Voiceprint Records Explained

Voiceprint Records
Parent:Gonzo Multimedia, Ltd.
Founder:Rob Ayling
Status:Active
Distributor:Floating World Records
Country:United Kingdom
Location:Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear, England

Voiceprint Records was a British independent record label based in England, founded in November 1990 by Rob Ayling.[1] [2] They specialised in re-releasing old material, especially progressive rock, but also had new releases, under the Resurgence and Blueprint labels.[2]

The holding company, Zeit Distribution Ltd., went into insolvency in 2010.[3] It was replaced by the phoenix company, Gonzo Multimedia in 2010. The new company has a broader remit, and releases a much wider range of music.[4]

Labels

Voiceprint operated a number of record labels,[5] including some for a single band or set of related artists. Major Voiceprint labels include Blueprint,[6], Jazzprint, and Resurgence.

Artists

The first release on Voiceprint was a Daevid Allen album, The Australian Years. Among the many other artists whose recordings have been released by the company are Tim Blake, Leonard Cohen,[7] The Fall (whose Cog Sinister label was acquired by Voiceprint in 1997),[8] Fish, Gong,[9] Hawkwind, Steve Hillage, Patrick Moraz,[10] Anthony Phillips,[11] Theo Travis, Rick Wakeman, Gordon Haskell, and Yes.

The company also released classical music and related documentaries.[12]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Label details for Voiceprint. 5 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120314024814/http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/labels/Voiceprint. 14 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Book: Stump, Paul . The Music's All that Matters: A History of Progressive Rock . 1997 . Quartet Books Limited . 0-7043-8036-6 . 343.
  3. Web site: Failure Page. 24 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324031322/http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/d3bec7dd0f95fccee23a091782b3c457/insolvency. 2 September 2020. 24 March 2012.
  4. Web site: About Gonzo. 30 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101030021442/http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/about.html. 2 September 2020. 30 October 2010.
  5. Web site: Labels. 4 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001224156/http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/labels.html. 1 October 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Blueprint. 4 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224075515/http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/labels/Blueprint. 24 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire. 4 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110202130040/http://leonardcohenbirdonwiredvd.com/. 2 February 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Cog Sinister. Rate Your Music. 5 July 2011.
  9. Web site: Voiceprint home page. Voiceprint. 4 July 2011.
  10. Web site: Mack Maloney & Sky Club Interview. Classicrockmusicblog.com. 4 July 2011.
  11. Web site: The Waiting Room Online. Twronline.net. 4 July 2011.
  12. Web site: Columbia Basin College Library Catalog " Details for: "O Thou Transcendent" the life of Ralph Vaughan Williams /. 4 July 2011. https://archive.today/20121211084410/http://libcat.columbiabasin.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=56384. 11 December 2012. dead. dmy-all.

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