Giant Records (Warner)

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Giant Records
Warner Bros. Records
Rhino Entertainment (re-issues)
GenreVarious
Country of originU.S., Sweden
Official websitewww.giantrecords.se

Giant Records was launched in 1990 as a

Warner Bros. Records and record executive Irving Azoff. Currently, this name is used as a Swedish label owned by Warner Music Sweden, a Swedish branch of Warner Music Group
.

In 1990, Giant became a subsidiary label for

Miles Zuniga, Steely Dan, Warren Zevon, Oingo Boingo, Chicago, Deep Purple, Morbid Angel, Brian Wilson, and Kenny Rogers. The label also operated a country music division in Nashville; the first act signed was Dennis Robbins.[1]

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.

See also

  • List of record labels

References

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  2. ^ Busch, Anita M. (June 5, 1995). "A Giant closing of a film production arm". Variety. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Newman, Melinda (November 29, 1997). "New Managers for Madonna, Beach Boy Wilson Heads to Revolution". Billboard. p. 12. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "Warner revives Giant as singles label in Sweden - Music Business Worldwide". musicbusinessworldwide.com. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Giant Music Officially Launches, Announces First Signing and Release". 9 June 2022.

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