Cooking Vinyl

Headquarters: London, UK

Founded: 1986

Founded by: Martin Goldschmidt / Pete Lawrence

Link: Official Site

Genre(s):
 * Folk
 * [{Rock]]
 * Electronica
 * Pop
 * Punk

Active Roster

 * Cracker
 * Buzzcocks
 * Frank Black
 * Billy Bragg
 * Camper Van Beethoven
 * Carter USM
 * Bruce Cockburn
 * Echo And The Bunnymen
 * Jackie Leven
 * The Martinis
 * Chuck Prophet
 * Seafood
 * Richard Thompson
 * Wannadies
 * XTC
 * The Orb
 * The Minus 5
 * Gary Numan
 * Blondie
 * Hayseed Dixie

Inactive Roster

 * They Might Be Giants
 * Soft Cell
 * Pixies
 * Hanson
 * The Cowboy Junkies

Key Releases

 * Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You A Picture: The Essential Billy Bragg
 * Michelle Shocked - Texas Campfire Tapes
 * XTC - Wasp Star

Biography
Cooking Vinyl was originally founded in 1986 as a folk label, but quickly branched out to normal rock and pop as well, and even into electronica and alt. country as well. They've ended up being a bit of a clearing house for talented artists who might not be able to find a home on more mainstream labels -- particularly those that once distributed their albums. They've been around for 20 years and are still going strong, even opening up a US arm of the label as well as the standard UK original, though still, many Cooking Vinyl UK albums are put out on different labels on this side of the pond.