Cooking Vinyl

Headquarters: London, UK

Founded: 1986

Founded by: Martin Goldschmidt / Pete Lawrence

Link: Official Site

Genre(s):

• Folk
• Rock
• Alt. Country
• Electronica
• Pop
• Punk

Active RosterEdit

• 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 RosterEdit

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

Key ReleasesEdit

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

BiographyEdit

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.

Further ReadingEdit

• Wikipedia Page