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Apollo Records has been the name of at least four different record labels, the first three based in the United States of America. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ...
The earliest Apollo Records was a short lived subsidiary of Rialto Records in about 1921. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The second Apollo Records was a Pathe Records subsidiary briefly issuing records around 1928. Pathé Records was a France based international record label active from the 1890s through the 1930s. ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The third and best known Apollo Records was an independent record label in business from 1944 until about the early 1950s. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
// Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...
A fourth Apollo Records is an Ambient subdivision of R&S Records of Belgium. They are best known for releasing the electronic masterpiece, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin. Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ...
R&S Records are an independent techno, jungle, and ambient record label for artists at the forefront of musical experimentation. ...
Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (often abbreviated to SAW85-92) is an ambient techno album by Richard D. James, better known by his pseudonym of Aphex Twin. ...
Aphex Twin (Richard David James, born August 23, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is a UK-based electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid, and drum and bass. ...
A fifth and relatively obscure Apollo Records out of Seattle is an independent record label releasing very select albums like The Elementals. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ...
The Elementals A Sydney Gospel Music choir which performed often around Sydney during the 1990s and into the 2000s. ...
A sixth Apollo Records is based out of Madison, Wisconsin and was founded by Britton Rea in 2006.
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