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unusual facts about major label



ASAP Mob

In January 2013, ASAP Ferg was the second member of the group to sign with a major label, also signing a joint venture deal with Rocky's same labels, RCA and Polo Grounds, which released his single "Work", for retail on iTunes.

Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris

Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris is the only major label album by alternative rock band Audiovent.

Innermission

Innermission was the first major label release for the B.E. Taylor Group, released in 1982 on MCA Records (as MCA-5335).

Punk Planet

Punk Planet tried to review nearly all the records it received, so long as the record label wasn't owned or partially owned by a major label.

The Doink Years

The Grifters, on the verge of releasing their first major label album on Sub Pop 1996, Shangri-La Records re-issued the first two self-released Grifters 7" singles as a 10", with a single per side and featuring a bonus track recorded in the same era.


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A II Z

Immediately signed by major label Polydor, the group, whose style bore resemblances to Motörhead, Sweet Savage and Weapon, recorded their 1980 debut album named The Witch of Berkeley, live at a hometown gig (actually the hall of Hazel Grove High School), then were sent out on the road in support of Girlschool and Black Sabbath.

Alex Aldi

Alex Aldi is a New York-based recording + mixing engineer who has worked with indie and major-label bands such as Passion Pit, The Rakes, Les Savy Fav, and White Rabbits.

Burning the Process

This would prove to be Pressure 4-5's first and only major label album, as the group disbanded in 2002.

Butt Trumpet

The group splintered soon after their major-label debut, Primitive Enema was released, but three of the members regrouped in 1998 as Betty Blowtorch.

Carencro, Louisiana

Musician Marc Broussard is a native of the town and titled his major label debut album Carencro after it.

Caulfield Sisters

While Pee Shy had released two albums on Mercury Records, Wheeler has since referred to her experience with the major label as "Mercury poisoning," and the Sisters have recorded and released their music independently.

Chris Gelbmann

In the last years he worked behind the scenes of the music industry, where he realised numerous major projects like André Heller's 3 CD compendium "Ruf und Echo", the two triple platinum CDs of Christina Stürmer, the major label debut of Hans Platzgumer; he worked with Brian Eno, Stefan Sagmeister, Xavier Naidoo and many more.

Circle Jerks discography

A long period of inactivity ended in 1994, when the Circle Jerks reunited and signed a major label deal with Mercury Records, a move that had a few business complications: Hetson was still with Bad Religion, who had signed a long-term contract with Atlantic Records, while Schloss had been part of a band contracted to Interscope.

Dai 7 Jikkenshitsu

Dai 7 Jikkenshitsu is the first major label album of the band Cali Gari.

Dan Garvin

The band scored a #2 hit in 2001 with "Right Now", the first single from their major-label debut, Now You See Inside.

Dawn Planes

For the first time they used an outside producer, award-winning David Long (The Lord of the Rings, Dave Dobbyn, Fur Patrol) and have worked with major label EMI, freeing them from the burden of business.

Drew Correa

Initially struggling with relatively little work as a producer, Correa received his first major label placement, Lil Wayne's "Mr. Carter", featuring American rapper and mogul Jay-Z.

Fashion Takes a Holiday

Fashion Takes a Holiday is the second and final studio album by the Australian rock band Tlot Tlot, their only covers album and their only release on a major label.

Garrett Hammond

He remained in the band through the recording of their second major label album released on Atlantic Records, Until There's Nothing Left of Us.

Golden Blunders

"Golden Blunders" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the first single released from its major label debut album Dear 23 in 1990.

GoldWave

Adam Young (aka Owl City) used GoldWave to record all his vocals on his major label debut album "Ocean Eyes".

Green on Red

A major-label deal with Phonogram/Mercury followed, with the EP No Free Lunch and the album The Killer Inside Me, produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent Studios in Memphis.

Greg Graffin

After a stint with major label Atlantic Records ended in the early 2000s, Bad Religion re-signed with Epitaph and Gurewitz rejoined.

Hurrah!

In 1989, the band released their second major-label album, The Beautiful, produced by Simon Hanhart.

I Like What I Like

Their first major label album, it was released in 1997 on Mercury Records.

Isaac James

After writing heavily in the fall of 2008, Blackie had contacted major label producer and long time friend, Scott Spelbring (The Speaks, Plunge (band), SR-71 (band), Field of Grey to produce their debut record, Too Much Horsepower.

Jon Christopher Davis

The album also got the attention of popular music critic Robert K. Oermann: "I’m a huge fan of this man’s album. Its second single sizzles with zesty rhythm, yelping vocals, sidewinder guitar and a ridiculously catchy melody. The major-label “stars” on Music Row have nothing on this guy. Play this!"

Josh Joplin Group

In September 2002, Josh Joplin Group released its second major-label album, The Future That Was.

