Vertigo Records — BrandWiki
BrandWiki / Vertigo Records bgcolor #000000 parent Universal Music Group founded 1969 status Active distributor Universal Music Germany
EMI Records (UK)
Republic Records (U.S.) genre Hard rock
progressive rock
psychedelic rock
pop soul
heavy metal
glam metal (import bands) country UK (originally)
Germany (today)
Vertigo Records is a British record company . It was a subsidiary of the Philips/Phonogram record label, launched in 1969 to specialise in progressive rock and other non-mainstream musical styles. [1] Today, it's operated by Universal Music Germany [2] and the UK catalogue was folded into Mercury Records , which was absorbed in 2013 by Virgin EMI Records , which returned to the EMI Records name in June 2020. [3]
History Vertigo was launched by Olav Wyper [1] when he was Creative Director at Phonogram
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It was launched as a competitor to labels such as Harvest (a prog subsidiary of EMI ) and Deram ( Decca ). It was the home to bands such as Colosseum , Jade Warrior , Affinity , Ben and other bands from 'the "cutting edge" of the early-'70s British prog-folk-post-psych-early Heavy Metal circuit'.
The first Vertigo releases came with a black and white spiral label, [4] which was replaced with Roger Dean 's spaceship design in 1973. Vertigo later became the European home to various hard rock bands signed to Mercury in North America, such as Bon Jovi , Rush and Kiss .
Vertigo is a division of Republic Records in the United States and operates as EMI Records in the UK, which in turn is a frontline music group operation of Universal Music UK. Island Records manages Vertigo's North American back catalogue that was once distributed by Mercury. In France, Vertigo France existed as a sub-label of Universal Music France's Barclay Records until 2014, when it was renamed as Island France. In Germany, Vertigo has merged with Capitol Records and is mainly used for German rock artists, and is named Vertigo/Capitol (notable contract exception here is Lewis Capaldi , he comes from UK). The label's legacy artists include Metallica (outside the US and Canada), Razorlight , Rush (Europe) and Dire Straits (except the US). More recent signings include The Rapture , The Killers (UK/Ireland), One Night Only , Amy Macdonald , Noisettes and Thee Unstrung between 2004 and 2005 and Kassidy in 2009. Black Sabbath returned to the label in 2013 (including the US and Canada for the first time via sister label Republic ) until their dissolution in 2017 although former sister label Sanctuary Records Group acquired international rights to their back catalogue in the interim (the band were last on Vertigo in 1987).
Vertigo/Capitol (formerly Vertigo Berlin) is today the only active Vertigo label in the Universal Music Group. Artists signed to Vertigo/Capitol are Rammstein , Chvrches , Herbert Grönemeyer , Andreas Bourani , Haim , AnnenMayKantereit , Gzuz , Volbeat or Sportfreunde Stiller . [5] Unheilig 's sixth studio album Große Freiheit became one of the most successful albums in Germany of all time and sold 2 million albums. The collaboration album Palmen aus Plastik 2 by the rapper Bonez MC and RAF Camora stayed for 58 weeks at the German charts and was the first album to have 8 songs in the top 10 single charts in the release week. Shirin David 's debut album Supersize was the first album by a female hip hop artist to chart at #1. [6] Also international artists like Lana Del Rey , [7] Dua Lipa , [8] Sigrid or Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi [9] launched their careers on Vertigo.
External links «Rock had to knock twice» an article on Swiss rock music history in Switzerland 1969–1987.
