Vanity label
As Vanity Label are record labels referred on which publish mainly artists who have already successfully sold recordings. Vanity labels are always assigned to a parent label. This gives them the advantage of artistic freedom, as the production and distribution of the sound carriers is financed by the parent label. Vanity labels are also used by the operators to make friends or musicians known.
Examples
Some of the famous vanity labels:
- Apple Records ( The Beatles )
- Maverick Records ( Madonna )
- Nothing Records ( Trent Reznor )
- Grand Royal ( Beastie Boys )
- Attack Records ( Morrissey )
- Palace Records ( Will Oldham )