RED Distribution
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| RED, LLC | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Sony BMG |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Country of origin | US |
| Official website | www.RedMusic.com |
RED - An Artist Development Company (formely Relativity Entertainment Distribution) is a Sony BMG-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for roughly 45 independent record labels. Successful RED acts include Los Lonely Boys, Matisyahu, Ingrid Michaelson, Elliott Yamin, Bullet For My Valentine, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mark Ronson, Dwight Yoakam, Chiodos, Circa Survive, Drive-By Truckers, Radiohead, Jason Aldean, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Switchfoot, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids.
[edit] History
Founded in 1979 as mainly a hard rock music distributor called Important Record Distributors, which originally released Metallica's first two LPs in the US. It became RED Distribution by the '90s and changed to RED - An Artist Development Company in 2007.
[edit] Labels
- ATO Records
- Broken Bow Records
- CBS Records
- Cashville Records
- Country Thunder Records
- Evil Teen
- Facedown Records
- Fat Wreck Chords
- Fat Possum Records
- Ferret
- Kemado Records
- McCoury Music
- Megaforce Records
- Metal Blade Records
- Montage Music Group
- New West Records
- Rawkus
- Relapse Records
- Ruthless Records
- Psychopathic Records
- TBD Records
- The End Records
- Time Bomb Recordings
- Victory Records
- Warlock
- Wicked Cool Record Co.
