Charisma Records
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Fireships (album)...written and recorded on separate albums. At around the same time, Virgin Records, the owners of Hammill's back catalogue on Charisma Records, were planning to issue a compilation of his earlier work. When he explained the concept of the... In this article: Peter Hammill, Fireships, Charisma Records, and Virgin Records |
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Music Inspired by Watership Down
...music") in Sweden by Silence Records and is his fourth solo album. It was released by Charisma Records in the United Kingdom and Sire Records in the United States of America. It was reissued on CD in 2004 by Virgin Records. Bo Hansson -...
In this article: Bo Hansson, Music Inspired by Watership Down, El-ahrairah, Watership Down, Richard Adams, Silence Records, Virgin Records, Sire Records, and Sweden
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Billy Bragg
...the biryani, and he later played it at the correct speed. Within months, Charisma had been taken over by Virgin Records and Jenner, who had been laid off, became Bragg's manager . Stiff Records' press officer Andy Macdonald - who was...
In this article: Billy Bragg, Go!, Peter Jenner, Wilco, William Bloke, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Kate Nash, and Mermaid Avenue
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Spirit of the Age (album)
Spirit of the Age (album) Spirit of the Age is a 1988 compilation album by the British space rock group Hawkwind covering their Charisma period 1976-1979. It was issued by Virgin Records after they had acquired the Charisma Records catalogue...
In this article: Dave Brock, Hawkwind, Spirit of the Age, Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, Quark, Strangeness and Charm, Quark, Strangeness and Charm, PXR5, Robert Calvert, and Paul Rudolph
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A Black Box
...roster just prior to the recording of A Black Box. The S-Type label does not appear to have been a successful business project, and the album was later licensed to Virgin Records, who have since also acquired Hammill's Charisma catalogue.
In this article: Peter Hammill, A Black Box, Random Hold, David Jackson, and Virgin Records
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Tony Stratton-Smith
...group. The label was eventually sold to Virgin Records in 1983. Virgin re-activated the Charisma name with a new logo for a short time during the late 1980s. "Strat" as he was known to his friends was famous for his sense of humour...
In this article: Tony Stratton-Smith, Genesis, Keith Emerson, Vivian Stanshall, Brand X, Monty Python, Virgin, Steve Hackett, and Peter Hammill
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Charisma Records
...1983, Charisma Records were acquired by Virgin Records. Following the acquisition Charisma continued to operate until 1986 , when Virgin absorbed the label following its purchase by EMI. A new version of Charisma, with no connection to the...
In this article: Van der Graaf Generator, Genesis, Tony Stratton-Smith, EMI, Monty Python, Audience, United States, Lindisfarne, and The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
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Charisma Records was a record label founded by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. Tony Stratton-Smith was at that time a manager for The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der Graaf Generator. He was unable to find a record company that would release an album by one of his favourite groups. So Mr. Stratton-Smith founded his own company and released the Van der Graaf album The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other himself. Charisma was initially distributed in England as an off-shoot of B&C Records, but it later absorbed that label. During the mid and late 1970s Charisma's European distribution was handled by Phonogram Records.
Charisma's first record label was a distinctive pink "scroll" design. The company proudly proclaimed itself "The Famous Charisma Label", a phrase actually which caused some to conclude the company's name was "Famous Charisma." Its logo (used from the 1970s) of Sir John Tenniel's drawing of the Mad Hatter (sometimes combined with a montage of other images from Alice in Wonderland) made the label instantly recognisable.
Charisma was one of the most influential record companies of the 1970s. Its most successful acts were Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Julian Lennon and the Monty Python comedy team. It also released material by Lindisfarne and Alan Hull, The Alan Parsons Project, Clifford T. Ward, String Driven Thing, Jack The Lad, Audience, Vivian Stanshall, the Scars, Brand X, Sir John Betjeman and Malcolm McLaren. 1970s solo albums of Peter Hammill, Tony Banks and Steve Hackett were also on Charisma Records.
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