RED Distribution

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name = RED, LLC


image_bg = Red
parent = Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
founded = 1979
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country = US
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url = [http://www.redmusic.com www.RedMusic.com]

RED - An Artist Development Company (formerly Relativity Entertainment Distribution) is a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for roughly 50 independent record labels. Successful RED acts include Los Lonely Boys, Insane Clown Posse, My Morning Jacket, Matisyahu, Ingrid Michaelson, Elliott Yamin, Bullet For My Valentine, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mark Ronson, Dwight Yoakam, Chiodos, Circa Survive, Drive-By Truckers, Radiohead, Jason Aldean, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Switchfoot, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids.

History

Founded in 1979 as mainly a hard rock music distributor called Important Record Distributors, which originally released Metallica's first two LPs in the US. It became RED Distribution by the '90s and changed to RED - An Artist Development Company in 2007.

Labels

*ATO Records
*Broken Bow Records
*CBS Records
*Country Thunder Records
*Evil Teen
*Facedown Records
*Fat Wreck Chords
*Fat Possum Records
*Ferret
*Kemado Records
*McCoury Music
*Megaforce Records
*Metal Blade Records
*Montage Music Group
*New West Records
*The Null Corporation
*Prawn Song Records
*Relapse Records
*Ruthless Records
*Psychopathic Records
*TBD Records
*The End Records
*Time Bomb Recordings
*Victory Records
*Warlock
*Wicked Cool Record Co.

External links

* [http://www.redmusic.com Official site]
* [http://www.gen79.com Gen79]
* [http://www.writtenonabathroomwall.com Blog]
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/113/113230.html RED distribution Yahoo Finance company profile]