«Rock musste zweimal anklopfen»
https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/kultur/50-jahre-rock-in-der-schweiz-eine-spurensuche-in-der-ereignisreichen-zeit-der-gruendergeneration-ld.1222310 6360 630 Atlantis – Get on Board
6360 631 Cuby + Blizzards – Red, White, 'N Blue
6360 853 Kayak – Royal Bed Bouncer
6360 903 Dragon – Scented Gardens for the Blind
6366 113 Snafu – Situation Normal
6366 115 Black Sabbath – Sabotage
6370 405 Nazareth – Hair of the Dog
6370 407 Baker Gurvitz Army – Elysian Encounter [Germany]
6370 850 Far East Family Band – Nipponjin
9102 002 Status Quo – On the Level
9102 003 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Tomorrow Belongs to Me
9102 005 Streetwalkers – Downtown Flyers [France]
9103 202 Baker Gurvitz Army – Elysian Encounter [France]
1976
6357 103 Buffalo – Mother's Choice
6360 128 Status Quo – Blue for You
6360 129 Graham Parker – Howlin' Wind
6360 135 John Stevens' Away – Somewhere in Between
6360 136 City Boy – Dinner at the Ritz
6360 137 Graham Parker – Heat Treatment
6360 139 90 Degrees Inclusive – 90 Degrees Inclusive
6360 632 Bobby Stern & Head, Heart and Hands – Libra
6360 633 Lucifer's Friend – Mind Exploding
6360 634 Toto Blanke – Electric Circus
6360 635 Eela Craig – One Nighter
6360 636 Lady – Lady
6360 637 Tea – Tax Exile
6360 854 Kayak – The Last Encore
6360 855 Rick van der Linden and Trace – The White Ladies
6370 412 Nazareth – Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll
6370 413 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – The Penthouse Tapes [Germany]
6370 415 The Martin Ford Orchestra – Smoovin'
6370 416 Baker Gurvitz Army – Hearts on Fire
6370 417 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – SAHB Stories
6370 418 Nazareth – Play 'n' the Game [Netherlands]
9102 006 Status Quo – Blue for You [France]
9102 007 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – The Penthouse Tapes [UK]
9102 008 Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
9102 009 Status Quo – Piledriver [France]
9102 010 Streetwalkers – Red Card
9102 012 Thin Lizzy – Johnny the Fox
9102 750 Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy [UK/France]
9103 204 Nazareth – Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll [France]
9103 205 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – The Penthouse Tapes [France]
9103 207 Nazareth – Play 'n' the Game [France]
9124 100 Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy
1977
6357 104 Buffalo – Average Rock 'n' Roller
6360 141 John Stevens' Away – Mazin Ennit
6360 145 Clover – Unavailable
6360 146 Magna Carta – Martin's Café
6360 147 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Vambo Rools 'Big Hits and Close Shaves
6360 148 Jerry Riopelle – Little Bit at a Time
6360 149 The Rumour – Max
6360 151 City Boy – Young Men Gone West
6360 152 Fairport Convention – The Bonny Bunch of Roses [Europe]
6360 155 Clover – Love on the Wire
6360 856 Kayak – Starlight Dancer
6370 421 SAHB – Fourplay
6370 425 Krazy Kat – Troubled Air
6641 580 Status Quo – Live!
6641 703 Streetwalkers – Live
9102 013 Streetwalkers – Vicious But Fair
9102 014 Status Quo – Rockin' All Over the World
9102 015 Fairport Convention – The Bonny Bunch of Roses [UK]
9102 016 Thin Lizzy – Bad Reputation
9102 017 Graham Parker and The Rumour – Stick to Me
9102 018 City Boy – Young Men Gone West [France]
9103 208 Nazareth – Expect No Mercy [France]
9124 360 Anthony Phillips – The Geese and the Ghost [Netherlands]
1978
6326 064 Vic Vea Band – Toad
6360 638 Eela Craig – Hats of Glass
6370 430 Joe Breen – More Than Meets the Eye
6413 506 Teaser – Teaser
6413 507 Kayak – Phantom of the Night
6641 797 Graham Parker and The Rumour – The Parkerilla
6641 807 Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous
9102 019 British Lions – British Lions
9102 020 Bethnal – Dangerous Times
9102 021 Dire Straits – Dire Straits
9102 022 Fairport Convention – Tipplers Tales
9102 024 Graham Parker and The Rumour – The Parkerilla [France]
9102 026/028 City Boy – Book Early
9102 027 Status Quo – If You Can't Stand the Heat...
