American Recordings (record label)

American Recordings (also: American Records) is a music label based in Burbank ( Los Angeles County), which is operated by Rick Rubin. Among the most successful artists of the label include Slayer, The Black Crowes, Danzig, Johnny Cash, Sir Mix -a- Lot and System of a Down. It has the label code LC 07181st

History

American Recordings was founded in 1988 under the name of Def American Recordings after Rubin, Def Jam had left, and was originally the release of hip-hop and metal artists. As Rubin had found in 1993, the word " def " in a dictionary, he felt this was an unintended Mainstreamisierung of the concept and had it buried solemnly.

In 1993, Johnny Cash wrote a record deal with American Recordings, which caused because of the previous releases of the label for attention. Rubin himself admitted to previously known little about cash or the genre Country. Cash's album American Recordings not only had the same title as the new label, but in 1994 was also the first new publication. Collaboration with Cash was so successful that it was continued through a series of phonograms known as " American Recordings " - is called or " American " series.

The increasing diversification of under contract with American Recordings artists showed up in 1996 with the release of Donovan's " Sutras ". With the albums "Toxicity " Mezmerize "and" Hypnotize "by the band System of a Down American Recordings was able to land three number - one albums on the Billboard 200, with which the band is also one of the five artists, the two number-one had albums in the same year. published in 2006, Neil Diamond be under conditions analogous to Rubin's work recorded with Cash 's comeback album " 12 Songs ." with his second American album, " Home before dark" Diamond had his first number one in the U.S. Charts. The Texan rockers ZZ Top have also signed a record deal with American Recordings.

Since the establishment of the recordings of American Recordings were sold by numerous companies such as Warner Music, Iceland Def Jam Music Group, BMG and Sony Music. Since then, Ruby belongs to the executive floor of the Sony BMG sublabels Columbia Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment distributes the plates of American Recordings, the fact a joint venture with Columbia is so received.

Logo

The logo of American Recordings is an upside-down flag of the United States. The logo of Def American Recordings was an outline of the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) surrounded by three mentions of the label name within two concentric circles. All products that were the renaming in sales during the period were re-released with the new logo.

In addition to the artists mentioned above American Recordings published previously recorded music, among other things by the following artists: The Jesus and Mary Chain, John Frusciante, Frank Black, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Saul Williams, The Jayhawks, Neil Diamond, Tom Petty, American Head Charge, The ( International) Noise Conspiracy, Fireside, Skinny Puppy, Devo, God Lives Underwater and Mouse On Mars.

Sublabels

For American Recordings included the sub-labels Ill Labels, Infinite Zero ( specializing in reissues ), Onion Records ( specializing in esoteric and obscure pop music ), WHTE LBLs and Wild West Records, but were all set in 1997 after American Recordings from Warner Music had separated.