Elektra (1950–1989, revived 2009‐06‐01; read annotations before use)
~ Label
Relationships
| creative persons: | William S. Harvey (design) |
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| founders: | Jac Holzman |
| producers: | Mark Abramson (from 1958 to ????) |
| signed: | Grandmaster Flash Kid Creole (80s US hip hop MC) Teddy Pendergrass Rahiem Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) Deee‐Lite (from 1989 until 1996) Kyuss (from 1993 until 1995) Anthrax (US thrash metal band) (from 1994 until 1996) Fences (Chris Mansfield) (from 2010 to present) |
| parent label: | Warner Communications (not for release label use! media conglomerate that later became Time Warner) (from 1970 until 1971) Warner Music Group (Holding Co. — File NO releases) (from 1971 until 2004) Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications Inc.) (from 1973-08 until 1989) Atlantic Records Group (umbrella group, file no releases here!) (from 2009-06-01 to present) |
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| subsidiaries: | Crestview Records (Elektra subsidiary) Network Records (US sub-label of Elektra) Nonesuch (imprint of Nonesuch Records Inc.) (from 1964 until 1970) Elektra Musician (from 1982 until 1985) |
| catalog reissued by: | Rhino (reissue label) |
| renamed into: | Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01) (from 1989 until 2004-02) |
| distributors: | Warner Music Canada Co. (subsidiary of WMG, formerly Warner Music Canada Ltd until 2004) Metronome Records GmbH (Company, not a label — for releases with the Metronome logo, please use Metronome) (until 1972) |
| imprint of: | Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc. (not for release label use!) Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) Elektra Music Group (from 2018-10-01 to present) |
| logos: | https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/e/e3/Elektrarecordslogo2013.png [info] |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/label/651 [info] |
| social networking (as Elektra (NEK)): | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elektra-NEK/500853466694203 [info] |
| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/label/elektra_records/ [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q726251 [info] |
| purchase music for download (as Elektra (NEK)): | https://www.beatport.com/label/elektra-nek/29960 [info] |
