Parent: | Liberty Records |
Founded: | 1958 |
Status: | Defunct (1959) |
Distributor: | Liberty records |
Genre: | Various |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Hollywood, California |
Freedom was a short lived subsidiary label of Liberty Records based in Hollywood, California.
Liberty launched its first subsidiary, Freedom Records, during the summer of 1958 and Jerry Capehart was hired as A&R man. One of the first artists to be signed was Johnny Burnette.[1] Eddie Cochran provided lead guitar on some of the singles that came out in 1958/59. Freedom closed down in the summer of 1959.