Island records

Island Records is a record company created in 1959 in Jamaica by two British producers Chris Blackwell and Graham Goodall. In 1962, the company relocated to the UK, where for many years it functioned as an independent record label, remaining the largest independent label in history. In 1989, Island became the property of PolyGram , losing its independence ^[1] .

Island records
basic information
Owner	Universal music group
Based	1959
Founders	Chris Blackwell
Status	indie (before 1989)
Distributor	The Island Def Jam Music Group (US) Island Records Group (UK) Universal Music Germany (EU) Universal music australia
Genre	pop , rock , hard rock , blues rock
A country	USA
Location	New York

A feature of the functioning of the company was the licensing system, in which other labels were involved in the production, distribution and marketing of products, which were sometimes mentioned on releases, sometimes not. In particular, records under the Island label were released on Bell Records (1967-68), A&M Records (1969-1970s) Asylum Records (1970), Capitol Records (early 70s), Warner Bros. Records (1975-1982), WEA Records , Atlantic Records (1982-1989), Phonogram Records (1971), Ariola Records (1971-1992), Dacapo Records and others. Among the artists whose records brought fame to the company are Bob Marley and U2 ^[1] .