Vertigo Records
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Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI (with Harvest Records), Decca Records (with Deram Records) and RCA (with Neon Records). First releases on the Vertigo label were first (and very shortly) released on the Philips owned Fontana label like Manfred Mann's Chapter II and Juicy Lucy and switched to the new "progressive label".
Some of the first artists to sign included Mike Absalom, Dr.Z, Catapilla, Cressida, Colosseum, Black Sabbath, Jade Warrior, Nirvana, Kraftwerk, Ben, Keith Tippett Group, Tudor Lodge and Magna Carta. After Philips Records was renamed to Phonogram Records, majors like Status Quo and Thin Lizzy joined Vertigo too. Now part of the Universal Music Group, Vertigo is a division of Mercury Records and distributes Status Quo, Metallica and Dire Straits. The label have also carried Rod Stewart, Gentle Giant, Paul Carrack, Modern English (Canada only), Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, L.A. Guns, and Curt Smith.
Trivia
Vertigo's famous op art "swirl logo" is visible in the record shop in Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange (1971).See also
External links
- [Official site]
- [A discography of original UK Vertigo albums with the "swirl" label design]
- [Pictures of the different Vertigo label designs used throughout the years]
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