Ichiban Records Explained

Ichiban Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1985 by John Abbey[1] and Nina Easton in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

History

Wrap Records and Nastymix Records were some of its subsidiary labels. Urgent! Records and Mr. Henry Records of Houston were both distributed by Ichiban.[2] Besides recording a string of hip hop groups in later years, Ichiban originally specialised in blues and has also released albums by musicians such as Buster Benton and Raful Neal. Ichiban filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1999.[3] The catalog is now controlled by EMI, but nothing has been reissued since the label ceased operations.

The label's name, "ichi-ban", is Japanese for "number one" or "first one", an expression commonly used in Japan to mean the best.

Notable artists

Hip hop

Soul

Funk

Blues/jazz/rock

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Andy. The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. 2002. Psychology Press. 978-1-85743-161-2. 1. en.
  2. Web site: Macdonald . Patrick . Entertainment & the Arts | New Deal Means High Gear For This Machine | Seattle Times Newspaper . Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com . 1992-01-03 . 2013-05-22.
  3. News: Coleman. Zach. 21 June 1999. Ichiban sings the blues as deals sour, debts rise. Atlanta Business Chronicle. 22 October 2021.
  4. Book: The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music. Colin Larkin. Virgin Books. 1998. First. 0-7535-0252-6. 161/2.
  5. Web site: Feels Like Love - Willie Clayton : Releases . AllMusic . 2013-03-27.
  6. Web site: Rizik. Chris. Slave Biography. Soul Tracks. 28 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Dahl, Bill . Buster Benton: Biography . AllMusic.com . 25 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Hot Shot - Little Mike & the Tornadoes - Releases. AllMusic. 18 October 2017.
  9. Book: The Guinness Who's Who of Blues. Larkin, Colin. Guinness Publishing. 1995. Second. 0-85112-673-1. 204.
  10. Web site: Joey Gilmore | Album Discography . . 2015-12-19.
  11. Web site: Carpenter . Bil . Trudy Lynn - Music Biography, Credits and Discography . AllMusic . 2013-05-22.
  12. Web site: Richard Skelly . Tom Principato | Biography . AllMusic . 2014-03-16.
  13. Web site: Blues Boy Willie | Biography & History. AllMusic. April 2, 2021.