The most recent
record label to use the name Rex Records was started in
2001
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as an off-shot of
XL Recordings.
Overall, it was an experiment releasing demo recordings from more left field artists. The label was the original home of
Australian artists
The Avalanches and
The Vines, and has also released the single
Seventeen Years by
Ratatat.
See also
*
List of record labels
*
Rex Records (disambiguation) Rex Records may refer to:
* Rex Records (1912), a United States-based company
* Rex Records (1933), a United Kingdom-based company selling through Marks & Spencer department stores
* Rex Records (1957), a United States-based company in Holyoke, Mas ...
References
British record labels
Record labels established in 2001
Alternative rock record labels
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