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'''A&E Records''' is an [[United Kingdom]]-based [[record label]] imprint, owned by [[Warner Music Group]], and operates under the [[Warner_Music_Group#WEA_International_Inc.|WEA International]] group of labels at WMG. |
'''A&E Records''' is an [[United Kingdom]]-based [[record label]] imprint, owned by [[Warner Music Group]], and operates under the [[Warner_Music_Group#WEA_International_Inc.|WEA International]] group of labels at WMG. |
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A&E Records was formalised on [[May 19]], [[2003]], when the NCM Group of [[independent record labels]], comprising of |
A&E Records was formalised on [[May 19]], [[2003]], when the [[NCM|NCM Group]] of [[independent record labels]], comprising of Mushroom Records UK, [[Infectious Records]], Ultimate Dilemma, [[Perfecto]] and 48K were absorbed into WMG's [[East West]] after 20 months of negotiations, with all of its roster transferring over.<ref name="MUKtoEW"/> On [[November 14]], [[2004]], A&E Records was realigned, and transferred across the company to within the [[Warner_Music_Group#WEA_International_Inc.|Warner Bros]] label.<ref name="A&EtoWMUK"/> |
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==Mushroom Records UK== |
==Mushroom Records UK== |
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Mushroom Records UK was set up in [[London]] in [[1993]] by Korda Marshall, as an offshoot of the [[Australian]] independent label [[Mushroom Records]], which had been formed in [[1972]] by [[Michael Gudinski]] and Ray Evans in [[Melbourne]]. Mushroom Records UK was intended mainly to serve the UK with Australian musical imports. Marshall had previously been [[RCA|RCA's]] head of [[A&R]], and had left the company |
Mushroom Records UK was set up in [[London]] in [[1993]] by Korda Marshall, as an offshoot of the [[Australian]] independent label [[Mushroom Records]], which had been formed in [[1972]] by [[Michael Gudinski]] and Ray Evans in [[Melbourne]]. Mushroom Records UK was intended mainly to serve the UK with Australian musical imports. Marshall had previously been [[RCA|RCA's]] head of [[A&R]], and had left the company to establish his own Infectious Records which he aligned under Mushroom Records UK.<ref name="MUKtoEW"/> |
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The label's first worldwide singing was US rock group [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], who became the flagship for the label, achieving multi-million sales with their [[Garbage (album)|first album release]]. Concerned that they were only known in the United Kingdom for the ''[[Neighbours]]'' theme<ref name="recordcollector">"''[[Record Collector]]'' #209" (Retrieved - [[2008]]-[[08-06]])</ref>, to move away from the association, Mushroom founded the [[Discordant]] label for the sole purpose launching Garbage.<ref name="OHWIRsell-in">"[[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] single "[[Only Happy When It Rains]]" [[press release]] issued by Mushroom Records UK, September [[1995]]" (Retrieved - [[2008]]-[[02-05]])</ref> |
The label's first worldwide singing was US rock group [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], who became the flagship for the label, achieving multi-million sales with their [[Garbage (album)|first album release]]. Concerned that they were only known in the United Kingdom for the ''[[Neighbours]]'' theme<ref name="recordcollector">"''[[Record Collector]]'' #209" (Retrieved - [[2008]]-[[08-06]])</ref>, to move away from the association, Mushroom founded the [[Discordant]] label for the sole purpose launching Garbage.<ref name="OHWIRsell-in">"[[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] single "[[Only Happy When It Rains]]" [[press release]] issued by Mushroom Records UK, September [[1995]]" (Retrieved - [[2008]]-[[02-05]])</ref> Although following their [[Vow (Garbage song)|debut single]], Garbage were reconciled with the main label, a few Australian acts such as [[Garageland]] and [[Deadstar]] were [[licensing|licensed]] to Discordant. |
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Mushroom had early success with Australian singer [[Peter Andre]], while retaining a diverse roster signing UK acts such as [[The Wildhearts]], and importing Australian acts such as [[Deni Hines]], Christian Fry, [[Ween]], Antenna, [[Sister 2 Sister]], [[VAST]] and [[Yothu Yindi]]. Several acts were signed to Infectious Records, including [[Ash (band)|Ash]], [[Symposium (band)|Symposium]], [[My Vitriol]], [[Seafood (band)|Seafood]], and [[Pop Will Eat Itself]], while Mushroom licensed local signing [[Muse (band)|Muse]] from [[Taste Media]]. Sub |
