Editing 143 Records (section)

==History==
When record producer David Foster signed a deal with Warner Bros. in 1995, it enabled him to start 143 Records.<ref name="hitquarters.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_BrianAvnetInterview.html |title=Interview with Brian Avnet |publisher=HitQuarters |date=16 Feb 2004 |access-date=21 Dec 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703171215/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_BrianAvnetInterview.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to manager Brian Avnet.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> One of the label's first signing was Irish folk-rock band [[the Corrs]].<ref name="hitquarters.com"/>

In 1997 Foster and Avnet concluded "logo labels" like 143 were in a "bad spot". Foster sold the label back to Warner and then became senior vice-president at the corporation.<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> On September 20, 2001, Warner Music Group announced it was shutting down the label.<ref>{{Cite web   |date=2001-09-20 |title=Warner Music to Close 143 Records Label |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-20-fi-47699-story.html |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>