Griffin Music was an independent record label created in 1989 in Toronto, Canada by author/publisher Robert Godwin. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Robert Godwin was born in England in 1958 Personal info After attending St Oswalds Ellesmere College in Shropshire where he studied Mathematics and Physics Originally created to finance and record the second album of Led Zeppelin tribute act, Michael White & The White. Led Zeppelin were A tribute act is a Music group, Singer, or Musician who specifically plays the music of a well-known music act often one which has disbanded or ceased Michael White & The White is an American Hard rock combo and occasional Led Zeppelin Cover band, formed around singer Michael White During late 1989 and 1990 Godwin worked with Michael White and his band recording the album in studios such as Sunset Sound and United Western Recorders in Los Angeles and Metalworks Studios in Toronto. Michael White or Mike White may refer to In academics Michael White (psychotherapist (1948&ndash2008 inventor of narrative therapy Sunset Sound Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood California, located at 6650 Sunset Boulevard United Western Recorders was a renowned recording studio complex in Hollywood, California, which became one of the most successful independent recording studios in Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Metalworks Studios is a music recording studio in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. The album was released as Griffin Music's first title in the spring of 1990. Having established the label with its first release, Godwin then pursued venerable British space rockers Hawkwind, finally securing the North American rights to two obscure albums in 1991. Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups During the course of 1990, Godwin partnered the label with mega-distributor Feedback Incorporated of Chicago who took over the day to day operation of the label (headquartered in the suburb Lombard, while Godwin concentrated on finding artists and catalogs to sign to Griffin. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Lombard, "The Lilac Village" is a Suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois.
Between 1991 and 1995 Griffin Music would become one of the largest independent labels in America, releasing back catalog of many European classic rock artists such as Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Motörhead, Denny Laine, Roy Harper, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, Rick Wakeman, Fish, Mike Oldfield, Nazareth, Hawkwind, Tangerine Dream, Steve Hillage, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and dozens of others. Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (sometimes referred to by the acronym ABWH was a Permutation of the Progressive rock band Yes. Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter For the comic book character see Roy Harper (comics Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941) is an English Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley (previously Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved particular success in the early and mid-1970s with their most critically acclaimed records including Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949 in Perivale, London) is an English Keyboard player best known as the Derek William Dick, better known as Fish (born 25 April 1958, in Dalkeith, Midlothian) is a Scottish Progressive Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician Nazareth are a Scottish rock band that had several Hard rock hits, as well as scoring with the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant -penned Ballad Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Steve Hillage is a British musician best known as a guitarist This article is about the Scottish rock singer Alex Harvey not to be confused with American songwriter Alex Harvey who wrote for Kenny Rogers, or Canadian In 1993, Griffin Music secured the license to manufacture and distribute a portion of the BBC In Concert series in North America. Later, Godwin and partner Neale Parker would form Griffin Video which would include many of the same bands' various concert videos. The biggest release by Griffin Music came in March 1995 when the label released the first in what was to have been a multi-album deal, David Bowie Santa Monica '72. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Santa Monica '72 is a live album by David Bowie, recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972 during the The album shipped 25,000 units but was withdrawn after only four days. Despite Griffin paying a large advance for the Bowie catalog, the license was challenged and a lengthy litigation ensued. The remaining albums by David Bowie and John Mellencamp were never released. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. John Mellencamp, previously known as John Cougar and then John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951, in Seymour Indiana) is a Griffin Music was bought in 1997 by Tango Music.
Citations
“Griffin Under Chapter 11 Purchased by Tango”, Billboard, October 25th 1997.
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