9102 029 Bethnal – Crash Landing
9102 751 Black Sabbath – Never Say Die!
9103 210 Nazareth – No Mean City [France]
9124 101 Black Sabbath – Never Say Die! [Germany]
9124 361 Anthony Phillips – Wise After the Event [Germany]
9198 106 The Tapes – You Just Can't Sleep [Germany]
9198 187 Kayak – Phantom of the Night [Netherlands]
1979
6326 976 Flame Dream – Elements
6360 168 Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks [Europe]
6360 169 Thin Lizzy – Black Rose: A Rock Legend
6360 170 Dire Straits – Communique [Europe]
6360 640 Duesenberg – Strangers
6360 642 Earth and Fire – Reality Fills Fantasy
6370 429 Voyager – Halfway Hotel [Germany]
6830 798 Transworld – The Makers of Music
9102 030 Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks [UK]
9102 031 Dire Straits – Communique [UK]
9102 032 Thin Lizzy – Black Rose: A Rock Legend
9102 033 Geraint Watkins and the Dominators – Geraint Watkins and the Dominators
9102 034 Magna Carta – Seasons [French Reissue]
9102 035 Magna Carta – Lord of the Ages [French Reissue]
9102 036 City Boy – The Day the Earth Caught Fire
9102 037 Status Quo – Whatever You Want
9103 560 Anthony Phillips – Sides [France]
9124 362 Anthony Phillips – Sides
9198 430 Charlatan – Een Pa Hatten
9198 448 Jo Lemaire + Flouze – Jo Lemaire + Flouze
1980
6302 017 Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell [Europe]
6302 057 Status Quo – Just Supposin'
6359 016 Paul Carrack – Nightbird
6359 024 City Boy – Heads are Rolling
6359 026 Dalek I – Compass Kumpas [Germany]
6359 030 Thin Lizzy – Chinatown
6359 034 Dire Straits – Making Movies
6359 039 Tom Robinson / Sector 27 – Sector 27
6360 177 Phil Lynott – Solo in Soho [Europe]
6360 641 Xynn – Dreams About Reality
6360 644 Schadel Bros. – You Can Match a Surprise
6370 432 Nazareth – Malice in Wonderland
6370 433 Voyager – Act of Love
6413 960 Kayak – Periscope Life
6435 050 Dreamworld – On Flight to the Light
6435 052 Sunny Jim Band – Maximum Pain
6435 059 Elephant – On My Feet Again
6435 060 Beggars Opera – Lifeline
6435 073 Xynn – Computed Man
6435 077 Duesenberg – Chapter IV
9102 038 Phil Lynott – Solo in Soho [UK]
9102 040 Def Leppard – On Through the Night
9102 752 Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell [UK]
9198 686 Warm Guns – Instant Schlager
1981
6302 099 Nazareth – The Fool Circle
6302 104 Status Quo – Never Too Late
6302 119 Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
6302 151 Graham Bonnet – Line-Up
6302 162 Genesis – Abacab [Germany]
6344 234 Warm Guns – Italiano Moderno
6359 045 Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry
6359 066 City Boy – It's Personal
6359 083 Thin Lizzy – Renegade 6359 087 [18] Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
6367 016 Flame Dream – Out in the Dark
6367 025 Killer – Ladykiller
6435 094 Yello – Solid Pleasure
6435 100 Sunny Jim Band – Jay
6435 118 Elephant – Welcome to the China Shop
6435 123 Yello – Claro Que Si
6449 066 Kraftwerk - Elektro Kinetik
6650 006 Nazareth – 'Snaz 6435 156 Warning – Warning
6435 157 Nervous Germans – Nervosen Deutschen [Germany]
6435 160 Kriwanek & Vincent – Kriwanek & Vincent
6435 161 Tom Robinson – North by Northwest [Germany]
6483 334 T.V.C. – T.V.C.
