Imago Records (The Imago Recording Company) was an American independent record label, which was active during the early 1990s. It was started by Terry Ellis after he left his previous record label, Chrysalis Records.
In 1990 Ann Munday was hired as Vice President and General Manager in their New York office.[1]
Several influential artists released albums through Imago, including Rollins Band, Aimee Mann, Paula Cole and Love Spit Love[2] as well as alternative, gay hip-hop artist and rapper Sha-Key (aka Hanifah Walidah).[3] Despite building a slate of up and coming alternative rock artists, the company ran into serious financial difficulties when, in December 1994, the company's former financial backer Bertelsmann Music Group pulled funding.[4] This left many of their artists scrambling to find new labels.[5]
In 1996, Henry Rollins and his new label DreamWorks SKG sued Imago, alleging "fraud, deceit, undue influence and economic coercion" on the label's part.[6]
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ImagoRecords (The Imago Recording Company) was an American independent record label, which was active during the early 1990s. It was started by Terry...
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release, Let It Rock, was released in 1996 through yet another label, ImagoRecords.[citation needed] In 1999, the band released Can't Get There from Here...
November. In 1995 on the verge of their first major US tour, US-based ImagoRecords folded after losing support from BMG. In early 1996 Baby Animals officially...
Rollins and ImagoRecords, the label that had released the two prior Rollins Band albums. Rollins went on to sign with DreamWorks Records, a subsidiary...
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