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| − | Welcome to the '''Island Records''' research area for [http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs]. If you have information about the Island Records label or its affiliated brands and companies (4th & Broadway, Mango, Antilles, Tuff Gong, etc.), then put what you know here, and hopefully we can sort out the true history of this label and improve the way it is handled in Discogs. | + | Welcome to the '''Island Records''' research area for [http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs]. If you have information about the Island Records label or its affiliated brands and companies (4th |
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| − | ==Island information==
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| − | Information collected so far includes the following:
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| − | * An increasingly comprehensive [[Island Records timeline]].
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| − | * A gallery of [[Island Records logo and label designs]].
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| − | * A dumping ground for [[Island Records artifacts]]: images and fine-print details from actual releases, from which we can hopefully spot trends and deduce facts.
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| − | * Information about [[Island Records corporations|corporations associated with the Island name and brand]].
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| − | * A gallery of [[Island Records office buildings]].
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| − | Perhaps of particular interest to Discogs users are the following:
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| − | * An overview of how we handle [[Island in Discogs]].
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| − | * A guide to [[Island Records catalogue numbers]], derived mostly from Discogs data.
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| − | * A section where we identify [[Island Records questionable entries]] currently in Discogs and try to sort out what's going on with them.
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| − | It should also be helpful to review the definition of a [[record label]], both in the real world and in Discogs.
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| − | ==Other information sources==
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| − | Here are some useful, external sources of info on Island:
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| − | * The articles on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Records Island Records] at Wikipedia was mostly written based on research accumulated here
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| − | * [http://islandrecords.co.uk/history.html Island Records history] at the Island UK site
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| − | * [http://www.gowpen.biz/labelUKind.htm independently researched UK record label info] (+[http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:z7JgWErLZbYJ:www.gowpen.biz/labelUKind.htm Google cache]) at Gowpen.biz
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| − | * [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1994/fulltext/356a5.1.pdf Some large acquisitions by record companies, 1983 to 1993] - appendix in a report by the Competition Commisson (UK)
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| − | * [http://www.u2world.com/news/article.php3?id_article=280 Sigerson, Barbis Sail Into Top Island Posts] - 1989 ''Variety'' article that says Blackwell's departure from PolyGram was acrimonious and talks about his replacements
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| − | * [http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_chris_blackwell_lp/index.html Chris Blackwell: From LP to DVD, still living the Island life] - interview in Dec 1999 issue of Mix magazine (US)
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| − | * [http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=22&csid1=3352 Chris Blackwell: Savvy Svengali] - lengthy Island and Chris Blackwell career timeline through 2004
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| − | * [http://www.sudeepaudio.com/glossary_details.php?cat=Music%20Labels%20across%20the%20world Music Labels across the world] - says "In 1975 Blackwell launched Island Records in America with Joe South and War" but this is coming from a recording studio in India...is it reliable?
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| − | * [http://www.aimeemanninprint.com/1998/ny122198.htm A Major Merger Shakes Up the World of Rock] - Dec 1998 ''New York Times'' article about the PolyGram-Universal merger.
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| − | * [http://new.umusic.com/News.aspx?NewsId=143 New Marketing and Promotion Structure at Universal Music Germany] - Jan 2003 PR about a pair of mergers within Universal Music Germany's divisions
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| − | * [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20050822/business/business1.html Music mogul optimistic] - Aug 2005 Blackwell interview
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| − | * [http://www.musictank.co.uk/events_mergers.htm Label Mergers: bigger 'n' better 'n' rougher 'n' tougher?] - transcript of a 2004 "think tank" session involving Marc Marot (former MD, Island Records)
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| − | * Misc. discographic details at black-music-collectors.com:
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| − | ** [http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/island_uk.htm Island Records (UK)]
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| − | ** [http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/island_us.htm Island Records (US)]
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| − | ** [http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/4th_and_broadway.htm 4th & Broadway]
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| − | ** [http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/4th_bway.htm 4th & Bway]
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| − | ** [http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/antilles.htm Antilles]
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| − | ** [http://www.black-music-collectors.com/labels/mango.htm Mango]
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| − | * [http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/ U2 discography with lots of scans]
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| − | * [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fcfansite/discography.htm Fairport Convention discography] with scans and good details
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| − | * This [http://www.collectable-records.ru/labels/E_M/Island/index.htm Island label gallery] has many label scans
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| − | * ''[http://www.collectable-records.ru/book/island.htm Island Book: 1962–1977]'' is a collector's book that provides images of nearly every pre-1978 UK release. Check out the [http://www.collectable-records.ru/book/55555.pdf sample pages] (PDF)
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| − | * Someone has started an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Records_Discography Island Records discography] at Wikipedia.
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| − | People who might be able to give us more info:
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| − | * '''Rob Partridge''' was head of press at Island from 1975 until sometime in the 1980s. He later became a director of the company's in-house jazz label, Antilles. He now co-runs his own prestigious independent press and management company, [http://www.coalitiongroup.co.uk Coalition]. Email: rob@coalitiongroup.co.uk
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