[mb-users] interesting case: EMI Electrola/Records/Chrysalis

[Chris B]

looks like EMI Electrola, licensed from Nix Checking People Records
(or they've just left that label name for 'vanity' reasons), so EMI
Electrola are the label, i think.



2008/4/20 Johannes Dewender <brainz at jonnyjd.net>:
> I have a difficult case for finding the definitive label in
>  http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=8657511
>
>  The images of the cover are available at
>  http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=822408
>
>  from the edit notes:
>  > We have a logo of Nix Checking People Records, a label which
>  definetely produced AB before, but we also have an EMI Electrola logo
>  and an EMI? cat#, which was not on the other Nix Checking releases.
>  (and no Nix Checking cat#, like in other releases)
>  > However, we also have a Labelcode LC 0542 which has this entry on
>  wikipedia: EMI / Chrysalis Records Ltd. which has also an entry in MB,
>  but again another LC.
>  > I found out that LC 0542 is noted for EMI Records on MB, but this
>  doesn't mean that we should use this as label, since the marking says
>  rather EMI Electrola (which as an entry in MB).
>
>  For me, this is too much of confusion. I like to have small independent
>  labels with short and pregnant cat# (like JPK 28 for JKP) and only one
>  corresponding Labelcode ;-)
>
>  If somebody has some experience with EMI, I would be interested what
>  label we should put in the release event and a reasoning why. This is
>  not high priority of course, but I am willing to learn.
>
>  --JonnyJD
>
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