Mushroom had early success with Australian singer [[Peter Andre]], while retaining a diverse roster signing UK acts such as [[The Wildhearts]], and importing Australian acts such as [[Deni Hines]], Christian Fry, [[Ween]], Antenna, [[Sister 2 Sister]], [[VAST]] and [[Yothu Yindi]]. Several acts were signed to Infectious Records, including [[Ash (band)|Ash]], [[Symposium (band)|Symposium]], [[My Vitriol]], [[Cable (British band)|Cable]], [[Seafood (band)|Seafood]], [[Elevator Suite]] and [[Pop Will Eat Itself]], while Mushroom licensed local signing [[Muse (band)|Muse]] from [[Taste Media]]. Sub labels Perfecto had successes with [[Paul Oakenfold]] and off-shoot label 48K artist [[Timo Maas]]; sister label Ultimate Dilemma also had [[Zero 7]], [[Magnet (musician)|Magnet]] and [[Roots Manuva]] on its books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1002| title="Lousada to head Mushroom A&R"|publisher=''[[Music Week]]''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> in 1999, Mushroom Records UK was one of only two labels who wanted to [[record deal|sign]] singer [[Kylie Minogue]] (ultimately she chose to sign to [[Parlophone]]).<ref>"''[[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude]]'', [[Kylie Minogue]] interview, October 2000 issue</ref> |
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With these acts charting highly brought Mushroom to the front stage of music in the UK, with an inital £5,000 [[turnover]] increasing to £23m over it's 10 years.<ref name="MUKtoEW"/> Marshall began to extricate Mushroom UK from the Mushroom family during [[2001]], after the parent company had been sold in [[1999]] to [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[Newscorp]], |
With these acts charting highly brought Mushroom to the front stage of music in the UK, with an inital £5,000 [[turnover]] increasing to £23m over it's 10 years.<ref name="MUKtoEW"/> Marshall began to extricate Mushroom UK from the Mushroom family during [[2001]], after the parent company had been sold in [[1999]] to [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[Newscorp]], and merged with his [[Festival Records]] to form [[Festival Mushroom Records]]. Mushroom Records UK was slowly wound down as negotiations crystalised<ref name="MUKtoEW"/>; it's last release was the Garbage single "[[Shut Your Mouth (Garbage song)|Shut Your Mouth]]" in September 2002. |
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==A&E Records== |
==A&E Records== |
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A&E Records was formalised on [[May 19]], [[2003]], with all of Mushroom and Infectious' artist roster transferring over to the East West imprint, including its new signings [[The Darkness]], [[Funeral For A Friend]] and [[Freeform Five]], while Korda Marshall took up the position of [[managing director]] with the label. WMG completed its acquisition of Mushroom Records UK for around $15m (£9.2m) and East West absorbed the functions of Mushroom, which was closed the week prior.<ref name="MUKtoEW">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=334| title="Marshall builds for future as East West absorbs Mushroom"|publisher=''[[Music Week]]''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> East West immediately [[re-issue|re-issued]] its new artists back catalogue [[albums]] through |
A&E Records was formalised on [[May 19]], [[2003]], with all of Mushroom and Infectious' artist roster transferring over to the East West imprint, including its new signings [[The Darkness]], [[Funeral For A Friend]] and [[Freeform Five]], while Korda Marshall took up the position of [[managing director]] with the label. WMG completed its acquisition of Mushroom Records UK for around $15m (£9.2m) and East West absorbed the functions of Mushroom, which was closed the week prior.<ref name="MUKtoEW">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=334| title="Marshall builds for future as East West absorbs Mushroom"|publisher=''[[Music Week]]''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> East West immediately [[re-issue|re-issued]] its new artists back catalogue [[albums]] through A&E Records.<ref name="A&Edisco"> |
