Wednesday, 14 December 2011

The Record Label

The record label that released Mylo Xyloto is the company Parlophone. Parlophone originates from Germany, but is now located in the UK. The genres that Parlophone release are :jazz, pop, rock etc.

Parlophone was said to be the one of the mos famous record labels in the 1960's. Some of the releases they claim are: The Beatles albums up to sgt peppers lonely heart.

However Parlophine are still a large recording comapny, they release work from: Gorillaz, Kylie Minogue, The Pet Shop Boys, Eliza Doolittle, Bat For Lashes, Blur, Tine Tempah as well as Coldplay.


The parent company of Parlophone is EMI music, one of the original companies that founded EMI music was founded by the inventor of the gramophone, Emile Berliner. This shows us that they have been around since the very beginings of recording sound and music.

They have hundreds of digital partners so they can distribute music all over the world.

1 comment:

  1. Why does an artist/band need a record label?

    Are there any alternatives? What are they?

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