Island/EG Records

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   Does anyone know the relationship between Island and EG Records. King Crimson were signed to Islands but produced records for EG (it says on SABB). Island seem to have signed a lot of progressive rock bands.

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condor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 24 2005 Location: Norwich Status: Offline Points: 1069	Topic: Island/EG Records Posted: October 08 2006 at 11:00
	Does anyone know the relationship between Island and EG Records. King Crimson were signed to Islands but produced records for EG (it says on SABB). Island seem to have signed a lot of progressive rock bands.

Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813	Posted: October 08 2006 at 12:18
	Island Records was founded to produce and promote West Indian music into the UK in the mid 60's (ska, reggae) and then founder Chris Blackwell found it easy to expand by licensing independent music companies' recordings e.g. EG (e.g. Krimson, Manzanera, Bruford), Witchseason (Fairport, Sandy Denny, RichardThompson), Chrysallis, for distribution and promotion. These labels were own/run by young independent entrepenuers and inevitablly these guys had their ears to the ground and were ready to go with the underground and progressive music scene as it developed. Sorry to keep refering to Joe Boyd's autobiog White Bicycles, but there you will discover Boyd was forced to sign over Witchseason as a business to Blackwell, during a period of indebtedness. In the meanwhile Chrysallis became a self-producing independent label mid-70's.

Phil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 17 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1881	Posted: October 10 2006 at 13:23
	^ thanks for the info .... I believe Fripp is more than a little rude about EG records these days feeling that they treated him unfairly (tho' Fripp is a pretty savvy businessman himself).

space_craft Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: September 01 2006 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 39	Posted: October 12 2006 at 18:51
	Wasn't EG also KC's management? and shafted them at nearly every turn?