Ignition Records is a British, London based independent record company, owned by Marcus Russell
and Alec McKinlay
of
Ignition Management. The company has been releasing music on a regular basis since the late 1990s, although its inaugural release came in September 1984 with
Latin Quarter
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's single, "Radio Africa". The label is distributed by
The Orchard.
Throughout the last two decades it has signed and released music of both emerging and established artists.
The company also provides comprehensive label services to various established artists to release on their own label imprints e.g.
Stereophonics,
Primal Scream.
Ignition Records is also the primary label services and marketing operation for
Big Brother Recordings
Big Brother Recordings Ltd. is a record label set up in 2000 to release material by rock band Oasis in the UK and Ireland. On 19 June 2008 a deal was signed with Sony BMG which entitled them to an arranged portion of the profits from the ne ...
and
Sour Mash Records, which are also based at Ignition Records headquarters in Marylebone, London, England.
Artists released by Ignition Records
Compilation albums
''
Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam''
Affiliated labels
*
Big Brother Recordings
Big Brother Recordings Ltd. is a record label set up in 2000 to release material by rock band Oasis in the UK and Ireland. On 19 June 2008 a deal was signed with Sony BMG which entitled them to an arranged portion of the profits from the ne ...
*
Sour Mash Records
Sister companies
*Ignition Music: Independent music publisher
*
Ignition Management
References
External links
Ignition Records website
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British record labels