Cargo Records is a record label based in

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, which distributes musical recordings in the

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and

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. The company currently distributes records in a wide variety of genres, both as a label in its own right and as a distributor for other independent record labels. The company was first established in 1992 as a division of the

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record company Cargo Records."Cargo Files for Bankruptcy". ''Billboard'', 24 January 1998. When its original founders sold the Canadian parent company to new owners in 1995, the British office was not part of the sale — instead, it became a separate company which continued to be owned and operated by founder Phillip Hill. At the same time, his former business partner Eric Goodis took over ownership and operation of the former parent company's office in the

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to form

Cargo Music Cargo Music Inc. is an American punk rock record label based in San Diego, California. It distributes records for other labels, such as Cherry Red Records, Earth Music, FistPuppet Records, Grilled Cheese, Headhunter Records, Re-Constriction Re ...

. The American and British companies thus were not affected by the Canadian company's bankruptcy in 1997, and both remained in operation as of 2011.

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Cargo Records UK
British independent record labels Record labels established in 1992 {{UK-record-label-stub