Caroline Records started out as a subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label during the early to mid 1970s. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell The label originally specialized in putting out budget price LPs by mainly progressive rock and jazz artists generally not considered to have a great deal of 'mainstream' or commercial appeal, but were often however creatively of great interest. A gramophone Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States
First release on the label
The first release on the label, and the artist who gave it its name, was Carol Grimes' 'Warm Blood' LP, released in 1974. Carol Grimes (born Carol Ann Grimes, 7 April 1944, Lewisham, London) is a Smooth jazz and World music Singer The original label was a photographic style variation on that of the Virgin label's "Twins" logo designed by Roger Dean. Roger Dean may refer to Roger Dean (artist (born 1944 Roger Dean (Australian rules footballer (born 1940 Roger Dean
Both the U. S. and U. K. branches of Caroline Records are subsidiaries of Caroline Music, which includes Caroline Distribution and is in turn is owned by EMI. Caroline Distribution, founded in 1983 as a unit of Virgin Records, has become one of the U The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Caroline has a number of subsidiary labels including Astralwerks, Gyroscope, Caroline Blue Plate, Rocks the World, and Scamp. Astralwerks is a New York based Record label that releases primarily Electronic music.
Notable Releases
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