Snapshots Spillover: More Record Labels In Song

A few more record labels I had left over after this weekend's celebration, starting with the obvious one...

Followed by some more beloved... and not so beloved labels...

Kamikaze Pilots - Sharon Signs to Cherry Red

Woody Guthrie - Roll On, Columbia

Graham Central Station - It Ain't Nothing But A Warner Brothers Party

Hugh Cornwell - Blue Note

Jimmy Buffett - Ace

Faith No More - Epic

Kiss - Charisma

Jazzy Jay - Def Jam

Rick Wakeman - Stax

Godley & Creme - Rhino Rhino

Bertie Higgins - Casablanca

Box of Frogs - Asylum

Gregg Diamond - Arista Vista

Richard Strauss - Elektra

The Verve - Reprise

(That was kind of a two-for-one deal.)

Joni Mitchell - The Sire Of Sorrow

Thinking about Sire Records also reminded me of this...

Belle and Sebastian - Seymour Stein

While Joni also led me to this song about Record Company boss David Geffen...

Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris

And while I couldn't find any songs with Parlophone in the title, I then remembered this...

Just when the Beta Band was about to start
It all started in London town
When we gave our demo to Phil Brown
Then we met Miles at Parlophone
And let him hear "Dog's Got a Bone"
He said go to Chalk Farm and put it on wax
The next few weeks was spent cutting four tracks

The Beta Band - The Beta Band Rap

Some of those were clearly not about record labels... but a lot of them were.

For balance, considering how many pop stars end up slagging off their labels in song... here's someone who loves his. (I think.)