 1.3% 6 Befria Sweden · 1970–1975 62 1.0% 7 RCA Victor USA · 1962–1976 58 0.96% 8 Warner Bros. California, USA · 1963–2005 52 0.86% 9 Capitol USA · 1960–1990 50 0.83% 10 Decca UK · 1965–1971 42 0.69% 11 Broadside New York, USA · 1963–1976 41 0.68% 12 Epic New York, USA · 1962–2020 41 0.68% 13 Atlantic USA · 1966–2011 37 0.61% 14 Love Finland · 1966–1973 36 0.59% 15 Folkways USA · 1963–1982 35 0.58% 16 Мелодия Russia · 1971–1974 34 0.56% 17 nato France · 1988 33 0.54% 18 Diplomat New Jersey, USA · 1965–1966 31 0.51% 19 Mercury USA · 1964–1996 31 0.51% 20 I Dischi del Sole Italy · 1965–1979 29 0.48% 21 Le Chant du Monde France · 1956–1971 29 0.48% 22 Geffen USA · 1982–1997 28 0.46% 23 Goldust New Mexico, USA · 1969–1973 28 0.46% 24 pläne Germany · 1968–1975 28 0.46% 25 Elektra New York, USA · 1964–2001 27 0.45%

US labels by state

958 of 1,891 US labels placed so far

States ranked by the number of labels based there, with each state’s three biggest labels. Only labels with a known address are counted: so far 958 of the 1,891 American labels in the archive have one, and the rest will be added as their details are found.

# State Biggest labels (records) Labels Records
1 California Preview 76 · Warner Bros. 52 · M.S.R. 21 162 546
2 Tennessee Starday 16 · Monument 11 · Sims 11 145 334
3 New York Paredon 99 · Broadside 41 · Epic 41 119 543
4 Texas SM 18 · Bronco 10 · Toro 10 99 186
5 Illinois Flying Fish 27 · Cadet 7 · Curtom 4 54 109
6 Pennsylvania Cameo 5 · Big Country 4 · Country Star 4 39 62
7 Michigan Tamla 6 · Motown 5 · Westbound 5 38 71
8 Ohio King 20 · Jewel [Cincinnati] 10 · Fraternity 6 34 85
9 Georgia Master 4 · Boblo 3 · Deep South 2 27 37
10 Florida Tin Pan Alley 21 · Air 9 · Twin 6 20 56
11 Louisiana Jewel [Shreveport] 6 · Paula 4 · Reb Rebel 4 20 35
12 North Carolina Fountain 2 · Panther 2 · Sea Side 2 19 22
13 New Jersey Diplomat 31 · Ambassador 2 · Prestige 2 18 53
14 Massachusetts Halmark 15 · Sterling 11 · Loon Hill 2 15 41
16 Alabama Prestige Productions 3 · Three Star 3 · Astro 2 15 23
17 Indiana Glenn 3 · Risque 2 · Basic 1 11 14
18 Kentucky Dee Lark 3 · AFCO 1 · Claudette 1 10 12
19 Oklahoma Foundation 2 · Oil Capital 2 · Bannister 1 10 12
20 Washington Storm 11 · World Harvesters 5 · Light in the Attic 2 9 25
21 Missouri Christell 5 · Throne 3 · Z 2 9 16
22 District of Columbia Smithsonian Folkways 13 · Bang Bang 1 · C.T.B. 1 7 19
23 Mississippi Savoy 4 · Jackson Sound 2 · Big Beat 1 7 11
24 Maryland Adelphi 3 · Exotic Fever 2 · A389 1 7 10
25 Wisconsin Cuca 4 · Tee Pee 2 · Dynamic Sound 1 6 10
26 Minnesota REO 2 · Danger 1 · Havoc 1 6 7
27 Arkansas Patriot 11 · Living Word 5 · CMC 2 5 22
28 New Mexico Goldust 28 · Hurricane 4 · MORE [Albuquerque] 1 4 34
29 Oregon East Wind 8 · Blind Spot 1 · Rise 1 4 11
30 Arizona Canyon 6 · Utility 2 · Bell-Tone 1 4 10
31 Colorado Sand 2 · Curtain Call 1 · Infal 1 4 5
32 Nevada Nifty Pick 1 · Smile 1 · Timber Grove 1 3 3
33 West Virginia Alta 3 · A Single 'O 1 2 4
34 South Carolina Jaf-Tone 2 · Tyger River 1 2 3
35 Kansas Antique 1 · Harmony Street 1 2 2
36 Alaska Operation Freedom Bird 2 1 2
37 South Dakota Kaylsodak 2 1 2
38 Connecticut Glo 1 1 1
39 Iowa Pagan Flames 1 1 1
40 Nebraska Croat 1 1 1
41 Utah Destino 1 1 1
42 Wyoming Top Fifty 1 1 1