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Label formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans (2) in Melbourne, Australia in 1972. Note: For (unofficial) releases, see label: Mushroom (6). [b]Label Code: LC 4917[/b] Its earliest signings included Skyhooks and Split Enz and by the mid Seventies it was Australia's leading independent label, in partnership with Festival Records Pty. Ltd. The company entry associated most to this label is Mushroom Records Pty. Ltd. Mushroom went from strength to strength in the 1980s as Split Enz had substantial international success and they signed Kylie Minogue. Subsidiary labels like Liberation Records & White Label Records were also set up, as well as branches in London and Auckland. In 1993 half the company was sold to Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp and the remainder in 1998. Murdoch merged it with his Festival Records Pty. Ltd. and Mushroom Distribution Services (MDS) to form the company Festival Mushroom Records Pty. Ltd. in 1999. When FMR was sold to Warner Music in 2005, they revived the Mushroom Records name as an imprint. Label history: variations in label designs and text displayed on both vinyl and CD [b]1972-1980[/b] The original "Mushroom anti-Rip Off" label design was replaced in 1973 by a black label featuring a white-spotted red mushroom. A new design, with a cream background and the word "Mushroom" around the top edge, was introduced in early 1975. Type: "Australian Recording", "Mushroom Records". Displayed on logo where "Australian Recording" is bordered by an outline map of Australia [b]1980-1992[/b] A new label design, featuring a logo with "Mushroom" in white on stripes and arrow-heads in pink, yellow and blue on a black background, was introduced in mid-1980. This logo was placed at the top of the label on the first few releases, but was quickly moved to the bottom of the label. Type: "Aust. Recording", "Mushroom Records, Aust." Displayed on logo, where "Aust. Recording" is written across overlaying triangles [b]1992 onward[/b] A new logo was introduced, featuring a stylised mushroom formed by a horizontal arc over an M, on a square. Type: "Mushroom", "Mushroom Records, Pty Limited, Australia", "Mushroom Records International", "Mushroom Records P/L"
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Liberation Records
Liberation Records was an independent label created by and which operated between 1981 and the late nineties. It was initially distributed by [l=EMI] in Au...
White Label Records
Australian record label owned by [l=Mushroom]. In 1986 Mushroom merged it with the recently acquired '[l=Hot Records (2)]' to form the short lived '[l=White Hot]' label. By approx. 1992 'White Labe...
Bark
'Bark' is a record label that was active during the mid-1990s as a subsidiary of the Australian label [l23489] — under the umbrella company [l264310]
MXL Music
Australian label owned by [l23489] and active in the 1990s.
Standard Records (2)
Semi-defunct Australian record label founded and headed by who had previously managed , and . Artists on Standard's roster included [a=Sis...
White Hot
When [l=Mushroom] acquired the Sydney based independent [l=Hot Records (2)] in 1986 they merged it with their own [l=White Label Records] imprint to form the short lived White Hot label before even...
White/Hot Records
Use White/Hot Records for ℗ & © company credits relating to the Australian label [l66219]. Also appears as '[i]White/Hot Records Australia[/i]'. When [l23489] acquired the Sydney based independen...
Mushroom N.Z.
NZ sub-label of Mushroom Records, launched in December 1981 headed by . Initially run out of [l=Harlequin Studios] before moving to Festival Records in Grafton, Auckland, in 1982. It ...
Mushroom International
White (6)
Australian label, formerly known as [l=White Label Records]. Rebranded sometime in 1992.
Toadstool
Australia
Mushroom 25
Branding used to celebrate 25 years of Mushroom Records in 1998
OZ Records (7)
Please note: This Oz Records label has no relationship with another Australian label bearing the same name, the [a614391]-founded, EMI affiliated [l119315]. Oz Records was a sub-label of [l2348...
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