Dark Horse Records

Dark Horse Records
Dark Horse Records
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Founded May 1974
Founder George Harrison
Status defunct
Distributor(s) A&M Records (1974–1976)
Warner Bros. Records (1976–1992)
Parlophone (2002–2004)
Genre Rock
Country of origin US
Official Website http://www.darkhorserecords.com

Dark Horse Records is a record label founded by George Harrison in 1974.

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History

Harrison had recorded for EMI under a contract which expired in 1976. All his subsequent recordings were released through Dark Horse Records, starting with Thirty Three & 1/3 in 1976 and ending with Live in Japan in 1992. After the latter, it went into hiatus for 10 years.

Dark Horse briefly revived with the posthumous release of Brainwashed in 2002. Harrison's Dark Horse back catalogue was remastered and reissued in a box-set during 2004. After those releases, Dark Horse was folded into Parlophone in 2004.

Artists

Though Dark Horse ultimately focused solely on Harrison's releases, the label also released albums by the following artists between 1974 and 1976:

The inspiration for the Dark Horse logo came from a label on a tin box Harrison saw on one of his many trips to India.

The logo features the seven-headed horse Uchchaisravas, a common figure in Indian art and mythology. Harrison was arguably a dark horse in seeking a solo career after having been overshadowed among The Beatles by Lennon and McCartney, despite his creating several of the band's more popular later songs (such as "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something"), and being the first ex-Beatle with a number-one ranked solo album and single (All Things Must Pass and "My Sweet Lord" in 1970).

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