Beserkley Records was an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. Jump to: navigation, search A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon reserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ...
The label was founded in circa 1975 by Matthew King Kaufman and featured numerous recording artists including Earth Quake, The Rubinoos, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, and most notably the Greg Kihn Band. Jump to: navigation, search 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Jonathan Richman (born May 15, 1951) is an American proto-punk icon and one of the progenitors of indie rock. ... Led by Jonathan Richman, the protopunk band The Modern Lovers came out of Massachusetts in the early 1970s. ... Jump to: navigation, search Greg Kihn (born 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a U.S. pop musician. ...
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BESERKLEY, the British wing of the American label that tried to break oddball bands like Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers and the Greg Kihn Band ground to a halt this week with the resignation of the managing director and the dropping of Manchester band the Smirks.
The Smirks were in less than total agreement with the statement, saying that Beserkley owes them about £11,000, including an advance for delivering the master and artwork of their debut album, and manager Andrew Jaspan showed MM cheques from Beserkley for up to £1,500, totalling £2,500, that have bounced since Christmas.
Beserkley have amplified their statement last week that "the nevitable changes in the company will result in an increased emphasismon the original US acts" to say "The company will continue in the UK with all its existing staff and artists.
BeserkleyRecords was an independent record label based in Berkeley, California in the 1970s and 1980s.
Richman's recordings were his first as a solo performer, after the disbanding of the original Modern Lovers.
Beserkley's other major success was with Greg Kihn, who sang backup on Earth Quake and Richman records before forming his own band, which achieved great success in the early 1980s with the albums Rockihnroll and Kihnspiracy.
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