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The following year, from [[June 25]], [[2004]], East West was subject to the [[rebranding]] as one of WMG's two [[frontline]] UK labels, changing to [[Atlantic Records]] (the other label [[Warner_Music_Group#WEA_International_Inc.|WEA London]] becoming Warner Bros).<ref name="EWtoAR/WEAtoWB">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=8060| title="Warner UK rebrands as Atlantic and Warner Bros"|publisher=''[[Music Week]]''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> On [[November 14]] of that year, Marshall became managing director of Warner Bros. A&E Records was realigned, and transferred across the company to Warner Bros. The Infectious [[brand name]] and [[logo]] also transferred from Atlantic, along with Ash, Garbage and Muse.<ref name="A&EtoWMUK">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=10673| title="Management shuffle at Warner UK"|publisher=''[[Music Week]]''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> |
The following year, from [[June 25]], [[2004]], East West was subject to the [[rebranding]] as one of WMG's two [[frontline]] UK labels, changing to [[Atlantic Records]] (the other label [[Warner_Music_Group#WEA_International_Inc.|WEA London]] becoming Warner Bros).<ref name="EWtoAR/WEAtoWB">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=8060| title="Warner UK rebrands as Atlantic and Warner Bros"|publisher=''[[Music Week]]''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> On [[November 14]] of that year, Marshall became managing director of Warner Bros. A&E Records was realigned, and transferred across the company to Warner Bros. The Infectious [[brand name]] and [[logo]] also transferred from Atlantic, along with Ash, Garbage and Muse.<ref name="A&EtoWMUK">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=10673| title="Management shuffle at Warner UK"|publisher=''[[Music Week]]''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> |
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A&E Records has continued to release records by Garbage, Peter Andre |
A&E Records has continued to release records by Garbage, Timo Maas and Peter Andre<ref name="A&Edisco">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/A+%26+E+Records+Ltd.| title="A & E Records Ltd."|publisher=''Discogs.com''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref>, and to release Muse records through sub-label Helium 3.<ref name="A&Edisco">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Helium+3| title="Helium 3"|publisher=''Discogs.com''|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> The role of Infectious within the A&E group was decreased and not including Ash releases, being used for launching newly signed acts such as [[The Subways]] and [[Larrikin Love]].<ref name="A&EtoWMUK"/> |
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Former parent Festival Mushroom Records was acquired by WMG on [[October 21]], [[2005]] and it's labels and artists absorbed into [[Warner Music Australia]],<ref name="FMRtoWMAU">{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4381323-1.html| title="Warner Music Buys Aussie Indie FMR"|publisher=''Billboard.biz'' (reproduced on All Buisness)|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> however none of artists have been transferred to A&E Records. |
Former parent Festival Mushroom Records was acquired by WMG on [[October 21]], [[2005]] and it's labels and artists absorbed into [[Warner Music Australia]],<ref name="FMRtoWMAU">{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4381323-1.html| title="Warner Music Buys Aussie Indie FMR"|publisher=''Billboard.biz'' (reproduced on All Buisness)|accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> however none of those artists have been transferred to A&E Records.<ref name="A&Edisco"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 04:45, 6 August 2008
| A&E Records | |
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| Parent company | Warner Bros |
| Gegründet | May 19, 2003 |
| Gründer | Korda Marshall |
| Distributor(s) | Ten |
| Genre | Various (Rock, Indie, Dance) |
| Country of origin | Vereinigtes Königreich |
A&E Records is an United Kingdom-based record label imprint, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under the WEA International group of labels at WMG.
