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| Parent company | Polydor Records |
| Founded | 1967-1978 |
| Founder | Kit Lambert, Chris Stamp |
| Distributing label | Polydor Records |
| Country of origin |  UK |
| Location | London |
| Official website | trackrecords.co.uk |
Track Records was an "Independent" record label founded in 1967 by Kit Lambert, Chris Stamp (managers of The Who) and Pete Townshend. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Christopher "Kit" Sebastian Lambert ( 11 May, 1935 &ndash 7 April, 1981) was a Record producer and the Manager This page is a list of the various personnel and line-ups that have been a part of The Who. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt Christopher "Kit" Sebastian Lambert ( 11 May, 1935 &ndash 7 April, 1981) was a Record producer and the Manager This page is a list of the various personnel and line-ups that have been a part of The Who. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Artists whose works appeared on the Track label included Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Arthur Brown, John's Children, Marsha Hunt, The Parliaments, Thunderclap Newman, Fairport Convention (pre-fame), Golden Earring, The Heartbreakers and Shakin' Stevens (pre-fame). James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton 24 June 1942, Whitby, Yorkshire) is an English Rock and roll Singer John's Children, formerly "The Silence" were a Leatherhead, England 1960s pop-art/mod band featuring future T Marsha Hunt (born April 15, 1946) is an African American model, Singer, Novelist and actress. The Parliaments were a Doo-wop Quintet from Plainfield New Jersey, formed in the back room of a barbershop in the late 1950s and named after the cigarette Thunderclap Newman was a late 1960s One-hit wonder band from the UK. Golden Earring are a Dutch rock band founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings (the 's' was dropped in 1969 This article is about the punk group For information on Tom Petty's backing band see The Heartbreakers. Shakin' Stevens also known as ' Shaky' (born Michael Barrett, 4 March 1948 in Ely Cardiff, Wales) is a Platinum selling Welsh Rock
Track have also been involved at one point with John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Two Virgins" album (on the Apple label but stamped with a Track matrix (613012)) when EMI (Apple's distributor) refused to press the record. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born born in Tokyo on February 18 1933 is a Japanese Artist and Musician. Unfinished Music No1 Two Virgins is a Noise music album released by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968 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 The Two Virgins album was later released by Apple and distributed in the UK by Transatlantic Records. Transatlantic Records was a British Independent record label.
The Who's manager's, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp had already grappled with the rigid confines of the established record companies, culminating in a court battle to release The Who from an onerous contract with producer Shel Talmy and the Brunswick label. Christopher "Kit" Sebastian Lambert ( 11 May, 1935 &ndash 7 April, 1981) was a Record producer and the Manager This page is a list of the various personnel and line-ups that have been a part of The Who. Shel Talmy (born August 11 1937 in Chicago, Illinois United States is an American record producer best known for his work in 1960s London with The Who and Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. They had already started releasing the Who's records on Robert Stigwood's new independent 'Reaction Records' label (before the case had been finalised!) until they set up Track Records. Robert Stigwood (born April 16, 1934 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian -born Impresario and entertainment entrepreneur Reaction Records was an "Independent" British Record label run by music executive Robert Stigwood in 1966 and 1967. Reaction was distributed by Polydor and had also released the first records by the Cream. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. For the 1993 hip-hop single by the Wu-Tang Clan see CREAM CREAM is an acronym for Cognitive Reliability Error Analysis Method a Supposedly Track Records was originally a way of creating a more independent means of releasing The Who's music (ostensibly with complete creative freedom for the band), but Chris Stamp, in a filmed interview, says that at the end of 1966 he and Kit were finally spurred to set up Track in order to get involved with new arrival Jimi Hendrix[1]. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter as they couldn't manage or produce him, due to Chas Chandler having got there first. Hendrix' second single 'Purple Haze' released on 17 March 1967 was the very first Track record, originally released on a unique white Track label (black text) (after that all Track labels were black with silver text) and his first LP 'Are You Experienced' was the first Track LP
Track was one of the earliest British independent labels, although Robert Stigwood's Reaction label, had started a year earlier. Purple Haze is a song recorded in 1966 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Are You Experienced is the debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. These labels claim to independence are slightly misleading as there was no independent distribution system in place at the time, and both labels were very much reliant upon support from the major Polydor label, which is illustrated by the text "Polydor Records" appearing underneath the Track logo on the record labels. Polydor's involvement with these two "Independent" labels can be seen as learning process by Polydor who were interested in expanding their base and had little or no experience in the modern sixties Pop/Rock market, their main business being mainly 'Easy listening' orchestra and ballads, a la Bert Kaempfert.
However, for a period of 3 or 4 years in the late 1960s, Track was one of the hippest and least compromising record companies in the UK, though it lacked a roster of real hitmakers and were almost totally reliant on their major stars Jimi Hendrix and The Who. Hendrix' death in September 1970 must have been a great blow to this small company and In 1970 under the title 'Backtrack' they re-released both Hendrix and the Who's first two Track LP's (@ £1. 00!) and several budget compilations (@ £0. 99!) of mainly Who and Hendrix material (that included most of their singles) at almost giveaway prices, an unusual move. After the posthumous release of the 'The Cry of Love' LP and a couple of re-lease E. P's (the "Voodoo Chile" 3 track stereo EP being Hendrix' only No. 1 UK hit (@ only 2/6 = 15p!) in 1971 Polydor took over Hendrix' catalogue (in the USA it remained with Reprise Records), and in 1973 The Who produced Quadrophenia their last original album with Track . Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated Quadrophenia is the sixth album by the English rock band The Who. Later in 1974 Track released 'Odds and Sods' a compilation of old out-takes etc. Odds & Sods is an Album by British rock band The Who. In the Autumn of 1973 while Roger Daltrey, , which was their last chart album of Who material released by the label. The Who then jumped ship to Polydor (in the USA they remained with MCA Records). MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc This left Track with just Golden Earring on their roster and another series of old material 'Allsorts' featuring The Who and Jimi Hendrix, amongst others was released. Golden Earring are a Dutch rock band founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings (the 's' was dropped in 1969 In 1975 Golden Earring left and after that Track only released two more LPs, one by The Heartbreakers and one by Shakin' Stevens' (pre-fame). This article is about the punk group For information on Tom Petty's backing band see The Heartbreakers. Shakin' Stevens also known as ' Shaky' (born Michael Barrett, 4 March 1948 in Ely Cardiff, Wales) is a Platinum selling Welsh Rock Track ceased trading in 1978. Kit Lambert died just three years later aged only 45.
The logo and name 'Track Records' were resurrected (twenty years later) in 1999 by Ian Grant former manager of The Stranglers, The Cult and Big Country and used for his record company. The Stranglers are an English rock music group formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey. The Cult are an English rock band which gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-'80s singles like " She Sells Sanctuary " Big Country are a rock band from Dunfermline, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a Cult
References
- ^ The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Live At Monterey DVD
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