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Record company. For the label when any Sanctuary logo appears, use . Sanctuary Records is maintained in the UK solely for reissues by BMG Rights Management (as of 2013). Between 2007 and 2013, Sanctuary's parent companies and copyright holders (Sanctuary Records Ltd. and Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.) were divisions of Universal Music Operations Ltd. Sanctuary's catalogue consisted of 170,000 recordings, including the back catalogues of Trojan Records and defunct labels like Bronze, Creole, Immediate, Jet, Transatlantic, and Pye. Artists on the roster included The Charlatans, Alison Moyet, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Tyler, John Hiatt, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Brian Wilson and Joan Osbourne. The North American office was started in 2000. In August 2007, Sanctuary agreed to a £44.5m takeover by the Universal Music Group, then in September Universal announced "it has been decided that its Sanctuary Records UK division will no longer continue as a stand alone, front-line record label." Sanctuary UK still functions as a management company and handles touring for artists including James Morrison. In 2012 Universal Music Group acquired EMI and had to divest Sanctuary Records to get approval from regulators. The label and affiliated companies were sold to BMG Rights Management for £40 million. Note: The Sanctuary Group has many imprints and sub-labels. Please examine your release carefully to ascertain the correct label in the Sanctuary Group family.
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Sub-labels
Live Hits CD & DVD
reissue series as a CD + DVD package
Antidote
Antidote is a burgeoning new label at the cutting edge of black music forms – from Hip Hop and Reggae to Funk. DJ Yoda's 'How To Cut & Paste Vol. 1' – an album of scratching and other DJ techniques...
Earmark
Earmark was a joint venture between and of Italy. Reissues on 180 gram vinyl with original artwork.
Spaceman Records
Jason Pierce's vanity label for Spiritualized recordings. Originally used for Spiritualized's "Pure Phase Tones for DJ's" single (SPIRT 010T) on Dedicated. The label is often indicated by the li...
Fantastic Plastic Records
Record company. For label use .
Metal-is Records
Sanctuary Records has long been recognised for its commitment to the rock and metal markets and 2000 saw the introduction of Metal-Is, a full price label specifically dedicated to these genres. ...
Vapor Records
Neil Young's record label.
Discotheque (2)
UK label. Also appears as "A Discotheque Production".
Fab-U-Lus Records
Sanctuary sublabel specialising in box sets and limited edition items.
Sanctuary Urban
Slogan Records
Was managed by Paul Jones (13).
PRT
UK label. (Some logos are PRT Records) Label Code: LC 7140 / LC 07140 Formerly known as Pye Records. When the rights to the Pye name expired, the label changed its name in September 1980 to P...
Rock Double Packs
The Punk Collection
Series of punk compilations/reissues put out by Sanctuary Records usually bands from the early days of punk.
Peach Records (10)
Record label for primarily releases from 2003 to 2014.