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.

Brainstorm Artists International was a label manufactured and distributed by Word, Inc.

A division of Word, Inc.

Fan club label of Ken Tamplin.

Centricity is an independent, family owned, full-service music company with offices in Seattle and Nashville. Our mission is to enable our artists to create life-changing experiences for the world. We value relationships, community, integrity, innovation and good stewardship.

FAQ. (2011). Retrieved from Centricity Music website: www.centricitymusic.com

Now defunct label that was a division of Tempo, Inc. located at 1900 W 47th Place, Mission, Kansas.

This is the producers label-- Don Sommerville

Mainstream label that has signed some Christian artists, most notably the band Stryper.

A division of Brentwood Music, Inc. (1998)

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.

The label created by David and the Giants to release their albums independently now is the label home of several artists.

Glasshouse Records was founded by members of The Choir.

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.

Distributed by the Benson Company from ?? - 1981.

Distributed by Sparrow Records from 1982 - ??.

A division of Calvary Records

This label is distributed by M8 Records.

Maranatha! Music was founded in 1971 by Chuck Smith Sr. of Calvary Chapel, to promote the “Jesus Music” his young hippie followers were writing and singing, up and down the California coast. In the early years, Maranatha! Music started signing artists because of their passionate profession of faith through music. These songs became the influential calling card of the worship music genre of that time; they belong to the Maranatha! Song catalog today. Back then, the songs considered unsuitable for the ‘traditional church’ were still being sung by millions of young people around the world.  Pastor Chuck Smith, Chuck Fromm and Tommy Coomes were among the leaders of Maranatha who were serving the church.   The mission these faithful men began continues today: It is still the song of faith that leads people into the presence of God.

Greg X Volz's label home.

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.

Priority Records was a division of CBS.

Initially called Valor Records (circa era 1961). Rainbow Sound Inc was founded by Reverend Charles Massegee in 1962. Reverend Massegee, a Southern Baptist evangelist, began recording church choirs and singers on location with his own portable equipment. As the label grew and, business expanded Rainbow Sound Inc added a studio and recording equipment. In 1969 Massegee brought in Bob Cline as a full time engineer and manager at Rainbow Sound Inc. The labels continued to grow. Between 1969 to 1971 alone Rainbow Sound recorded over 200 Gospel albums! Rainbow Sound Inc became one of the first to make sound-tracts for Gospel singers to record with. At the height of Rainbow Sound Inc. the label had over 4000 singers involved in their sound tract club. Rainbow Sound Inc. was sold in 1982 and under new ownership the label failed quickly.

Reach Records and ReachLife Ministries strive to, “bridge the gap between biblical truth and urban context.” Founded in 2003, Reach Records is a Christian music record label dedicated to using music as a means of reaching the urban community in a biblically sound way. While Reach Records employs music to reveal biblical truth, ReachLife Ministries aims to empower ministry leaders with this music in order to grow the urban church.

Now defunct, this label was distributed by Benson Records.

 An imprint of Rocketown Records.

Founded by Michael W. Smith.

Seed was Paul Clark's label. It was located in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and distributed by Word to Christian stores and by ABC to secular outlets.

Information courtesy of Both Sides Now

Custom Label

A Southern Gospel record label.

Label founded by Ben Kasica, guitarist for Skillet, and his friend Joe Snyder.

Imprint of Tooth & Nail Records.

Label of David & The Giants on which their first 5 albums were released.

European label that has released albums by Larry Howard and Larry Norman.

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

Star Song was founded in 1976 by Darrell Harris. Star Song was a division of Jubilee Communications. The label was purchased in the 1990s by EMI/Sparrow and merged into their catalog. In the late 90s, Sparrow announced the Star Song imprint would no longer be a separate label.

Sub•Lime Records was a short lived Christian record label. They were a sublabel of Essential Records, and by extension Brentwood Music (Based in Brentwood, Tennessee) and the Zomba Music Group. Their records were distributed by Provident Music Distribution. Signed artists included Honey, Fold Zandura, Kosmos Express, Quayle, Ruby Joe, and Silage.

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.