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| founded =1969 | founder =Tony Stratton-Smith | defunct =1986 | distributor =Capitol Music Group | genre =Progressive rock | country =England | location = | url = }} Charisma was a British record label that was founded by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith in 1969. Gail Colson was label manager and joint managing director. She left to form her own management company, Gailforce, in the late 1970s. Manager for The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der Graaf Generator at the time, Stratton-Smith was unable to find a record company willing to release an album by one of his favourite groups so he founded his own company and released the Van der Graaf Generator album ''The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other'' himself. Charisma's first record label was a distinctive "pink scroll" design. The company proudly proclaimed itself "The Famous Charisma Label". Its second logo (used beginning in 1972) of Sir John Tenniel's drawing of the Mad Hatter (sometimes combined with a montage of other images from ''Alice in Wonderland'') made the label instantly recognisable. Its most successful acts were Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Julian Lennon and the Monty Python comedy team. It also released material by Van der Graaf Generator, The Nice, Lindisfarne 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/YlQPF8TCF78 )〕 and Alan Hull, Hawkwind, The Alan Parsons Project, Clifford T. Ward, String Driven Thing, Jack The Lad, Audience, Vivian Stanshall, Brand X, Sir John Betjeman, Malcolm McLaren and Afraid of Mice. 1970s solo albums of Peter Hammill, Tony Banks and Steve Hackett were also on Charisma Records. In 1983, Charisma Records were acquired by Virgin Records and continued to operate until 1986, when Virgin absorbed the label following its purchase by EMI. A new version of Charisma, with no connection to the original label other than the name, operated between 1990 and 1992. Some Charisma Records recordings have most recently been re-issued on the EMI label. In the UK, the label has been revived by EMI's Angel Records. With the EMI purchase by the Universal Music Group, Charisma returned to Virgin Records. ==Distribution== Charisma were initially manufactured and distributed in the United Kingdom as an off-shoot of B&C Records, sharing the B&C catalogue series for both singles and albums, but it later absorbed that label. During the mid- and late 1970s Charisma's European distribution was handled by Phonogram Records. In the United States and Canada, Charisma Records recordings were first licensed to other labels such as ABC Records (''Trespass'' by Genesis which was actually first issued through ABC's jazz division Impulse Records). The ABC subsidiary Probe Records released ''The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other'' by Van der Graaf Generator, while the Dunhill Records subsidiary released ''H to He, Who Am the Only One'' by the same group. Elektra Records in the USA released recordings by Charisma Records artists Atomic Rooster, Audience and Lindisfarne. In 1971 Charisma entered into a distribution agreement with Buddah Records and began to release albums on the Charisma label in the USA. These albums included ''Pawn Hearts'' by Van der Graaf Generator and ''Nursery Cryme'', ''Foxtrot'' and ''Genesis Live'' by Genesis. Atlantic Records also later released Charisma recordings in the United States from 1973 to 1974 including many Genesis titles. In 1973, Atlantic stopped distributing Charisma in America; as a result, in the USA Charisma's bands signed to various labels such as Mercury Records (Van der Graaf Generator) and Arista Records (Monty Python). In 1978, Charisma signed a new distribution deal with Polydor that lasted until 1980. In Canada, many Charisma releases were distributed by GRT and PolyGram Canada. Between 1980 and 1982, Charisma operated a subsidiary called Pre Records, who were devoted to new wave and reggae acts. Pre's roster included Scars, Prince Far I, Delta 5, Gregory Isaacs, The Monochrome Set and Congo Ashanti Roy, amongst others. Pre also licensed albums by The Residents and Tuxedomoon from the American label Ralph Records. In Europe, Pre's releases were issued on the Charisma label. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charisma Records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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