About
Also appears as "Charly" only. Charly Records is a label specializing in reissuing old music, most notably from the Sun Record Company and catalogs. It was founded in 1975 by Jean-Luc Young and Joop Visser. It was operated from offices in London (headed by Visser) and Paris (headed by Young). Although a British (UK) company, during their history Charly Records established several associated companies for licensing and rights, including Charly Records International APS (based in Denmark) and Charly Holdings Inc. (registered in the USA). In the 1990s they adopted proxy manufacture of CD releases via Movieplay Portuguesa, S.A.R.L., hence the SPA rights society found on such releases, although the discs were often made by MPO in France. All such releases were for the UK market only, with Ariston licensing in Italy and Spalax licensing in France. According to Giorgio Gomelsky, a producer who worked with Charly Records in the 70s, the label repeatedly released and sub-licensed recordings without the approval of artists. Charly Records (UK) Limited was dissolved in 2001, and under new management became part of the group. Distributed by Snapper Music.
Top Charly Records Releases
Sub-labels
Double Headed Monsters
Charley Records Double Headed Monsters Series
Quest For Pure Sanity
Series releasing in optimal quality of all surviving source material for all of the 13th Floor Elevator recordings.
Affinity
UK jazz reissue label, founded in London in 1977 by Joop Visser, as the jazz subsidiary of his label Charly Records. During the first ten years of its existence Affinity issued c. 220 relea...
Instant
Charly Groove
Decal
Label Code: LC 8477 / LC 08477
Charly Disco International
Charly R&B
Some logos are 'Charly Rhythm 'N Blues'.
Caliente (2)
UK label, specialized in Latin music reissues and compilations, particularly from the Fania/Tico/Allegre/Uptite/Cotique catalogs.
Charly Films
Sublabel of Charly Records for Music DVD's, mostly including CD's with the audio content and published in CD size and DVD sized Digipak's.
Classic Popular
Charly Classics
Charly Blues Masterworks
Classic Blues (3)
Two On One CD
A series of CDs released in 1994; two artists on one disc with 10 tracks each. CDTT 1 - Sam Cooke / Jackie Wilson CDTT 2 - Chuck Berry / Bo Diddley CDTT 3 - John Lee Hooker / Muddy Waters CDT...
Classic Soul
Legendary Record Labels
Series of 2 CD sets on Charly with blues, rhythm & blues and soul, each CD set devoted to a specific label.
Le Jazz (2)
The Le Jazz Series. Label (when only this logo appears) and mostly a series.
Charly Blues
Charly Latin
Contact Label
Charly Records, 9, Beadon Road, London W6 0EA United Kingdom