Charly Records
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Charly Records is a British record label that specialises in reissued material.[1]
Among the labels whose original releases are reissued by Charly are Vee-Jay, Sun, Immediate, BYG, Tomato, and Fania.
History
Charly Records was founded in France in 1974 by Jean-Luc Young , who had been a promoter of teen concerts but moved to the UK in 1975.[1] Charly was originally known mainly for American-originated jazz and other modern oddities such as the Bollock Brothers, but it is now mainly an album-oriented "retro" label. Its most obvious rivals are Rhino and See for Miles (a label that Charly distributed in the 1980s).
In Europe, Charly is distributed by Snapper Records, while licensing is through LicenseMusic.com.
The label produces Americana, blues, funk, gospel, jazz, Latin, popular, rap, reggae, r&b, rock, rockabilly, soul, ska
Roster
- Johnny Cash
- Mickey Gilley
- Rosco Gordon
- Charlie Gracie
- Carol Grimes
- Hardrock Gunter
- Bill Haley & His Comets
- Ronnie Hawkins
- John Lee Hooker
- Elmore James
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Billy Lee Riley
- The Staple Singers
- Curtis Mayfield
- Funkadelic
- Thelonious Monk
- Johnny Pacheco
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Gong
- Ice-T
- Toots & the Maytals
- Small Faces
- Warren Smith
- Gene Summers
- Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds
- Sylvia Striplin
- Showaddywaddy
See also
References
- ^ a b "Charly Records - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
External links
- Charly Records artists
- British independent record labels
- Record labels established in 1974
- Blues record labels
- Rhythm and blues record labels
- Gospel music record labels
- Jazz record labels
- Reggae record labels
- Ska record labels
- Rock and roll record labels
- British country music record labels
- Reissue record labels