Don't believe the lies
Continuing a nostalgic look at prog rock labels, here are a few independents from the late 1960s and 70s:
Original pink label Island records are highly sought. Island started as a reggae label but moved into prog with bands like King Crimson:
Others included the wonderful Kevin Ayers, Dr Strangely Strange, Nick Drake, ELP and Roxy Music.
Continue reading “Labels II”In the late 1960s into the 70s, and well, even now, I loved progressive rock. Every major record company had their own prog rock label, and it helped to identify them from the others. Here are a few, nostalgia fans:
Harvest was EMI’s label. There is some story that the name came from Barclay James Harvest, one of their artists.
But they had plenty of others, including Deep Purple, Soft Machine, The Move and some band called Pink Floyd or something.
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