Josh Ostrander

ECC came about when the two members, formally of Laguardia, left their first major label record deal with Universal Republic only to sign back to the Universal family via Geffen Records after the two released a self produced EP called The Southampton Collection under the ECC moniker.

Kelly Marie

On 7 May 2005, Marie appeared on the ITV show, Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, singing "Feels Like I'm in Love" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" in hopes of progressing to the final to compete for the major label release of a new single.

Kristen Henderson

In 2003, Antigone Rising signed a major label record deal with Jason Flom at Lava Records/Atlantic Records and on May 11, 2005 their major label debut From the Ground Up was released in conjunction with Starbucks Hear Music label.

Me and You and the World

Me and You and the World is the third studio album, and first major label release, by American acoustic rock performer Dave Barnes.

Noise Ratchet

and in Dec 2003 they went in the studio to record their major-label debut with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Superdrag, Danzig, Queens of the Stone Age, Paramore.

Paul Lapinski

Since 2008, MPS studios has worked with several major label acts: J Dash featuring Flo Rida, Ludacris, Alicia Keys, Song Music, The Collective (Slash, Linkin Park, The All-American Rejects, Martin Lawrence).

Pist.On

Pist.on's debut album, successful on its face, had been picked up and rereleased by a major label, the band had deep friendships and histories with well-known acts such as Type O Negative, Marilyn Manson, the Misfits, and Queensrÿche, and had energetic new blood in the form of two members.

Pop-Rap

Another rapper, Wiz Khalifa's first major label single, "Black and Yellow", had significant commercial success in the United States, peaking at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also peaking in the top ten of the Canadian singles charts.

Project Pitchfork

Right after their first US tour in 1998, they return with the concept album "Eon:Eon", their first on a major label (the Warner Music Group label EastWest).

Psycho Holiday

"Psycho Holiday" is the third single from the heavy metal band Pantera's first major-label album Cowboys from Hell.

Saber Tiger

However, Kinoshita worked around this and signed a major label contract with Tokuma Japan Communications.

Screaming Trees discography

In 1991, the Screaming Trees released its first album for a major label, Uncle Anesthesia.

Skepta

Skepta has released five singles off his third studio album Doin' It Again (first with a major label), titled "Bad Boy", "Rescue Me", "Cross My Heart" featuring Preeya Kalidas, "So Alive" and "Amnesia", as well as a video for the Hello Good Morning (Grime Remix).

Slingshot 57

They recorded two full length albums, performed with several major label acts, and had songs played on three consecutive seasons of MTV's The Real World.

Social Code

The band then landed a record deal with Interscope at the end of 2003, where they released their major label debut, A Year at the Movies In May 2004.

Something on the Inside

Something on the Inside is the seventh overall album of gospel singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong, and fourth for major label Jive Records.

Sudden Sway

The latter was sufficiently successful to attract major-label interest from CBS and Virgin Records, but after a further single on their own 'Chant' label, and with guitarist Simon Childs added as a permanent member, they signed a deal with Warners subsidiary Blanco y Negro, debuting on the label in 1986 with eight versions of the single "Sing Song".

Suddenly Mary

"Suddenly Mary" is a song by the American alternative rock band The Posies, released as the second single released from its major label debut album Dear 23 in 1991.

Tamurapan

She is the first Japanese singer-songwriter to make the move from Myspace to a major label company Columbia Music.

The Aquanettas

Debby was signed to Womanly Hips, Joan Osborne's Label and recorded "Wrongs of Passage", her 1998 major-label release.

The Best of Vanilla Ice

Released in 1999 by Platinum Disc Records, it features songs from the rapper's major label albums To the Extreme, Extremely Live and Mind Blowin.

The Bodines

Like their contemporaries Primal Scream, The Mighty Lemon Drops and The Weather Prophets, The Bodines went on to sign up with a major label with great hopes of transferring their success to the mainstream charts.

The Drinkard Singers

After an appearance at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, they recorded the first gospel album to appear on a major label, the live album A Joyful Noise, for RCA Records in 1959.

Total Music

To provide a back end, Total Music acquired Ruckus Network, and EMI was brought on to add to Universal and Sony BMG's catalog, but Warner Music Group, the remaining major label, did not want to participate.

Tyson Ritter

After Jesse Tabish quit the band, and with the additions of Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor, The All-American Rejects were picked up by Doghouse Records, and later DreamWorks Records, finally with the current major label of Interscope Records.

Vaganza

After eight years together, two major label record deals (for a couple of years prior to their signing with Outpost they'd been signed to a deal -- by legendary A&R man Terry Tolkin -- with Elektra Records that never resulted in a release), and only about a dozen live performances with their 10 piece live band (which included Modern Drummer Magazine favorite Zach Danziger and former Walt Mink mastermind John Kimbrough), Vaganza decided to call it a day.