While they continued to play live shows during 1983 and 1984, they took a break from releasing new records to concentrate on the Alternative Tentacles record label, which would become synonymous with DIY alternative culture.

In 1984, they were released for the Atari 5200 under the Lucasfilm Games label.

Baez found herself without an American label for the release of Live Europe 83 ( 1984 ), which was released in Europe and Canada, but not released commercially in the U. S. She did not have an American release until the album Recently ( 1987 ) on Gold Castle Records.

During the same year, the German label WUS released a compilation album Rekapitulacija 1980 – 1984 ( Recapitulation 1980-1984 ).

* Berserker ( Gary Numan album ), a 1984 album, the first Numan album to be released under his self-employed record label

Early in 1984 Megadeth recorded a three song demo, and on the strength of their demo, Megadeth was asked to be signed with the New York based independent label Combat Records.

1984 saw Black Flag ( and the SST label ) at their most ambitious.

By 1984, Björk, Einar Örn, and Siggi had formed the supergroup KUKL with keyboardist Einar Melax, and released several singles on the independent British record label Crass.

In 1984, Peterson had better luck when he returned with Whaley and Rainier as Blue Cheer and a brand new album The Beast Is Back, which was released on the New York label Megaforce Records.

The steady recording and release of records by the band ( which released three albums over the course of 1984 and 1985 ) created an influx of income for the label and afforded it leverage to gather payment from distributors for other releases.

Los Lobos returned to the studio in the summer of 1984 to record its first major label album, How Will the Wolf Survive?

In October 1984, the National Parent-Teacher Association, ( PTA ), sent a letter to 30 record labels and to the Recording Industry Association of America, ( RIAA ), proposing the music industry label records that contained " explicit lyrics or content ", to " take the element of surprise out of buying an album ".

After their distribution deal with Epic Records ended in 1984, the remaining Isleys signed with Warner Bros .. Before the contract could be completed, the group agreed with the IRS to sell their stock in T-Neck Records, folding the label in 1985.

After the self-release of their first cassette in 1984, Skinny Puppy soon signed to Vancouver label Nettwerk, anchoring its early roster.

The Axis & Allies ( 1984 – present ) board game series is currently produced by WotC under the Avalon Hill label.

Hannett left the label, as he had wanted to open a recording studio, and subsequently sued for unpaid royalties ( the case was settled out of court in 1984 ).

The success of a Slade track in the US charts prompted CBS to sign Slade to their label and in mid 1984, released the single " Run Runaway.

* Los Enanitos Verdes ( The Little Green Dwarves, 1984, vinyl and cassette tape only, for Mordisco label )

By this time Metallica had been with the label for more than a decade and had racked up sales of over 40 million records, but they were still operating under the terms of their original 1984 contract, which provided a relatively low 14 % royalty rate.

The group released the non-charting single " Narrator " on the IRS label in 1984, then went into abeyance for several years.

Harvest Records was a progressive rock label of EMI, active from 1969 to 1984.

Harvest Records no longer operates as a separate label after it was absorbed into Capitol in 1984.

Their 1984 debut album, Say What You Will ... Everything Can Happen was originally released on LP and cassette by local record label Twin / Tone as a nine song EP.

During 1983 and further on in 1984, he produced four singles " The Face of Dorian Gray " " I Just Want to Dance ", " Claudette " and " Calling All Destroyers " for his friend Robert Marlow, which were released on this label.

Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed.

For instance, basketball legend, Michael Jordan became an active entrepreneur involved with many sports related ventures including investing a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, Paul Newman started his own salad dressing business after leaving behind a distinguished acting career, or rap musician, Birdman started his own record label, clothing line, and an oil business.

During this time, whilst touring Japan, they conceived and started their second record label, Ninja Tune, which continues to release diverse music by like-minded artists.

After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.

He started the record label Bedrock Records to further promote the music he was playing at the time.

The Twins players embraced the label, and in response, the Twins Front office started a " Piranha Night ", with piranha finger puppets given out to the first 10, 000 fans.

Ninja Tune is a British independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke.

The Righteous Brothers started their recording career on the small Moonglow label in 1963 with two albums and two moderate hits: " Little Latin Lupe Lu " and " My Babe ".

In the mid-1980s she started a new, highly successful record label called Record Station ( sold to German BMG in the early 90s ), followed by Anderson Records.

Finally, a white label got him a contract with Island Records and he started to record his first solo album.

Ralph Records, a record label focusing on avant-garde music, was started by The Residents.

* Priority Records, a record label started in 1985 and acquired by Capitol Records

Early activists in the colonies called themselves " Whigs ", seeing themselves as in alliance with the political opposition in Britain, until they turned to independence and started emphasising the label Patriots.

Moon initially started the label because in his words, " I just wanted to put out my friends ’ records because nobody was putting out my friends ’ records.

When the single " Flood " began to climb the charts on mainstream radio stations, Silvertone Records ( Essential's parent company ) started to heavily promote the song, turning it into one of the biggest mainstream hits ever by a band on a Christian label.

In 1991 Jon Bon Jovi he started his own label, Jambco Records, and produced Aldo Nova's album Blood on the Bricks and Billy Falcon's album Pretty Blue World.

Poe started a campaign which she referred to as the " Re-POE-Session ", an attempt to gain control of her master recordings from her former record label, Atlantic Records, because they refused to re-release her albums although she was still under contract.

In 1995, Massive Attack started a label under EMI, Melankolic, and signed Craig Armstrong, as well as a number of other artists: Horace Andy, Alpha, Sunna and Day One.

The Weinsteins started a new film production company called simply The Weinstein Company, and took the Dimension Films label with them.

However, through the few gigs he could find, he regained his professional footing and started recording with the Warner Bros. Records label.

In about 1929 or 1930, the " Rhythm Style Series " started: jazz records culled from the OKeh label.

Their first work appeared on the Soul City label, which was started by Imperial Records / United Artists Records recording artist Johnny Rivers.

Although the group's demo tape was rejected by Motown, Gordon agreed to manage them and brought them to the attention of Johnny Rivers, who had just started his own label, Soul City Records.