6483 336 P.L.J. Band – Armageddon
6483 383 Made in Greece (Various Artists)
6650 008 Genesis – Three Sides Live [Germany]
1983
6359 124 Soft Cell – The Art of Falling Apart [Netherlands]
6435 197 Flame Dream – Travaganza
6650 009 Black Sabbath – Live Evil
810 427 TNT – TNT
810 457 Rao Kyao – Fado Bailado
811 014 Antonio Pinho Vargas – Outros Lugares
811 422 Jo Lemaire – Concorde
812 035 Satan Jokers – Les Fils Du Metal
812 142 Warm Guns – Follow Your Heart or Fall
812 166 Yello – You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess
812 396 Nazareth – Sound Elixir
812 597 Novalis – Sterntaucher
812 882 Thin Lizzy – Life
814 090 Warning – Electric Eyes
814 286 Nervous Germans – Summer of Love
814 287 Genesis – Genesis [outside UK/Ireland/US/Canada]
814 363 Twelve Drummers Drumming – Twelve Drummers Drumming
814 396 Edoardo Bennato – E Arrivato Un Bastimento [Switzerland]
814 480 African Music (Various Artists)
814 661 ABC – Beauty Stab
818 018 Warm Guns – Hey-Hey-Hey
VERS 2 Def Leppard – Pyromania
VERL 3 Thin Lizzy – Thunder and Lightning
VERL 4 Mark Knopfler – Local Hero
VERS 5 Dio – Holy Diver
VERD 6 Thin Lizzy – Life [Ireland]
VERL 7 Coney Hatch – Outta Hand
VERL 8 Black Sabbath – Born Again
VERL 9 Kiss – Lick It Up
VERH 10 Status Quo – Back to Back
1984
818 244 Dire Straits – Alchemy: Dire Straits Live
818 313 Satan Jokers – Trop Fou Pour Toi
818 416 ATC – Cut in Ice
818 430 Cherry – Als je dat maar weet
818 436 Soft Cell – This Last Night in Sodom
818 865 TNT – Knights of the New Thunder
818 947 Status Quo – Live at the N.E.C.
VERH 12 Rush – Grace Under Pressure
VERL 13 Lita Ford – Dancin' on the Edge
VERL 14 Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi
VERL 15 John Illsley – Never Told a Soul
VERL 16 Dio – The Last in Line
VERH 17 Mark Knopfler – Cal
VERL 18 Kiss – Animalize
VERL 20 Nazareth – The Catch
VERH 42 Warlock – Burning the Witches
1985
822 820 Yello – Stella
VERL 19 Randy California – Restless
VERL 23 Coney Hatch – Friction
VERL 24 Bon Jovi – 7800 Fahrenheit
VERH 25 Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
VERL 26 Keel – The Right to Rock
VERH 28 Warlock – Hellbound
VERH 30 Dio – Sacred Heart
VERH 31 Rush – Power Windows
VERH 32 Kiss – Asylum
1986
830 300 Nazareth – Cinema
VERH 29 Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi – Seventh Star
VERL 33 Keel – The Final Frontier
VERH 34 Frankie Miller – Dancing in the Rain
VERH 36 Status Quo – In the Army Now
VERH 37 Cinderella – Night Songs
VERH 38 Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
VERH 41 Warlock – True as Steel
1987
830 813 Ad Visser – Hi-Tec Heroes
830 821 Extrabreit – Sex After 3 Years in a Submarine
VERH 39 TNT – Tell No Tales
VERH 43 IQ – Nomzamo
VERH 44 Tony MacAlpine – Maximum Security
VERH 45 Jeff Paris – Wired Up
VERH 46 Dio – Dream Evil
VERH 47 Rush – Hold Your Fire
VERH 48 Mortal Sin – Mayhemic Destruction
VERH 49 Kiss – Crazy Nights
VERH 50 Warlock – Triumph and Agony
VERH 51 Black Sabbath – The Eternal Idol
VERH 52 Tom Kimmel – 5 to 1
