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For seven decades, Elektra has challenged the status quo and made history as home to icons and iconoclasts alike. In 1950, Jac Holzman founded the independent label while still in college. Building a catalog of landmark albums, it galvanized the legacies of artists such as Carly Simon, The Doors, MC5, Metallica, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Queen, and ...
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Elektra Records. Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. [1] It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group.
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Mar 22, 2022 · The Elektra Records albums you should definitely own. When The Doors ’ Light My Fire crashed to No.1 in 1967, it was a remarkable achievement for the seemingly idiosyncratic Elektra Records. Yet Elektra was hardly the ‘small independent folk label’ that so many histories of The Doors would have us believe.
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Oct 12, 2020 · Elektra Records Marks 70th Anniversary. October 12, 2020. Share: 70 years ago this month – on October 10, 1950 – 19-year-old college student Jac Holzman started a record label in his dorm room. He decided to call it Elektra after a Greek demigoddess, and turned an M on its side to create the signature E for the label’s first logo.
Jan 23, 2007 · 2007-01-23. Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra Records 1963-1973 is really a tribute to the vision of Elektra’s founder, Jac Holzman. In an age when the music industry is dominated by ...
