British independent label, established in 1961 by Nat Joseph as a subsidiary of Transatlantic Records Ltd.. The common publishing company is the subsidiary Heathside Music Ltd..
Releases from the 60s have the purple and white, rough structured labels. First design had a purple round globe, stating 'Transatlantic Records'. In 1966 the design changed to a white globe in a purple square, with just a 't' next to it. Sho
... Per saperne di piùBritish independent label, established in 1961 by Nat Joseph as a subsidiary of Transatlantic Records Ltd.. The common publishing company is the subsidiary Heathside Music Ltd..
Releases from the 60s have the purple and white, rough structured labels. First design had a purple round globe, stating 'Transatlantic Records'. In 1966 the design changed to a white globe in a purple square, with just a 't' next to it. Shortly after that, the globe was aligned around the spindle hole.
In the early 70s, the label design changed again, to the multicolored and black and white 'Globe' label, which had several color variations.
In 1975, Joseph sold a 75% share of his company to Sidney Bernstein's Granada Group and the company became part of Granada. Two years later Granada sold its share to the Marshall Cavendish publishing company, which also acquired Joseph's 25% share. The new company was renamed Logo Records. In the 1990s Logo Records and the Transatlantic Records catalogue was sold to Castle Communications PLC, which was in turn taken over taken over by Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. in 1999, which itself was taken over by Universal Music Group in 2007.
Label codes (since May 1976) include: LC 0372
Back catalogue (1961-1977) released with "TRAL" prefix, are Logo Records reissues published from 1978 on.
"TRAL" means Transatlantic/Logo (TRA+L).
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