Giant Records (Warner)
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Giant Records | |
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Warner Bros. Records Rhino Entertainment (re-issues) | |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | U.S., Sweden |
Official website | www |
Giant Records was launched in 1990 as a
In 1990, Giant became a subsidiary label for
In 1992, Irving Azoff expanded the Giant brand into film production. Giant Pictures only produced one film, The Inkwell, in 1994, before shutting down a year later.[2]
In 1993, Giant became dissatisfied with Warner Music Group's practice of international affairs, so it made a deal with BMG to distribute its recordings outside the U.S. By the mid- to late 1990s, the company had replaced most of its staff and launched a subsidiary label called Revolution Records; Brian Wilson signed with the new label in 1997.[3]
The company later reverted to its original name and distributed Paladin Records, which included singer-songwriter Steve Forbert. In 2001, Warner Music Group ended its joint venture with Giant, which was absorbed into Warner Bros. Records. Since then, BMG no longer repressed and distributed any previous releases of Giant. Distribution of current reissues are done by Warner Music's reissue division, Rhino, in conjunction with Warner Records, and many reissues still include Giant logo on packaging.
In February 2015, Warner Music Sweden announced that it would reactivate Giant's name; the first single released under the new Giant Records banner was Simon Erics' "Waiting for the Sun."[4]
On June 9, 2022, Azoff relaunched a rebranded and independent version of the label with no connections to Warner called Giant Music. [5]
Giant Records recording artists
- Artists on Giant Records were primarily distributed by Warner Bros. Records. Giant recording artists marked with (#) were distributed by Reprise Records.
- Above the Law #
- Ahmad
- Deborah Allen
- Air Supply
- Army of Lovers (US) (1991-1992) #
- Atomic Opera
- Peter Blakeley
- Bangalore Choir
- Big Car
- Big Head Todd and the Monsters
- Big Mountain
- Tony Banks (US) #
- Carlene Carter
- Manu Dibango
- Certain Distant Suns
- Night & Day Big Band" album only)
- Mark Collie
- Color Me Badd #
- The Cunninghams
- David and the Giants
- The D.O.C.
- Deep Purple (US) #
- Denzil
- Disturbed #
- Divine Styler
- Thomas Dolby (US) #
- Earth to Andy
- Flame
- Hank Flamingo
- Steve Forbert (Revolution/Giant)
- Good2Go #
- Keith Harling
- House of Freaks
- Miki Howard #
- I5
- Icy Blu
- Jade#
- Jeremy Jordan #
- Tara Kemp
- Jena Kraus
- Letters to Cleo #
- Miari
- Michelle Lewis
- Lord Finesse #
- MC Hammer #
- Neal McCoy
- Tim Mensy
- Georgia Middleman
- Morbid Angel
- Joe Nichols
- Daron Norwood
- Oingo Boingo (as "Boingo")
- Orrall & Wright
- Owsley
- Pirates of the Mississippi
- Prime STH
- The Reese Project
- Pudgee tha Phat Bastard
- Regina Regina
- Boris René
- RTZ (Return to Zero) #
- Dennis Robbins
- Kenny Rogers
- Blake Shelton
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Daryle Singletary
- Skew Siskin
- Roger Springer
- Steely Dan #
- Shug & Dap
- Super Deluxe
- Sway & King Tech
- Doug Supernaw
- Tad
- Lisa Taylor
- Tony Thompson
- Too Much Joy
- Valentine
- Rhonda Vincent
- Clay Walker
- Chris Ward
- Don Williams
- Geoffrey Williams
- Brian Wilson #
- The Wilkinsons
- Zaca Creek
- Warren Zevon #
See also
- List of record labels
References
- ISBN 9781857431612.
- ^ Busch, Anita M. (June 5, 1995). "A Giant closing of a film production arm". Variety. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
- ^ Newman, Melinda (November 29, 1997). "New Managers for Madonna, Beach Boy Wilson Heads to Revolution". Billboard. p. 12. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ "Warner revives Giant as singles label in Sweden - Music Business Worldwide". musicbusinessworldwide.com. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Giant Music Officially Launches, Announces First Signing and Release". 9 June 2022.