Before signing the group, the label's president, Harold Robinson, was unimpressed with the physical looks of Holt, telling staff he felt Holt was " too dark and too unattractive " to be the lead singer.

The addition of Palmer as a second lead vocalist was due to a combination of Fagen's resistance to singing in front of an audience and the label's feeling that his voice was not " commercial " enough.

His next album Hearts and Bones ( 1983 ) was well received by critics but neither it nor the lead single " Allergies " made the chart and Simon's career took a nosedive and it was several more years before the label's patience eventually paid off.

He worked often with the label's owner Sean " Puffy " Combs, producing on massive Bad Boy albums and catalog, such as the debut of R & B quartet 112, Stevie produced their lead single " Only You " featuring Notorious B. I. G., and he also produced 80 % of 112's debut album.

The label's first release was ( Super Numeri member ) Pop Levi's single " Blue Honey " in September 2006, and was followed by Pop Levi's debut album The Return To Form Black Magick Party in February 2007.

Ironically, the Platters became the label's more successful act, the Penguins never scoring a second hit single.

Although the label's music has never reflected just a single genre or underground music movement, it is arguably most notable for releasing the work of various riot grrrl bands during the mid -' 90s, some of which, especially the aforementioned Bikini Kill, generated a good deal of press attention.

Having released a cover of Them's " I Can Only Give You Everything " backed with original composition " One of the Guys " on the tiny AMG label over a year earlier, in early 1968 their second single was released by Trans-Love Energies on A-Square records ( though without the knowledge of that label's owner Jeep Holland ).

After changing their name to Manfred Mann at the behest of their label's producer John Burgess, the group signed with His Master's Voice in March 1963 and began their recorded output that July with the slow, bluesy instrumental single " Why Should We Not ?".

The album's lone single, " It's Only Love " failed to chart, but many blame the album's poor success on the record label's lack of promotion.

In 2008, Universal Music was set to reissue Running in the Family in the label's ' Deluxe Edition ' format, which takes a single disc album and turns it into a double disc package with previously unreleased bonus material.

Piccadilly's release of Brown's " Crazy Mixed Up Kid " in April 1961 was the label's first single.

Tha Dogg Pound's debut album, Dogg Food, continued the label's streak of commercial successes ; its members, rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger, joined Shakur in ridiculing New York rappers with their single " New York, New York ," featuring Snoop Dogg.

The two parted ways after only a couple of single releases, due to the band's refusal to play by the label's rules.

The label's first release was his 12 " single " Robot L. O. V. E.

cite a ' K Records t-shirt ' in the song " Knee Deep At ATP ", while early single " The International Tweexcore Underground " directly alludes to the label's International Pop Underground.

The label's MD, Jeremy Thomas, felt that the song " The Lone Ranger " was a potential hit single if only it had something more " interesting " for the intro.

Following the formation of Motown Records in 1960, the group charted with " Way Over There " before returning to the Tamla subsidiary and recorded the label's first million-selling hit single, " Shop Around ", in 1960.

Twenty of the label's artists were asked to compile a single CD of their work for the label ( Garbarek and Jarrett's compilations are double CDs ).

Without needing to get a label's approval, they were able to release a 25-track " deluxe edition " double album Barenaked Ladies Are Me, as well as releasing the album as two separate single albums, as well as a variety of other formats.

At a San Francisco performance with Modest Mouse in 2000, Sub Pop's Jonathan Poneman asked The Shins to contribute a single to the label's Single of the Month Club, which eventually became an offer to release The Shins ' 2001 single, " New Slang ", and their debut album, Oh, Inverted World.

However, due to licensing issues stemming from the label's bankruptcy, the set did not contain any material by Front 242, even though the band's single " Headhunter " had been the label's best-selling record to date.

Additionally, the success of the single directly led to 415 Records signing a deal with Columbia Records, which elevated the indie label's roster to major-label status.

The label's first releases were the Beach Boys ' " Heroes and Villains " single and Smiley Smile album in 1967, distributed by Capitol Records.

Releases from this later period included the Scientists " Swampland " ( which was actually the b-side of the single, with the a-side being " This Is My Happy Hour ") and God's " My Pal ", one of the label's most popular releases, as well as titles by Ollie Olsen's band NO, Harem Scarem, various compilations such as the Asleep At The Wheel collection of ( mostly unsigned ) Melbourne bands, and the well-received Hard To Beat, a double album tribute to the Stooges, featuring many Australian acts.

Its most successful recording artist was Sammi Smith who also recorded the label's very first single.

Reprise was heavily in debt at the time of the takeover, and the Warner Records management team was reportedly dismayed at their balance sheet being pushed back into the red by the acquisition, but they were given no choice in the matter — Ben Kalmenson, a Warner Bros. company director and close aide to Jack Warner, summoned the label's directors to a meeting in New York and explicitly told them that both he and Warner wanted the deal and that they expected them to vote in favor of it.

