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{{Short description|Record label formed by English rock band The Rolling Stones}} {{distinguish|The Rolling Stones discography}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Rolling Stones Records | image = | image_size = 150 | image_alt = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image --> | caption = <!-- a caption for the image --> | parent = [[Promotone BV]] | founded = {{start date|1970}} | founder = [[The Rolling Stones]] | defunct = {{end date|1992}} | status = Inactive | distributor = [[Atco Records|Atco]]/[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (1971-1984)<br>[[Warner Music Group|WEA]] (1971-1977)<br>[[EMI Records|EMI]] (1978-1984)<br>[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/[[Sony Music|CBS]]/[[Sony Music|Sony]] (1986-1991) | genre = <!-- such as "[[World music|World]]" or "Various", separated by using commas, {{Flatlist}} or {{Hlist}} --> | country = "United States" | location = US Company | website = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" --> }} [[File:Rolling Stones Records.jpg|thumb|The standard yellow [[record label]] of Rolling Stones Records LPs, including the red [[tongue and lips logo]]]] '''Rolling Stones Records''' was the record label formed by [[the Rolling Stones]] members [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Mick Taylor]], [[Charlie Watts]], and [[Bill Wyman]] in 1970, after their recording contract with [[Decca Records]] expired. The label was initially headed by [[Marshall Chess]], the son of [[Chess Records]] founder [[Leonard Chess]]. It was first distributed in the United States by [[Atlantic Records]] subsidiary [[Atco Records]]. On 1 April 1971, the band signed a distribution deal for five albums with [[Ahmet Ertegun]], acting on behalf of [[Atlantic Records]]. In the US, the albums were distributed by Atlantic until 1984. In the UK, Rolling Stones Records were distributed by [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] from 1971 to 1977 and by [[EMI Records|EMI]] from 1978 to 1984. In 1986, [[Columbia Records]] started distributing it in the United States and CBS for the rest of the world until 1991. It was discontinued in 1992 when the band signed to [[Virgin Records]], but the [[tongue and lips logo]] remains on all post-1970 Rolling Stones releases. ==History== In its original concept, the label was formed to ensure the Rolling Stones would retain the rights over their own music, while also giving each bandmember the option to release solo albums. The first album to be released was ''[[Brian Jones Presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka]]'' in 1971, a pioneering [[world music]] LP. In 1972 the label released ''[[Jamming with Edward!]]'', a collection of tracks recorded by Jagger, Wyman, and Watts with [[Nicky Hopkins]] and [[Ry Cooder]] in 1969. Bill Wyman released two solo albums through the label, ''[[Monkey Grip (Bill Wyman album)|Monkey Grip]]'' in 1974 and ''[[Stone Alone]]'' in 1976. Wyman found that the label's promotional and sales people paid very little attention to him, as the Rolling Stones had albums due out shortly after both releases which were the subject of major marketing campaigns.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} As a result, Wyman chose to record his next solo album with [[A&M Records|A&M]]. The label also released a solo single by Richards in December 1978, featuring a rendition of [[Chuck Berry]]'s "[[Run Rudolph Run]]" backed by a version of [[Jimmy Cliff]]'s "[[The Harder They Come (song)|The Harder They Come]]". ==Other artists== Unlike [[Apple Records]], [[Grunt Records]], [[Purple Records]], or [[Swan Song Records]] (the [[vanity label]]s of [[the Beatles]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Deep Purple]], and [[Led Zeppelin]] respectively), Rolling Stones Records never made much of an effort to sign outside artists. [[Kracker]], a [[Cuban Americans|Cuban American]] rock group produced by Rolling Stones producer, [[Jimmy Miller]], was the first outside act to be signed to Rolling Stones Records in 1973. Kracker, along with [[Billy Preston]], opened the show for the Stones during their 1973 European Tour. [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] was signed to Rolling Stones Records in 1976. ===Peter Tosh=== <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[File:PeterTosh-BushDoctor.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Peter Tosh's solo record.]] --> In 1977 [[Peter Tosh]], a former member of [[Bob Marley]]'s band [[Bob Marley and the Wailers|the Wailers]] signed a recording deal with Rolling Stones Records. His debut album on<ref>TiVO</ref> the label, ''[[Bush Doctor]]'', which featured Jagger on the track "[[Don't Look Back (Temptations song)|Don't Look Back]]", was moderately successful. Despite further moderate success, Tosh left the label in 1981 due to personal problems with Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, his band members and the recent passing of [[Bob Marley]]. ==1980s to the end== Jagger released his first solo albums, ''[[She's the Boss]]'' and ''[[Primitive Cool]]'', in 1985 and 1987 respectively, through a newly conceived partnership between Rolling Stones Records and CBS Records (now [[Sony Music]]). Thus the trademark Rolling Stones logo was affixed to each record and the label "Rolling Stones Records" was also printed on each new release, which angered Richards.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} In fact, through the 1980s and early 1990s, "Rolling Stones Records" continued to be printed on the labels of all new releases up through ''[[Flashpoint (album)|Flashpoint]]'' (1991). However, as the back catalogue has been shifted to Virgin/EMI, these markers are the last vapour trails of Rolling Stones Records. In 2008, the group switched distribution of Rolling Stones Records back catalogue material as well as new material to [[Polydor Records]] in the UK, and [[Interscope Records]] in the US (both imprints of [[Universal Music Group]], also distributor of their pre-1971 catalogue as UMG is the distributor for [[ABKCO Records]]). ==See also== * [[Lists of record labels]] * [[1970 in music]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Navboxes|title = The Rolling Stones|list ={{The Rolling Stones}}{{The Rolling Stones singles}}{{The Rolling Stones albums}}}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:British record labels]] [[Category:Vanity record labels]] [[Category:The Rolling Stones]] [[Category:Record labels established in 1970]] [[Category:Rock record labels]] [[Category:Record labels disestablished in 1992]]
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