VERH 53 Mark Knopfler – The Princess Bride
1988
VERH 55 L.A. Guns – L.A. Guns
VERH 57 China – China
VERH 58 Status Quo – Ain't Complaining
VERH 59 Cinderella – Long Cold Winter
VERH 60 Vinnie Moore – Time Odyssey
VERH 61 Metallica – ...and Justice for All
VERH 62 Bon Jovi – New Jersey
VERH 64 Dire Straits – Money For Nothing (Compilation)
1989
838 016 Doro – Force Majeure
838 592 L.A. Guns – Cocked & Loaded
838 913 Kiss – Hot in the Shade
842 098 Status Quo – Perfect Remedy
842 247 China – Sign in the Sky
1990s
846 033 Dio – Lock Up the Wolves
846 194 Doro – Doro
846 322 New Wave of British Heavy Metal '79 Revisited (Various Artists) [Canada]
846 908 Scorpions – Crazy World [Europe]
848 018 Cinderella – Heartbreak Station
848 341 Status Quo – Rock 'Til You Drop
510 022 Metallica – Metallica
510 102 Doro – True at Heart
510 146 All About Eve – Touched by Jesus
510 160 Dire Straits – On Every Street
510 230 Big Country – No Place Like Home
512 818 Treat – Treat
517 367 Status Quo – Live Alive Quo
514 309 Doro – Angels Never Die
518 252 Texas – Ricks Road
518 486 Dio – Strange Highways
518 866 Kerbdog – Kerbdog
526 804 Doro – Machine II Machine
514 732 Mark Knopfler – Golden Heart
532 618 Metallica – Load
536 409 Metallica – Reload
538 351 Metallica – Garage Inc.
546 797 Metallica – S&M
2000s
06024 9865 Metallica – St. Anger
9865465 The Rapture – Echoes
986680-3 Razorlight – Up All Night
987538-5 The Killers – Hot Fuss
9870970 Thee Unstrung – Psycho [7" single]
06025 1703 Razorlight – Razorlight
06025 1706 The Rapture – Pieces of the People We Love
1706 722 The Killers – Sam's Town
9856 134 Dirty Pretty Things – Waterloo to Anywhere
9877 358 Boy Kill Boy – Civilian
173 212-4 Amy Macdonald – This is the Life
1751 052 Tarja Turunen – My Winter Storm
175 183-9 One Night Only – Started a Fire
9841 570 Noisettes – What's the Time Mr. Wolf?
00602 5177 Metallica – Death Magnetic
1748 292 Boy Kill Boy – Stars and the Sea
1761 130 Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit – A Larum
1768 177 Noah and the Whale – Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
177 236-7 Dirty Pretty Things – Romance at Short Notice
1785 121 The Killers – Day & Age
1789 891 Razorlight – Slipway Fires
1792 832 Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts
BSAV 6971 Black Sabbath – Alternate Version 69-71
2010s
00602 5275 Unheilig – Grosse Freiheit
06025 2731 Shout Out Louds – Work
Stromae – Cheese
06025 2742 Tarja – What Lies Beneath
06025 2754 Aloe Blacc – Good Things
2746 005 Brandon Flowers – Flamingo
275 381 4 Volbeat – Beyond Hell/Above Heaven
HOPESTCJ1 Kassidy – Hope St.
2745 135 Chase & Status – No More Idols
530731 Metallica – Beyond Magnetic
60252 7815 Lou Reed and Metallica – Lulu
06025 2796 Unheilig – Lichter der Stadt
3718548 Soundgarden – King Animal
3735427 Black Sabbath – 13
3748162 2raumwohnung – Achtung Fertig
06025 3789 Klangkarussell – Netzwerk
3756342 Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
0602577019036 Within Temptation – Resist 