Cooking Vinyl

Independent London record label, publisher and distributor releasing artists' music on vinyl, CD and digital formats

London, United KingdomFounded 1986cookingvinyl.comWebsite technologies

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About Cooking Vinyl

Cooking Vinyl is an independent music company based in London. Its record division releases music in physical and digital formats, including vinyl, CD and Super Deluxe box sets. The Cooking Vinyl Group also includes Cooking Vinyl Publishing, Motus Music and The Music Royalty Co.

The company works with recording artists through its record division, whose roster includes The Darkness, The Proclaimers, Billy Bragg, Passenger, The Waterboys and others. It has an international network of partner companies that offer artists a global route to market.

Cooking Vinyl was established in 1986 by Martin Goldschmidt and Pete Lawrence. It was the first European label to do a deal with the MP3 download site eMusic. Its former distribution company Essential Music was bought by Sony Red in 2016 and became The Orchard UK. The company has an office in Camden, London, where it has recruited for label roles.

Product: Record label, music publishing and distribution services for recording artists, covering vinyl, CD and digital releases.

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