Labels

A label that was based in Hollywood, California.

The label Jeff Johnson created to distribute his albums.

Division of K-tel International (USA), Inc.

BEC Recordings is a rock record label that is an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. The label was formed in 1997 by Tooth & Nail president, Brandon Ebel in partnership with the EMI Christian Music Group. The label is home to many bands that, while falling under the Christian rock/Contemporary umbrella, that also have a more adult sound to the music, as opposed to Tooth & Nail Records or its other subsidiaries Solid State Records and Uprok Records, which tend to be more focused on more of a mainstream Alternative rock sound

Record label owned by renowned industry veterans Mike Blanton, Dan Harrell and Steve Thomas, BHT Entertainment is led by General Manager Troy Collins, a former Gotee and ForeFront Records executive. Collins will oversee three divisions under the BHT umbrella, each concentrating on a specific genre: R&B/Urban, CCM/Pop and Mainstream Pop/Rock.

The Birdwing imprint was a special projects division of Sparrow Records.

Blonde Vinyl records started as imprint for two of Michael Knott's independent releases in 1984 and 1989. Sometime in 1990 or 1991, Michael decided to turn Blonde Vinyl into a full music label. The Christian music industry had started to grow a little stale during this time, so Knott decided to focus on developing bands that were creative and edgy. Blonde Vinyl released albums by bands that played styles of music that weren't very popular with the pop crowd, from punk to grunge, gothic to industrial, and synthpop to spoken word. In all, 32 albums and 3 compilations were released by Blonde Vinyl Records and/or one of the 3 official sub-labels, all of which were released on cassette and compact disc. When Blonde Vinyl's distributor (Spectra) went under in 1993, Michael attempted to resurrect Blonde Vinyl under the name of Siren records. This was a very short-lived attempt. Blonde Vinyl paved the way for the much more successful Tooth & Nail records, who inherited many unreleased Blonde Vinyl bands in 1993.

This label is a division of Creative Station Media and is releasing fully licensed and authorized CDRs of various live performances of many diverse bands and styles of music.

Part of the Butterfly Group, a group of record labels founded by Bob Carlisle, George King and Mike Rinaldi.

A division of the Atlantic Recording Corporation.

Crowne Music was founded by Gary Chapman and David Byerley, and is distributed by WEA.

Difference Media is a division of Cornerstone Church, founded and pastored by John Hagee. The label features some of the leading names in Southern Gospel music, including Aaron & Amanda Crabb, Canton Junction, Matthew Hagee, Tim Duncan, The Cornerstone Sanctuary Choir, John Hagee and The Hagees. A non-denominational evangelical church with more than 20,000 active members, Cornerstone Church is home to John Hagee Ministries, which telecasts Pastor Hagee’s radio and television teachings throughout America and to more than 190 countries around the globe. The ministry also operates GETV, a 24/7 online television and video on-demand broadcast of sermons and original programming, as well as music videos and performances by Difference Media artists (www.getv.org)

A division of Urgent Music Group.

eOne Christian Music is dedicated to the support of culturally-relevant and ministry-focused artists. Established in 2005, the Christian division of eOne Christian Music is fast becoming an emerging voice in Christian music with a roster including The Myriad, gospel chart-topper William McDowell and the recent signings of strong emerging talent such as Rush Of Fools, Echoing Angels and Nathan Tasker. eOne Christian Music is distinguished by their strong focus on artist development, their commitment to building relationships with artists and their goal to build lasting ministries, while making a difference in both the music industry and the global community.

A division of Word, Inc.

 Distributed by Provident in 2011

As the dust settles around INTEGRITY MEDIA's announcement that it will sell INTEGRITY MUSIC to DAVID C COOK (NET NEWS 6/13), one might wonder what happened to INO RECORDS, the label home of MERCYME, THE AFTERS, DARLENE ZSCHECH, LAURA STORY and PHILLIPS, CRAIG & DEAN, among others. INTEGRITY MEDIA purchased NASHVILLE-based INO in 2002.

The answer is that INO Founder/Pres. JEFF MOSELEY has purchased certain assets associated with INO RECORDS from INTEGRITY MEDIA and established the new label FAIR TRADE SERVICES with many of the staff and artist roster remaining involved. The label remains based in NASHVILLE.

This label published "Collection", a greatest hits collection from former Petra lead vocalist Greg X. Volz in 1992.

Distributed by Star Song Communications.

Flying Tart was an independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was started by Alex Parker, formerly of R.E.X. Records, and operated from 1990 until 1997.

The Seventy Sevens' own record label.

A division of Malaco Records.

Guardian's own record label that they used to release some custom projects.

Good News Records was distributed by Myrrh Records. In 1989, the label changed its name to Ocean Records.

Gray Matters is a record label/imprint structured underneath the Nettwerk Music Group. The label was founded in 2007 by Jars of Clay band members Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark, and Charlie Lowell. The creation of the label was in response to the band's record contract ending with Essential Records, and the band's desiring to control their music output. The label is distributed by Provident/Integrity Distribution to the Christian and mainstream markets.

German metal record company.

HeartWarming Records was a Southern Gospel label distributed by the Benson Company.

A division of Spring Hill Music Group.

Founded in 1981 in Nashville, Tennessee, this label is currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

In the 1980s, Home Sweet Home was distributed by Myrrh Records.

