Demon Music Group

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Demon Music Group
Founded 1980
Founder Andrew Lauder
Jake Rivera
Country of origin UK
Location London
Official website http://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/

Demon Records is a United Kingdom record label founded in 1980 by former United Artists A&R executive Andrew Lauder, and Jake Rivera who had previously started Stiff Records. The pair had also founded Radar Records in 1978 and F-Beat in 1979.[1]

The label was originally planned to release one-off singles, with early reelases from The Subterraneans (featuring NME journalist Nick Kent), The Spectres (formed by Glen Matlock), TV21, and Department S.[1] Demon's first chart success came with Department S's "Is Vic There?", which reached #22 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] Further chart success followed with Bananarama'a "Aie-a-Mwana". The label then changed direction towards launching long-term artists. Lauder left to join Island Records in 1981, and Demon started a subsidiary label, Edsel Records, the same year, for reissues of 1960s/1970s albums. By 1982, Lauder had returned, and Demon had spawned further sub-labels, including Hi Records (soul), and Drop Out (psychedelic rock).[1]

In 1998 Demon was acquired by Crimson Productions and the record label was merged with its Westside Records operation.

The company is now known as the Demon Music Group and releases records by artists such as Jane McDonald and Marti Pellow, as well as a number of compilation brands such as the "Harmless" funk and the "Nascente" world music collections. As well as these Demon is also the European licensee of the Hi Records catalog.

Demon Music Group (DMG) is currently the UK’s largest independent record company, specialising in the creative production and marketing of CDs and music DVDs. There are 17 labels spanning all genres, formats and price points. From low-price single CDs, through to mid-price box sets and full-price TV advertised albums. The repertoire is sourced from both major and independent companies around the world as well as their own vast library of rights that includes artists such as Marc Bolan & T.Rex, Al Green and Ian Dury & The Blockheads.

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[edit] Labels

  • Crimson
  • Decadance (dance music)
  • Demon Vision (DVD releases)
  • DMG TV (artist album projects)
  • Drop Out (psychedelic rock)
  • Edsel (mostly re-issues)
  • Emporio (classical)
  • Harmless (funk and urban music collections)
  • Music Club (re-issues)
  • Music Club Deluxe (Deluxe 2CD packages)
  • Nascente (world music collections)
  • StarTrax (karaoke)
  • Unisex
  • 100 Hits
  • The Original Selection
  • Little Demon
  • THE Red Box
  • Ground Floor
  • Demon Digital

[edit] Artists

[edit] Demon Edsel

[edit] DMG TV

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0231-3, p.124
  2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1 84195 335 0, p. 299


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