The song was the record label's choice for first and second single, but Spears pushed for " Me Against the Music " and " Toxic " respectively, to be released instead.

" KRS-101 ( the label's first release ) was in fact a split 7 " spoken-word record with Kathleen Hanna and Slim Moon ; other " Wordcore " releases followed.

Disc 1 is composed of the label's greatest hits, disc 2 is composed of unreleased demos and rarities, and disc 3 is composed the Fat Club 7 " series in its entirety.

In keeping with the label's origins, many SKiN GRAFT musical releases ( particularly 7 " records and LPs ) have included mini comic books as inserts.

Both releases of Hot in the Airport were cassette-only, and this, along with a 7 " vinyl single ( released in 1986 and 1991 ) containing songs from the cassette, is in fact the label's only release to date.

Relapse Records signed the band and issued a split 7 " with Isis on the label's Singles Series in July 2000.

The label's first release was a 7 " by Vitreous Humor.

On September 7, 2011, it was announced on the website for Justin Vernon's record label Chigliak Records that 12 Rods have an album awaiting release in the label's " first year of vinyl releases ", which began on May 22, 2012, with Amateur Love's It's All Aquatic, produced by Ev Olcott.

By 1985, with their financial problems mounting, each of the brothers filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and agreed to fold T-Neck Records, giving up much of the label's shares to bankers to avoid prison time for tax evasion.

Kiddyphone records were issued in three different sizes ( 7 inch, 5½ inch, and 6 inch ) during the label's lifetime.

The label's marketing, distribution and administrative functions, which had operated independently, would be folded into the parent studio in Burbank.

SST house record producer Spot went along as sound-man and tour manager, a job he would perform for several years, along with helping to record much of the label's music.

Drive-Thru's relationship with MCA Records ensured that the smaller label's more popular bands would be picked up by the major.

In June 2010, Matador Records announced that the " Classic ' 93 -' 96 Lineup " would reunite to perform at the label's 21st Anniversary celebration in Las Vegas, in October of that year.

One of the label's founding principles under Sinatra's leadership was that each artist would have full creative freedom, and at some point complete ownership of their work ; including publishing rights.

Slagel met with the band backstage and asked if they would like to be featured on the label's upcoming Metal Massacre III compilation, the band agreed.

By the late 1990s, despite its reputation for dealing heavily in hip-hop, Jive signed pop acts Backstreet Boys, ' N Sync, and Britney Spears — all of whom achieved massive success as the 2000s dawned, and would become the three best-selling acts in the label's history.

Since then, a lull of inactivity that would last three years would come about, and since then Ancient have parted ways with Metal Blade Records due to the completion of their recording contract and the label's " supposed " loss of interest in the black metal genre.

This prefix would continue to be used through most of the label's album catalogue.

Throughout the rest of the 1960s, the label's operations would be greatly aided by several unique factors, including the label's record store and studio, and its A & R department and house band.

Though Homestead claimed not to be selling copies, Albini telephoned one of the label's salespeople posing as a record buyer and was told that they would sell him copies, but not in Chicago.

However, Eric B. refused to sign the label's release contract, fearful that Rakim would abandon him.

There were reports in 2011 that Disney Music Group would start an independent US distribution arm for its label's releases, but as of February 2012, those plans have yet to be enacted.

Although initially they didn't make much impact outside of the region, they would become the label's most well known artists.

Davis himself has admitted that they were taking advantage of the money Elektra provided to them in order to create the best studio album they could regardless of the label's demands for radio hits, knowing that Superdrag would probably never have that kind of funding again.

As the recordings neared completion, they received word that their label's distribution deal with Warner had expired and would not be renewed.

Summer would have several gold and platinum albums on Casablanca from 1975 – 1979, and become the label's most successful act on the singles chart.

But the label's rise and fall would both be dramatic instances.

Fearing the loss of autonomy and worried that he would be obliged to implement Morgado's " slash-and-burn " policy to streamline the label's staff and artist roster, he refused to carry out Morgado's orders and decided not to renew his contract.

Shortly after, the group underwent a change in style, look, and name to become Insane Clown Posse, and created the Dark Carnival concept that would be continued by much of the label's other artists for years to come.

Despite an initial label's resistance to sign Peniston to more than a one-off single deal, the “ Finally ” session would after the final approval of A & M's Vice President, Mark Mazzetti, result in recording her own debut album, and discovering the Peniston's legend that established her as one of the paramount artists of the early 90's.

This announcement also stated that Bucky Covington, Kevin Fowler, Tyler Dickerson, and Rascal Flatts would be transferred to other branches of Disney Music Group ; in addition, a promotion team managed Covington's and Fowler's singles which were on the charts at the time of the label's closure.