Label of Yes keyboardist, Rick Wakeman.

IMR was founded in in 2010 and re-issued some of the Frontline/Intense catalog. They stopped production of re-issues and re-masters in 2012 due to funding issues. 

Distributed by M8 Records.

In the summer of 1999, the youth group led by Banning Liebscher at Bethel Church in Redding, California, launched the first Jesus Culture conference. The heart of these gatherings was to serve other churches and lead young people to experience the radical love of God. At each conference there was a strong presence of the Lord, and the youth and young adults were going back to their homes, schools, work places and churches, completely impassioned and transformed.

A few years into hosting conferences at Redding, the Lord began to speak to us about a new breed of revivalists that were emerging throughout the earth to answer the cry of God’s yearning for nations. Our mandate was defined: to raise up, mobilize, equip, encourage, resource, and send these burning ones to fulfill the call of God on their lives, and see entire cities saved, campuses revolutionized, and nations discipled. The Lord revealed they would be marked by four main characteristics:

1) They would be connected with spiritual fathers and mothers and aligned under their covering.
2) They would be passionately in love with Jesus – encountering His extravagant love for them daily.
3) They would give their lives to prayer and know how to win the war in the heavens.
4) They would walk in the supernatural – demonstrating the Kingdom of God through power.

It soon became very clear to us that worship was to be a significant part of our movement. Kim Walker-Smith, Chris Quilala, and Melissa How were worship leaders at our local youth group, and the Lord began to use them to bring an entire generation into whole-hearted worship.

Shortly after God commissioned us to mobilize this new breed of revivalists, we began taking Jesus Culture conferences to different regions, and currently hold them in Redding, Orange County, Dallas/Ft Worth, Chicago, Atlanta, and multiple cities through Australia and England. Also, in response to our mandate, Jesus Culture Music and Campus Awakening have been inspired and birthed out of Jesus Culture.

Jesus Culture Music
Jesus Culture Music exists to ignite revival in the nations of the earth. Our heart is to compel the Body of Christ to radically abandon itself to a lifestyle of worship, motivated by a passion to see God receive the glory that is due His name. We long for Jesus to be exalted in the nations and for His manifest presence to invade this world. Although we aspire for people to sing great worship songs, we are primarily committed to see them come into His presence through worship… to encounter His extravagant love and raw power.

Now defunct label that was based in Reseda, California, and was distributed by Sparrow Records.

A division of Noble Music Group.

Bluegrass label distributed by the Benson Company.

Now defunct label that was headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Meadowlark was a label manufactured, marketed and distributed by The Sparrow Corporation. It was created to release contemplative instrumental music that was similar in sound to what was marketed in the mainstream music world as New Age music.

In 1998, Metro One was distributed by Myrrh Records.

Milk & Honey Records was a division of the Zondervan Corporation. (1985)

Christian Record Label based in Nashville TN

Now defunct label that was headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Manufactured and distributed by Malaco Records and Tapes.

 a division of Music World Entertainment, distributed by Universal.

Distributed by Vineyard Music Group.

A division of Singspiration Music. Part of the Zondervan Corporation.

Distributed by the Benson Company.

 Distributed by Sparrow Records: 1984

Kerry Livgren created this label to distribute his music and the music of a few other artists.

Iona's own record label.

Pickwick was a mainstream label that released mainly "best of" collections of different artists. They released a Christian album of Jesus Music by Street Christians in 1971.

R.E.X. Records was an independent record label founded by Doug Mann and Gavin Morkel, which operated from 1987 until 1995. Operations were based in Chicago until 1990 when the company moved to Nashville. The label was artistic in nature, and though they were especially active in the Christian metal genre, some acts were also marked to mainstream audiences. Sublabels included Storyville Records and Street Level Records (founded by Randy Stonehill.)

In Christian markets their records were distributed by the Diamante Music Group until 1995 when they switched to Light Distribution. In general markets the label was distributed by RED.

For a short time, R.E.X. provided distribution for Grrr Records.

Primarily a reissue label, Retroactive has focused on the hard rock/heavy metal styles of music, with CD releases by Daniel Band, Barnabus, Resurrection Band, and others.

Country label distributed by the Benson Company.

After years of being on mainstream labels, Ricky Skaggs formed his own record label to release his own albums. The label now is home to other artists as well.

Record label started by Disciple.

SRE Recordings was launched in May 2005 as a rock imprint of INO Records.

Survivor Records is a British Christian Music record label and is a sub-ministry of Kingsway Communications. The label launched in 1997 as a medium by which to publish music associated with the Soul Survivor events.

Verity Records is an American gospel music-focused record label founded in 1994. The label is a now major component and namesake of Verity Gospel Music Group (formerly Zomba Gospel), the Gospel group operated by Jive Label Group, which in turn is owned by Sony Music Entertainment.

Swedish record label.

Wal was a division of Word Records & Music.

Warner Alliance was a Contemporary Christian imprint of Warner Music Group. Its operations were suspended in 1998. Artists on the label included Billy & Sarah Gaines, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Caedmon's Call, Donnie McClurkin, First Call, Wayne Watson, Take 6, Mid South, and the Worldwide Message Tribe. Albums released on the label are now controlled by Word Entertainment.

Distributed by Word, Inc.

Imprint label from "Word."