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as "perfection, the most exciting and diversified set of reggae tunes by a single artist yet released." As
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were impressed by the label and signed on as artists. Tricky explained: "I knew I could get freedom. I knew I could do what I wanted to do.", while Harvey later stated:
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label under the Island banner and Blackwell was known to approve excessive spending by the label. Morley recalls in a 2009 book about Island Records:
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2289:Geraldine Fabrikant (22 May 1998).
2265:"Polygram shutters Island Pictures"
2033:The Great British Recording Studios
624:were also championed by Blackwell.
291:, which was recorded in late 1959.
2252:– via worldradiohistory.com.
1770:. 17 November 2014. Archived from
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982:Island's sixth decade: the artists
431:" in song with their 1968 single "
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2847:Interscope Geffen A&M Records
2263:Madigan, Nick (9 December 1997).
2186:Brandle, Lars (8 February 2013).
1372:In May 2018, incumbent president
1325:. One of the acts who guested on
1273:were formed by two brothers from
1156:paved the way for 2010's folkier
1023:in February 2011. The follow-up,
321:, in a property that was used by
3720:Companies based in New York City
3519:Universal Music Publishing Group
2638:"Supreme Recordings Discography"
1843:. London: Sanctuary Publishing.
1701:
1064:How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
52:
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2584:Laura Bruneau (27 April 2009).
2513:Olivares, Rick (24 July 2020).
2364:Aswad, Jem (30 December 2013).
1238:Canadian singer and songwriter
1192:in 2016 (an award voted for by
1107:(2012) all topping the charts.
989:'s eighth studio album, 2011's
946:The Hope Six Demolition Project
778:, The Compass Point All Stars,
277:. Its name was inspired by the
32:Island Records (disambiguation)
3760:Rhythm and blues record labels
3745:Progressive rock record labels
2133:David Sinclair (30 May 2009).
1734:Perrone, Pierre (1 May 2009).
1554:(US holding distributor under
1460:List of Island Records artists
696:The Island Def Jam Music Group
467:. We were the opening act for
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3443:Universal Music Group Nigeria
2803:Capitol Christian Music Group
2390:Perry, Andrew (27 May 2009).
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1472:List of Island Pictures films
1349:with her smooth debut album,
971:Catfish & The Bottlemen's
863:'s guitar, the dress worn by
788:Kid Creole & the Coconuts
329:label and whose landlord was
304:The Story of Island Records:
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3448:Universal Music South Africa
3405:Republic Records Philippines
2058:Reggae & Caribbean Music
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1083:), with subsequent releases
653:, once the Jamaican home of
244:include Island US president
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3486:Universal Music Enterprises
2557:Robert Frazer (June 2011).
1958:"Graeme Goodall - obituary"
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1176:Catfish & The Bottlemen
670:Under Universal Music Group
298:", sung by Jamaican singer
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3438:Def Jam Recordings Africa
3319:Universal Music Hong Kong
3276:Universal Music On Demand
3175:Mercury Records Australia
3137:Capitol Records Nashville
3127:Mercury Nashville Records
2988:Young Money Entertainment
1524:(1983–1998, 2014–present)
1500:(1963–1965 and mid-1970s)
1171:So Long, See You Tomorrow
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1841:The A-Z of Record Labels
1839:Southall, Brian (2000).
1540:Island Records Australia
1378:Sony Music Entertainment
1039:Florence and the Machine
564:Kiss of the Spider Woman
3568:Big Machine Label Group
2870:Aftermath Entertainment
2071:"Toots and the Maytals"
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1693:Witchseason Productions
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3304:PolyGram Records China
3104:Universal Music México
3099:Universal Music Latino
3071:UM Latin Entertainment
3023:Universal Arabic Music
2960:Verve Forecast Records
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1592:MonarC Entertainment
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416:and later
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