Blanco y Negro Records
Blanco y Negro (Spanish, black and white ) is an English record label that was founded in 1983 by Warner Records on the initiative of Geoff Travis and Mike Always. Travis founded Rough Trade Records in 1978 and ran the label. He also worked there as A&R boss. Mike Always had previous experience at Cherry Red Records .
“We went to Warner and asked for a label. They just said: "Sure, not an issue." The first thing we did was release the Everything But The Girl album, which sold a million copies. Mike left the following year and I've been running the label ever since. The advantage of the label is obvious: money. So I could afford The Jesus & Mary Chain . "
The label became part of Warner Strategic Marketing in the 1990s, and later Rhino Records. There is no relationship with the Spanish label Blanco y Negro Music .
Artist (selection)
- Bandulu
- Catatonia
- Carl Craig
- Dinosaur Jr.
- The Dream Academy
- Equation (folk supergroup , consisting of Kate Rusby , Kathryn Roberts and Cara Dillon )
- Everything but the girl
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- James
- David Kitt
- Cerys Matthews
- The Monochrome Set
- Eddi Reader
- Sudden Sway
- The Veils
- Ultramarine
Web links
Source references
- ↑ Markus Nägele: Geoff Travis and Rough Trade Records - The Art of Good Taste ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: intro, interviews. Sighted: September 26th, 2009.