A&E Records was formalised on May 19, 2003, when the NCM Group of independent record labels, comprising of Mushroom Records UK, Infectious Records, Ultimate Dilemma, Perfecto and 48K were absorbed into WMG's East West after 20 months of negotiations, with all of its roster transferring over.[1] On November 14, 2004, A&E Records was realigned, and transferred across the company to within the Warner Bros label.[2]
Mushroom Records UK
Mushroom Records UK was set up in London in 1993 by Korda Marshall, as an offshoot of the Australian independent label Mushroom Records, which had been formed in 1972 by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne. Mushroom Records UK was intended mainly to serve the UK with Australian musical imports. Marshall had previously been RCA's head of A&R, and had left the company to establish his own Infectious Records which he aligned under Mushroom Records UK.[1]
The label's first worldwide singing was US rock group Garbage, who became the flagship for the label, achieving multi-million sales with their first album release. Concerned that they were only known in the United Kingdom for the Neighbours theme[3], to move away from the association, Mushroom founded the Discordant label for the sole purpose launching Garbage.[4] Although following their debut single, Garbage were reconciled with the main label, a few Australian acts such as Garageland and Deadstar were licensed to Discordant.
Mushroom had early success with Australian singer Peter Andre, while retaining a diverse roster signing UK acts such as The Wildhearts, and importing Australian acts such as Deni Hines, Christian Fry, Ween, Antenna, Sister 2 Sister, VAST and Yothu Yindi. Several acts were signed to Infectious Records, including Ash, Symposium, My Vitriol, Cable, Seafood, Elevator Suite and Pop Will Eat Itself, while Mushroom licensed local signing Muse from Taste Media. Sub labels Perfecto had successes with Paul Oakenfold and off-shoot label 48K artist Timo Maas; sister label Ultimate Dilemma also had Zero 7, Magnet and Roots Manuva on its books.[5] in 1999, Mushroom Records UK was one of only two labels who wanted to sign singer Kylie Minogue (ultimately she chose to sign to Parlophone).[6]
With these acts charting highly brought Mushroom to the front stage of music in the UK, with an inital £5,000 turnover increasing to £23m over it's 10 years.[1] Marshall began to extricate Mushroom UK from the Mushroom family during 2001, after the parent company had been sold in 1999 to Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp, and merged with his Festival Records to form Festival Mushroom Records. Mushroom Records UK was slowly wound down as negotiations crystalised[1]; it's last release was the Garbage single "Shut Your Mouth" in September 2002.
A&E Records
A&E Records was formalised on May 19, 2003, with all of Mushroom and Infectious' artist roster transferring over to the East West imprint, including its new signings The Darkness, Funeral For A Friend and Freeform Five, while Korda Marshall took up the position of managing director with the label. WMG completed its acquisition of Mushroom Records UK for around $15m (£9.2m) and East West absorbed the functions of Mushroom, which was closed the week prior.[1] East West immediately re-issued its new artists back catalogue albums through A&E Records.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). On November 14 of that year, Marshall became managing director of Warner Bros. A&E Records was realigned, and transferred across the company to Warner Bros. The Infectious brand name and logo also transferred from Atlantic, along with Ash, Garbage and Muse.[2]
A&E Records has continued to release records by Garbage, Timo Maas and Peter Andre[7], and to release Muse records through sub-label Helium 3.[7] The role of Infectious within the A&E group was decreased and not including Ash releases, being used for launching newly signed acts such as The Subways and Larrikin Love.[2]
Former parent Festival Mushroom Records was acquired by WMG on October 21, 2005 and it's labels and artists absorbed into Warner Music Australia,[8] however none of those artists have been transferred to A&E Records.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e ""Marshall builds for future as East West absorbs Mushroom"". Music Week. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c ""Management shuffle at Warner UK"". Music Week. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Record Collector #209" (Retrieved - 2008-08-06)
- ^ "Garbage single "Only Happy When It Rains" press release issued by Mushroom Records UK, September 1995" (Retrieved - 2008-02-05)
- ^ ""Lousada to head Mushroom A&R"". Music Week. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Attitude, Kylie Minogue interview, October 2000 issue
- ^ a b c ""A & E Records Ltd."". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) Cite error: The named reference "A&Edisco" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ ""Warner Music Buys Aussie Indie FMR"". Billboard.biz (reproduced on All Buisness). Retrieved 2008-08-06.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)
External links
- WMG.com – Warner Music Group official site